Life With Ella

It has been raining a lot here – we need the rain so it’s fine, but we thought that Ella was getting stir crazy.  We have been keeping her in these past few days to help her recover from a really bad cold.  Today, the sun came out for a little while so we went over to the Ferry Building to have some lunch.  Ella was wearing a Hello Kitty leotard/tutu around the house today and didn’t want to take it off to leave the house.  It was really cold out so she agreed to wear a sweater, jacket and some warm pants but kept her tutu on.  When we got to lunch, she wanted to take her sweater and jacket off and ate lunch in her leotard/tutu combo.  She is a very headstrong child.  She compromised by keeping her hat on.

Ella with her warm outfit on running for the elevator.

Waiting for the train.

Crazy girl at the Ferry Building.  Nice outfit!

Beautiful eyes.

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.