Ella has had a cold all week. She’s getting better, but it’s making her a little more sensitive than usual. Her cold wasn’t so bad to not take her to My Gym and she was really looking forward to it, so we went. Ella had a great time there, but was more mellow than usual. After class, we went over to Crossroads Cafe and had some lunch. After lunch, Ella told me that she wanted to go to the pet store and buy a present for Bug and Towby. We went and Ella picked out 2 yellow balls and when I asked her if she was going to give them to the dogs, she said, “No – I’m going to keep them.” We came home and I tried to get Ella to take a nap but she refused. We took a walk over to Borders and spent a lot of time there reading books and playing with puppets. We came home at around 5:45 and Ella took a bath. After the bath, we went over to Helen and Ron’s for dinner. It was a great dinner and the girls had a lot of fun, but towards the end of the night, Ella was playing in Stella and Juliet’s cardboard house thing that they have and Juliet tried to come in, and Ella shoved her in the face. This was really a first for Ella and we squashed it right away – Juliet was OK, but it wasn’t a good thing. We let Ella know that she couldn’t do push or hit Juliet or anyone. We had Ella say “I’m sorry” which she was hesitant to do at first and then we made sure that she knew why she was sorry. We’ll continue to stay on top of this. I think she was really tired and messed up from her cold, but that’s no excuse for doing that to Juliet. By the end of the night, Ella walked up to Juliet, gave her a kiss on the head and said, “I love you Juliet”. Ella fell asleep at about 8:45 which is unheard of for her. Hopefully she’ll feel better tomorrow.
Ella happily swinging on a swing at My Gym
Walking down the street after My Gym playing and dancing around with her red ruby shoes
Sitting and meditating in our Zen garden
Towby telling Ella a secret
Look at this beautiful mellow kid – I wonder what she’s thinking about
Chillin’ on a bench at the Crossroads Cafe. Ella took her ponytail out of her hair, climbed up on the bench and just got a huge smile on her face.
Hey- why are you ratting Ella out? It was no big deal. I’m sure Juliet was provoking her anyway. Stop being so strict on my Ella she’s not feeling well.