The adventures continue…we have been going to the pool every day and Ella is doing so well with side and front breathing. She is even spending about 15 – 20 minutes each day swimming without goggles. Yesterday, we went swimming for about an hour and then Ella and I headed into New York to the Planetarium and The Museum of Natural History. Ella has been wanting to go to the Planetarium because of the Eloise movie – the prince ends up at the Planetarium to see the stars. We watched the Journey to the Stars movie in the special theater. Ella LOVED it – she was blown away. “Mama- it felt like the theater was moving and that we were in the sky”. After the movie, we went around a small part of the museum – we saw the African mammals and North American mammals and then we went into the room where the big blue whale is. Ella has been into angler fish lately – the ugly fish who live deep down in the sea. There were quite a few angler fish at the museum and there was even a video. Ella was completely riveted by all of this. After the museum, we met AJ for some ice cream and then did a little shoe shopping at Harry’s. Then we met Nikki B for dinner. AJ and Michael met us and then we all headed back to NJ. What a beautiful fun filled day and night.
What a big beautiful girl.
Fun at old and new parks. Ella did a great job on the balance beam.
Running up the steps of the planetarium.
Half way there…
Ella wanted me to take this shot of the planets. Pretty cool.
This is how much Ella weighs on the moon – 6.1 lbs…in order to find out your earth weight, you multiply your moon weight by 6.
I snuck this picture of Ella in the planetarium just before the movie started.
Check out how huge this dinosaur skeleton is! Fantastic.
Ella loved this wall of insects and fish and other stuff.
Ella with the big blue whale in the background.
Uncle Jesse – I took this shot for you. They took the glass away from this exhibit and it’s still dark, but with the flash, it’s less ominous.
Meeting AJ after the planetarium. So much beautiful love.
One of Ella’s shots.
The gang walking to the car.
Ella and uncle Michael in the middle of Broadway.
Ella and her new red dressy shoes.
New sneakers for school – Ella’s wonderful photography.
Ella took this beautiful shot of grandma and papa.
what a fantastic day you two had! I wanted to jump into the photos and be and experience it all with you — so happy Ella is seeing so many exciting things! Ella is a star girl in so many ways! wow–
I love and miss you guys so much!
Wonderful day. Wonderful to have you here. Love you. Mom