Life With Ella

Today when I brought Ella home from school we checked the mail and there was a small package for Ella.  We opened it up and it was a beautiful peacock shirt from AJ and uncle Michael.  Ella had a huge smile on her face as she checked it out and said, “Can I wear it right now?”  How could I say no?  Thank you AJ and Uncle Michael.  We love you guys.

Today Ella went into the classroom, took out a puzzle, sat down and started doing it with the other kids.  It was great to see Ella playing with the other kids and learning to figure things out together.

In the hallway on the way to school this morning.

Doing puzzles with Samantha C and Tate.

More than ready for circle time.

Tonight, we went over to hang out with Stella and Juliet for a little while and we got to see Emily who was in town for the night.  She brought her new puppy with her.  Mar, the puppy, was really cute.  Here is a picture of Juliet and Mar.

Ella had a great day at school and we had a fun night.  We took a walk over to the Burger Joint and had some dinner.   Ella was really fun and happy but kind of tired and spacey at the same time.  Here are some pictures of Ella.

A little spaced out at Helen and Ron’s house.

Surprise!  Hiding around the corner.

Our big girl walking to the Burger Joint.

Today, we took Ella across the street to the Fan Fest.  Sunny was working a Giant’s Community Fund booth, so Ella and I walked around the park and checked things out.  We had a great day – a lot of fun and Ella helped Sunny out in the booth, getting people to buy “mystery bags”.  Yesterday, Ella didn’t have school so I took her over to ACC (Animal Care and Control) to visit Becca.  I took a bunch of movies – will put something together.  Ella met rabbits, kittens, puppies and wanted to play with some rats but we didn’t let her.

Our little Ella is growing up.

Here we are at the fan fest wearing our orange sweatshirts.  Ella made sure that we found the cotton candy.

Sitting on mommy’s shoulders getting people to buy the mystery grab bags.

Reunited with her buddy Charlie Brown.

Posing with Snoopy.

“Hanging out” with Tim Lincecum and Randy Winn.

Resting after a long walk around the ballpark.

Ella has been in a great mood lately.  She loves to play games and act goofy.  She also is so comfortable and familiar with most of the restaurants that we go to in SF that she makes herself right at home.  Ella is continuing to take her peacock to school with her.  She usually holds it in one hand and tries to do whatever else she’s doing with the other.  Today, Alicia put the peacock in Ella’s hair and Ella just loved it.  Great idea Alicia!

Here is Ella hiding from us in the hallway.

Hanging out with the fish at Eliza’s on 18th Street.

Ella after school.  Ella came home from school and quickly changed into the tinkerbell nightgown that Helen gave her.  Ella is quite attached to it.  Notice the peacock in her hair.

On Saturday, I volunteered at Ella’s school and Ron, Helen, Sunny and the girls went to Crissy Field to the beach.  The weather has been incredible.  Not only did Ella play and run on the sand, she lied down in the sand and made sand angels.  After the beach, I met up with everyone and we had some ice cream and ran around in the grass.  Yesterday, Sunny and I went to a funeral in the early afternoon and then came home and took a walk with Ella who was dressed as a princess.  She was so happy to be outside running around.  She also said that she was excited for baseball season!

Very serious about making bubbles.

The bubble sisters.

Look at all the sand angels!

Yummy ice cream

True Love

Princess on the run.

Riding on Lou Seal.

No fake smiles in these shots!  Ella has had a pretty bad cold and cough all week but her spirits have been amazing considering.  Here are some pictures from last night and today.  The weather was incredible and Ella was actually outside in a sundress.

Those eyes say everything.

This is a happy kid.

Walking with mommy and Towby.  The walk was too long for Bug.

Calling Towby…good boy!

Ella playing with her shadow.

Checking out some hallway construction with Stella.

Sunny did a reading at Book Passage in Marin on Thursday night.  It was a fantastic reading – at least 40 people showed up and the Q & A was incredible.  Time for some TV shows!   Sunny – you are amazing.

We dropped Ella off at school on Monday and found out that there was a lice case in the classroom.  This meant that Alicia had to check each kid’s head before they settled into the class.  It really threw Ella for a loop and she was not happy about it.  We left the class on Monday and Ella was in tears.  Today, I took her to school and there was another head check and this time, Ella was totally cool about it.  She brought this peacock to school with her that grandma and papa gave her and first Alicia checked the peacock for lice and then checked Ella and Ella didn’t cry at all.

Love those stripes…Ella picked this outfit out all by herself.

Circle time.

Ella enjoying a cup of tea at Nama tonight.