Today was a beautiful day. We spent the afternoon in Golden Gate Park at a barbeque for a co-worker who is moving. Ella was shy and tired at first but then she woke up and we had fun. Tonight, we had dinner with Debby, Toby and Rachel. It was a really sweet dinner. Ella has a thing for Rachel. We came home and Ella insisted on doing ballet with her leotard, tutu and red ruby slippers. It was a really sweet day and night.
Ella listening intently to a fish story at Fairyland.
Emily and Stella hanging out.
Ella and Stella waiting on line for the ferris wheel.
Ella and Juliet joking around in the tunnel.
Look at these big girls!
Emily and Ella having a blast together.
This is mommy pulling Ella down the hallway in a box. A few minutes later, Ella told mommy to get in the box and tried to pull her down the hallway!
Ella becoming one with nature.
Mommy helping Ella to climb a tree.
Rachel, Ella and mommy at dinner.
Now this is what I call copping a serious lean.
Our beautiful ballerina at the end of the night.OK – here’s the Fairyland video. Sometime last September, Julie and I took the girls to Fairyland and we put Juliet and Ella on the Ferris wheel together. Neither of them were two years old – Juliet had actually just turned 1 in May. Their ferris wheel experience was not such a great one. They both stood up and cried. There is an archived video on this site if you want to refresh your memory…it’s from 9/7/07 and it’s pretty funny. Yesterday at Fairyland, Ella went on the ferris wheel twice – once with each sister, and they went around 4 times. The video has highlights from the rides. I think at the end of the ride with Stella, Ella must have been pretty dizzy because she just kind of stood there. It was so funny.
What a lovely day. In one of the pictures with Juliet and Stella, Ella’s arms look so beautifully muscled. Love you. Mom