Ella is 2!!

Birthday lunch at Jim N Nicks

Ella was gifted a tree swing for the front yard.

I'm not sure who has loved it more... definitely one of the most loved gifts that has come to the Bittinger children.

I was sure that wrapping it would not work, so we hung multi colored ribbons for streamers.

Ella has been obsessed with cats for some time now... and we *did* contemplate getting a real one for her, but alas, there were no "free kitten" signs anywhere. Soon, I'm sure. The cat cake was homemade pumpkin with cream cheese icing.

She did this like a pro!

It probably helps that we've been to a birthday party almost every weekend for over a month now.

And our animal of the week was bats and here is our treat holders we made out of toilet paper rolls.

I love this time of year!!