Playtime

Just a few pics of Ellie playing recently. She is getting very hard to photograph bc she is so interested in holding the camera... 

The Zoo

We recently took a little trip to the Zoo with friends. Two funny memories from that day. 

1. Ellie looked right at the rhinos and said "hey ellie" 

2. On the way home, Sparks Grenfell was trying to take a snooze in his carseat and every time he would close his eyes and start to doze, Ellie would yell "Paaaarks"... Sorry, little guy, for the human alarm clock in your car :) 

The Family at Easter

My brother said it best: "There is nothing like Easter at PF Changs" - especially when you have an almost 2 year old who just discovered revolving doors. Thank Heavens Aunt Kim brought an Easter basket full of goodies or we would have never eaten...

Easter Pics

This is the one good picture that I got from a $25 Easter session. I should have just cut the money up and let Ellie play with it. She did not cooperate at all. She tore the flower off the plants, ran into the yard full of dog poo with no shoes on... reached for the camera bc she wanted to see "pictures Aowee (pictures of Ellie)" 

Fun Friends from the Wedding...

Kim's wedding

A few weeks ago, a precious friend of mine, Kim Anderson got married to a cute cute guy, Nathan Currie. Isn't Kim Currie the cutest name? It truly was one of the most enjoyable weddings I have been a part of bc everything was so worshipful and glorifying. I wanted to sit my POPC youth at a table at the rehearsal dinner so they could understand why waiting for God's best is worth waiting for...

Funny things about Ellie

I think it is time for a new top ten list. Ellie is changing so much and while her strong will is exhausting at times, it is also hilarious. Here are a few of her latests.

1. She now tells inanimate objects to "Stop it." For example, we were out riding in the wagon and she decided she wanted to push and hold her grapes and hold her lovey. When she dropped lovey and grapes, she looked down at them in anger and said "STOP IT!"

2. She has found a way to seek revenge on the ever growing number of time outs she endures at MMO. Her little brain decided that if they were going to stick her in that chair, she was going to peel the wallpaper off the wall.

3. She is not a fan of a wet diaper and walks like a cowboy until you change it - but she HATES getting it changed - NO BIAPER!

4. She loves to crawl in the front seat of my car and "drive." This started out as a fun thing to do in our garage. The other day I was getting her out of the car for MMO and while I was gather her things, she crawled in the front seat and calmly turned around to me and held out her hand and said "Tar Teys Peash" (Car Keys Please)

5. She cannot get the concept of not pushing. We talk about "Dont push" and she gets spankings when I am around her and she pushes and time outs at school if she pushes, but it is not sinking in (this has been going on for months now). Now I hear her during the day talking to herself "Bon't Puush." "Bon't Puush, Mama"

6. She only lets about 4 out of my 40 youth hold her. She screams whenever the rest get near her. I think she is a little overwhelmed by how much attention they give her and how close they get to her face sometimes. I keep trying to explain to her that she needs to be nice, and she has gotten in trouble a few times but I sort of understand why it bothers her...

7. She is now "cared" (scared). This all started when she lost her cool at the Hibachi grill. All of the sudden we were having a nice meal with the Ueltscheys, when this Japanese man with a funny hat, big knives, and hot fire came to our table. And he was shouting. Ellie cried and I asked her if she was scared. Now she is scared of everything - especially Swiper.

8. We went to pick Everett's clothes up from the dry cleaners. I told her "let's go get Dada's clothes". She repeated "Dada cose." When I brought them to the car, she looked very confused and asked me "Where Dada?" I guess she thought Everett was going to be in his clothes. 

9. She can eat more fruit than you thought humanly possible. She will go through 3 whole oranges and a big cluster of grapes in a day. No problem. 

10. She LOVES to slide, and there is currently a slide in the middle of her room (until the weather decides to be consistent). She went to two playgrounds the other day and came home and said "Slide more." She also loves for other people/things to slide. The other day, I heard her in her room saying "Slide, Dor" I walked in and she was sending her Dora doll down the slide... 

Eye doctor?

Ellie thinks Anderson looks like Uniqua from the Backyardigans. I am a little worried that we should make an eye appointment ASAP. Don't worry, Rebecca, Anderson is much cuter than Uniqua.

A Day at the Park

Here is Ellie and her friend, "Andes" - she says it like it rhymes with Candace, and Ellie loves to hug Andes.... note that Ellie and Anderson are almost exactly one year apart and Ellie weighs twice as much as Anderson.