Life With Ella

Sunday was a really busy and exciting day for Ella.  This morning when I tried to wake her up, it felt like I was trying to wake up a teenager.  She just wouldn’t wake up!  I finally got her out of bed and downstairs for breakfast.  She seemed so tired.  I spent some time with the Leaping Lizards this morning and also one morning last week.  It was so great to see the class in action and get a glimpse into Ella’s every day school life.  Ella really loves school and does different things every day.  Sometimes she hangs out with the other kids, and other times, she really keeps herself busy doing projects or just checking things out.  Today at school she seemed a little bit out of it.  I didn’t really think she was going to make it for the rest of the day without collapsing.  After school, Ella started her first class with Tree Frog Treks.  These people come in with live animals  – mostly reptiles and the kids get to touch them, feed them, learn about them and learn about other living things.  Sometimes they go out and dig for worms and bugs and they also do art and science projects.  Ella LOVED her first class.  She got to hold a lizard and pet it and watch it eat.  She also told me that at the end, she got to touch a dead squirrel.  I asked her if it was real and dead and stuffed and she said, “No, real, dead and flat”.  After Tree Frog Treks, Ella had ballet.  Of course Ms. Alicia gave Ella a beautiful hairstyle for ballet.  It looked incredible.  This was the first 5 and older class that I had observed – Sunny took Ella last week.  I took Ella there and then went and hung out at Starbucks for 1/2 hour and then caught the last 15 minutes of the class.  Ella was wonderful and her class did the sweetest thing at the end.  I caught it on video and the video will be at the end of this entry.  Watch the whole thing – the best part is the last 30 seconds or so. So excited to go to ballet class. Another Alicia masterpiece. A little starbucks after class. This is Luca – the lizard that Ella made in Tree Frog Treks.Here’s the video…

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