Life With Ella

It makes me a little crazy when Ella walks around the house with her crown on.  I don’t really care about the crown, she just gets so goofy when her crown starts to fall off or gets displaced on her head.  I guess it’s hard to explain, but anyway, here are 2 cute pictures from today with Ella and her sundress and crown.

Ella is getting writing her name so well these days.  Now we need to go onto other words.

Today was a really fun day.  We took Ella to the Academy of Science just to have some fun outside of the neighborhood.  She ran all over the place looking at things for about 10 seconds and moving onto the next thing.  It’s so great to watch Ella as she absorbs so many different things.  At the end of our visit, we went into the gift shop and she picked out a pair of binoculars.  She loves them and was so into looking at everything through her binoculars.  We stopped at the Japanese Tea Garden for some tea before we came home.  Tonight we had dinner at Phyllis and Michael’s and had a really sweet night.

Ella “digging” in the Zen garden before we went to the Academy.

A kiss for mommy.

Ella and her new binoculars.

Ella and mommy walking the wall.

Our little toughie.  “You lookin’ at me?”

Ella and mommy walking into the tea garden.

Enjoying some green tea.

Ella and I reading our tea leaves.

Check out Ella’s ring.  It’s actually an adult toe ring that is adjustable that fits her perfectly!

A little look at the beautiful gardens.

Taking a little stroll.

Posing in front of a beautiful bush.

Here are some sweet pictures of Ella playing around.  Some are from school and some are from this afternoon when we went to a park with Debby, Toby and Rachel.

Ella on the CDS playground.

Pure beauty and peace.

Ella, Debby and Rachel on the swings.

Getting sweet pushes from Debby.

You should have seen Ella climb her way up to this tall slide.

Ella and Rachel on an even taller slide.

This is a picture from last night.  We had dinner over at Stella and Juliet’s.  Here are the girls enjoying gnocchi, broccoli and some peppers.  The soup in the mug is mine – I was on liquids yesterday after my dental implant.

Ella actually had a little bit of a rough day today.  She pooped at school and didn’t wipe very well and had some poop in her underwear and she was uncomfortable.  Alicia asked her what was going on, and Ella said, “Is it ok if I had a little accident?” Alicia said of course it is.  Then Ella said that she thought we were going to be mad at her.  That is so sad.  They changed her clothes and there were no underwear left in her cubby.  Alicia put Ella’s leggings on without underwear.  Ella thought this was risky behavior.  Ella skipped lunch today and told Alicia that she wanted to go straight to sleep.  So sad.  When I picked her up today, she said, “Mama, are you mad?”  I told her that I wasn’t mad at all and that accidents happen to all of us and that we both loved her so much and she is a great kid.  I asked Ella why she didn’t eat and she said that she was too sad.  I asked her how she was feeling in the car and she said, “Not sad anymore”.  Even though Ella has her stressful moments, she is just such a lover of life.

Going to school.

Here is Ella hiding, running and strutting on the way to dinner.

What’s a night without a good cup of green tea?

Most days after school, Ella and her buddy Brickelle play around on the playground and have a fun time fooling around while walking to our cars.  Here are some really cute pictures from today after school.

Ella is a very serious swinger.

Hanging beforegoing down the slide.

The girls were very thirsty after playing on the playground.

Does Ella look like she’s having fun or what?

Ella was hiding and Brickelle found her.

Walking on the balance beam curb.

Brooke (Brickelle’s dad), Brickelle and Ella holding hands going through the parking lot.

Tonight, Sunny and Ella were playing before bedtime and Ella spilled a little sand from a Zen Garden that they were playing with.  Sunny got the dustbuster and Ella immediately became addicted to using it.  Here she is in our bathroom dust busting the hair from the floor.  This could come in handy!

Just wanted to post these pictures from Sunday.  Sunny and Ella went puddle jumping behind the ballpark.  The puddles weren’t really big, but they had a great time.

I had to go to work this morning and Sunny took Ella over to Becca’s to watch the beginning of the St. Patrick’s Day parade.  Ella was able to pet a shetland pony and was offered to go on a huge horse by Sheriff Hennessey, but Ella wasn’t in the mood to go on a big horse.  They had a lot of fun.  I met Becca, Sunny and Ella for lunch and then we came home.  We played here all day.  We went to Acme for dinner and Ella passed out before her mac and cheese arrived.  She actually woke up about 15 minutes later and sleepily ate her dinner.  We had a great day today.

Petting the pony with Becca.

Petting the pony with mommy.

Hanging with Sheriff Hennessey.

Hanging out on the street.

What’s a day without a good hallway picture?

Ella playing around in my shorts which she said are “really cute”.

It’s been a busy week.  This morning, we asked Ella if it was ok that we stay for the school assembly (she usually cries on Friday mornings and seeing us doesn’t help).  She said that it was OK and that she had a certain place that she wanted us to sit.  On the way into class this morning, we asked us to point out where she wanted us to sit and she did.  We sat there and Ella didn’t cry during the assembly.  She actually looked like she was having a good time.  She was clapping and smiling.  This is a huge milestone.  After school, Alicia told me that in class they were talking about Cesar Chavez and in the conversation they were talking about people who couldn’t afford things.  Alicia told me that Ella raised her hand and said, “I have a lot of money – I can buy them a house”.  Ella has been putting every penny, dime, nickle and quarter she can find around the house in her piggy bank.  She is doing some serious saving.  How sweet is it that she would want to give it all away to buy someone a house!  Tonight, Ella made brownies with Sunny and then the 3 of us had Friday night movie night.  We had brownies and popcorn and watched Ratatouille.  It was a great night.

Ella at the assembly – I know she looks a little bit out of sorts, but it’s just the picture.  She really did have fun.

A very happy little girl looking for butterflies after school.

Movie night.