Girly Time!

 A few weeks ago my sister had an especially rough day at work and I offered to take her out for some pampering, pedicure style.  Ella ended up having a snow day so she got in on the fun!  I've painted her nails dozens of times but this was her first "nail salon" experience.  She did great! The salon even had special prices for different age groups which pleased my wallet. 

Ella's eyes got really big when the technician scooped her up and carried her to the drying station but she rolled with it and acted like a very mature little lady.  And, her blue sparkly toenail polish lasted a LONG time!  We'll definitely be doing this again.

Nail Painting Milestone!

My super-long-time-friend Holly was the first to paint Ella's nails when she was 2 but since then it's been a fun thing for me to do with Ella every once in a while. Well, lately with flip flop weather we've been painting nails more often. Last time I let Ella try to paint a little herself and she did ok! This time she wanted to do it (almost) all by herself. It was a fun mommy-daughter afternoon event!

Finished product-not bad! And yes, she chose different colors for each foot!

Nails and Cake

We recently got to go to a fancy dinner out for GG's 90th birthday celebration and also spent a fun afternoon at her house painting our nails! Ella is a big fan of birthday cake and pink nail polish so both were a great time for her :-)


All dressed up at the fanciest restaurant Ella's ever been to!

After dinner they wheeled out this beautiful bouquet and cake for my grandmother! It was beautiful and tasty!

Nail painting party! Chris sat in the corner and took pictures and handed us things while our nails were wet-such a good guy :-)

Blowing Ella's toenails dry had her laughing hysterically

All done with our matching manicures. Lots of fun and great memories!