On Friday night, Ella went over to the Kim/Arena’s place for movie night. Sunny and I went out to dinner to the Public House and watched game 7 of the World Series. It was great to have a nice adult dinner out. It was also great to join everyone next door and to watch the kids model their Halloween costumes. Ella is going as Jessie from Toy Story 3. Today, I took Ella to her soccer game while Sunny was busy campaigning for Chris. Only about 9 more days…can’t wait for this chapter to be done. Tonight, mommy took Ella to Taekwondo and I went to a testing center to take my CBEST for teaching. I got the results from the reading comprehension and math multiple choice back tonight. Looks like I passed both of them! Just have to wait for the results of the essay questions but I think I only need like 3 points in order to pass the whole thing. I feel relieved. Now I have to figure out my next steps. Mommy and Ella had dinner with Auntie Pie and Uncle Michael and then picked me up after 4 hours of testing. Ella played soccer like a champion today. She was the first on her team to score a goal. She was really into it. She hardly took any breaks. She wanted to play and play. Sunny said Ella did a great job during Taekwondo! Enjoy the pics.
KJ the nosepickalatasauris and Jessie from Toy Story 3.
Jessie and the good witch Stella.
Juliet was a beautiful Indian princess and Ronnie was a beautiful Indian prince. I must take pictures on Halloween.
Ella looks so happy doing the throw in.
Ella had a great soccer game today!
Ella almost made it to the top of this monstrosity today. IShe’s quite the climber.
They are making a quilt at mommy’s work for survivors of domestic violence. The quilt is about love and peace. Ella did this panel all by herself (we sounded out mindfulness for her – but the word was her idea).
Lots of fun at Saturday’s soccer game.
Water break.
I think they were coming up with a goal scoring plan.
Rare picture of Ella actually having posession of the ball.
Ella looks like a pro.
Ella doing a clever trick with her friend Emily.
Fantastic form!
Taking Towby for a little walk on Sunday.
I love this shot.
Lining up for school on Tuesday morning.
Ballet class on Tuesday. I dropped and broke my camera on Monday so thie iPhone is going to have to do for now.
Fun times with Juliet, KJ and Stella on Tuesday night.
Here is the translation…”I Heart lollipop candy bracelet, M&M’s. I love Valentines Day.”
Here is a picture that Ella drew of Dog Dog and she wrote…”I brang my stuffy”.
“I love Alex, love Ella”. Alex is Ella’s third grade buddy.
“I am going to Tahoe”. The little person in the left hand corner in pencil is Ella swimming.
Ella at soccer practice on Thursday. It was so cold there! 
Sweet Ella after practice.
A Halloween picture that Ella drew after school the other day. Here is the story on the other side.
“Happy Halloween. It was a dark and spooky night and my family and I were going trick or treating. I ran in front of my family. I stopped. I noticed something strange. I was alone?” Ella said that she put the question mark there because the story wasn’t over and she was wondering if anyone else wanted to finish it. This thing just flowed out of her during her after school program. We got there to pick her up and she was writing away!
Harry and Eli were very patient with Ella and were trying to teach her how to play pool.
Ella was so happy to go swimming.
Bike riding around. Eli came up to meet us when Ella was taking a while to get back.
Some down time watching the Aristocrats.
Pics from last week…Ella and Emmi busy doing mosaics.
An intense game of pick up snakes.
Tic tac toe!
This is a work of art that Ella did at school. She had to draw about something that happened over the summer. Ella wrote about losing a tooth.
Ella did this at home with stencils after the movie a Dolphin’s Tale. The dolphin’s name was Winter. Here is the description that Ella told us about her picture…”This is called Discovery in the Sea. The dolphin is Winter, the octopus is called Oct. Under the waves is a fish named pretty, a dolphin called dolph and then I wrote beware on the two sharks.” It all makes sense to me! Great job Ella.
Sleepover!!!
Some beautiful pictures of Ella doing ballet. The video at the end is really great too!
Having ginger ale last night at a rally for the SF Sheriff.
Hungry after the fund raiser! Nothing like pizza at 9:00pm on a school night.
Blowing a kiss for a beautiful day.
This is Ella’s math/art work. She is counting legs. Ella got 6 legs.
Another math question. How many fingers does the girl on the swing have? 10!
Beautiful Ella at ballet on Tuesday.
Ella during the prayer over the wine.
Beautiful in the morning.
Ella and her friend Torin showing their wiggly teeth!
On our way to Rosh Hashanah dinner.
The kids had a great time on Thursday night.
Friday morning after assembly.
The kids were totally into the movie.
Ella and KJ having a tender moment.
Ella’s latest artwork on the dry erase board…an angler fish and and octopus.
Ella all dressed up as word girl.