Tonight, we walked across the street to Borders and we found Mommy’s book.It was right there in the sociology department. We are so proud of Sunny/mommy. This has been a long journey – welcome to the beginning of the end.
Well, first I have to put this picture of Ella here. Ella was on her way to school.
Here’s the book on the shelves at Borders.
Yay mommy! We love you.
Reading to the beauties at Borders.
We have been enjoying a little time off…(Ella and I have time off – mommy is still working). Grandma and papa went to LA on Monday so I decided to take Ella to the Japanese tea gardens in Golden Gate Park. It was so incredibly crowded there because of the new Academy of Science that we didn’t even drive into the park. Instead, we went to the SFMOMA where we enjoyed walking around and checking out some of the beautiful art. Ella loved the huge paintings that had a lot of red in them. Today, we tried to go to the Academy early with grandma and papa and it was still so crowded. The member line was all the way down the block. We decided to ditch the Academy and go to the De Young museum. We also took the train there so that we wouldn’t have to deal with the traffic. Ella love the train – she loves sitting by herself. The adults have also been having a blast playing with the Wii that Sunny got me for Chanukah.
Having fun with grandma.
Getting ready to go to the museum.
At the SFMOMA.
On the way to Golden Gate park.
Beautiful Ella with her new hat and gloves.
A very long line. Time to do plan B.
On the train coming home.
Ella is officially on vacation from school. She also slept for about 12 hours in her own bed which is a record for these past few months. We went to Yerba Buena…we rode on the carousel, ran around in the park and had a great lunch at Moe’s grill. We did a little shopping at Lucky Kid (great 50% off sales right now) and then came home. At home, we hooked up with Stella and Juliet. The girls ran around the hallway with Hello Kitty Golf clubs. As usual, they had a blast with each other. Tonight we met Akilah, Brooke, Brickelle and Brooklyn to go see BOLT. It was a cute movie – Ratatouille was my recent Disney favorite. The girls seemed to love it. Ella was pretty great – she only got up a few times out of boredom. Brickelle did a great job. Ella had a very busy and fun day.
On the way to meet Tyler.
Holding hands on the carousel.
Just look at these big kids!
I guess stripes were popular today.
Nice jump Ella!
Ella and Brickelle in front of the movie theater.
Fooling around with the Ice Age display.
Sitting together at the movies.
We went to Stella’s 4th birthday party today. Helen planned an amazing party at their house. It started out with ginger bread house decorating downstairs and ended upstairs with a beautiful tea party. We all had an amazing time. After the party, Ella rested and then Amy and Becca came over or a Chanukah dinner. They brought over these extravagant gifts for Ella and some delicious treats for us. The day and night were great. HAPPY CHANUKAH.
Giving Stella a big happy birthday hug before the party.
Julie (Emo) and Stella checking the tea party table out before the party.
Ginger bread houses all lined up and ready to be decorated.
Ella on her new Dora phone. Thank you Emily!
Helen and Lauren. I think this is the first picture of us together.
Ella using her new dress as a napkin.
Busy at work on the houses.
Ella’s beautiful house.
Beautiful table all set up for the tea party.
Ella seems like she is very excited for the cupcakes.
Dancing around and having a lot of fun with Juliet and Julia.
Lighting the candles.
One of Ella’s new dress up outfits. Thanks you guys!
I found out from Gladys that Ella took a nap in her raincoat. She didn’t take it off all day. I think it’s usually the opposite – it’s a pain getting a kid to put on a raincoat! Ella had a great day at school. After school Ella had her playdate with Stella, Julieta. She was so happy in the car coming home – she couldn’t wait to play with her buddies! Tonight we found Ella coming down the stairs with Helen. She had her Belle dress on and on top was a polka dot apron and a chef hat. She looked absolutely crazy. Ella wore her “outfit” to Acme tonight.
Ready for another day of rain.
With mommy on the way to school.
Ella would not close her umbrella until we were in the classroom.
Walking in a huge puddle after school.
Chef princess.
Crazy girls with Kiki bows. Ella’s bow is under the chef’s hat.
At Acme with Auntie Becca.
Ella had a great day at school today. Brickelle’s parents came in for family share day and they made some delicious Spanish cookies. We do family share day next week and we will be telling the story of Chanukah, reading some books, playing dreidel and making latkes. We weren’t originally planning on making latkes, but Alicia told us last week that Ella made an announcement that we will be making latkes for the class. Oy vey. Trader Joes makes a nice frozen latke. Emily met us over here after school and Ella had a fun “playdate” with her. They painted and played with the doll house. I was opening the mail and we got a package from KK. Ella saw the wrapping paper and said, “is that a present for me”. I told her that it was and she asked me to open it. I opened it and out came a black I (heart) NY tank top with sequens on it. Ella’s eyes lit up and said, “Is that a tank top, is that a sun dress? Can I put it on now?” She put it on and danced around. She loves it.
Mommy’s book came to the house today. It is officially printed in hard cover. The release date is sometime during the first week of January. It was so exciting to see the actual book. Mazel Tov mommy. We love you!
Our little sleepy head on the way to school.
Dancing around in her new tank top/sundress.
We are leaving for Tucson tomorrow morning. We’re not bringing a computer so no blogging for a few days. Luckily I have a camera with a HUGE memory card! Ella has not had one accident since she and Ms. Alicia worked out the job plan. Ella loves bubble gum the most.
Ella in the classroom this morning.
On the swings after school. Ella is such a big girl now! I can’t believe how old she looks.
Oy vey – when our friends asked us what Ella may want for her birthday, we told them the truth…Ella wants Disney princess clothes. Well – Ella got her wish. Today, Ella received a Belle dress from Adrienne, Caroline, Adam and Zach. Ella LOVED the dress. She immediately took her clothes off, asked us to help her get the dress on, used the wand to turn us into the beast or turn us into other things, put on the shoes and announced that she is going to wear it to Music Together. She wore it and hey all loved seeing her in her Belle dress. All I can say is that I hope this is a phase. Later on tonight, after Ella’s bath, we opened all of the presents from her Sunday party. Ella got some great stuff. Ella wore her Cinderella costume while she opened her gifts.
Ella in her Belle outfit.
I don’t even think I really need to say anything.
Notice the fancy magic wand.
Doing a puzzle dressed as Cinderella.
This is the first thing that Ella says to me when I wake her up in the morning…”Is it warm outside?” If it’s warm, Ella can wear a sundress. If it’s not warm, we need to figure something out. Today it wasn’t warm at all. Ella did a great job helping me pick out pants and a shirt. I can’t wait for her to wear jeans again. The snaps/buttons are too difficult right now for bathroom purposes. It seemed like Ella had a great day. She didn’t have any accidents so that’s a great thing.
Ella wanted to bring all her pens to school and put them in her cubby.
Walking on the school yard with mommy.
Here I am getting attacked by Rowan with some play dough. Ella got a kick out of it.
After school, we took Ella swimming. Before we left the house, Ella had an urge to put on lip gloss. She applied it for about 3 minutes. Here is Ella with lip gloss.
After swimming, Kate came over for dinner. We had a really sweet night. Ella sang a few songs for Kate who was completely entertained by Ella.
Running around at the gym.
Making a muscle.