{"id":12357,"date":"2014-11-30T07:29:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T07:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifewithella.com\/?p=12357"},"modified":"2014-11-30T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T07:29:10","slug":"disney-the-ohlone-museum-and-thanksgiving-with-grandma-and-papa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/?p=12357","title":{"rendered":"Disney, The Ohlone Museum and Thanksgiving with Grandma and Papa"},"content":{"rendered":"

So much has gone on since Ella turned 9! \u00a0Two days after Ella’s birthday, we went to uncle Jesse and aunt Heather’s place and spent the weekend with them and at Disney. \u00a0Needless to say, Ella was in heaven. \u00a0She loves being with Jesse and Heather and loves Disney. \u00a0Here are some pics from our Disney weekend with our 9 year old.<\/p>\n

\"1a.jpg\"\u00a0Sweet Ella on our first morning in LA…getting ready to go to Disney.<\/p>\n

\"1b1.jpg\"\"1c1.jpg\"\u00a0On the monorail heading towards the Magic Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"2a.jpg\"\"62.jpg\"First ride, Star Tours! \u00a0Ella was the spy on our ship!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"72.jpg\"\"82.jpg\"\u00a0Next, Space Mountain. \u00a0Ella’s face is finally in the Space Mountain photo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"210.jpg\"\"310.jpg\"The Matterhorn was our next stop. \u00a0Ella LOVED it.<\/p>\n

\"311.jpg\"Next up, Alice in Wonderland. \u00a0They redid the ride and it was so much fun.<\/p>\n

\"410.jpg\"\"4a.jpg\"\"52.jpg\"Thunder Mountain was our next ride. \u00a0It was a blast!<\/p>\n

\"92.jpg\"\"102.jpg\"\"112.jpg\"A fun birthday call from Goofy and a celebration with a Disney cupcake.<\/p>\n

\"122.jpg\"\u00a0Family pic on Main Street!<\/p>\n

\"132.jpg\"\u00a0On line for the Pirates of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

\"142.jpg\"We were stuck on line in the basement of the Indiana Jones ride.<\/p>\n

\"152.jpg\"\u00a0Ella and her buddy Olaf.<\/p>\n

\"162.jpg\"\"172.jpg\"\u00a0Day two – now we are complete…Heather joined us today!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"211.jpg\"Family photo on line for Toy Story.<\/p>\n

\"201.jpg\"First show taken on Soarin’. \u00a0This is our favorite ride asa a family. \u00a0It’s not great, but it’s a first!<\/p>\n

\"231.jpg\"\"241.jpg\"Still smiling on a very long line for the “single rider” Radiator Springs line.<\/p>\n

\"181.jpg\"\"221.jpg\"\u00a0Mater and walking the streets of Cars Land!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"191.jpg\"Last pic of our Disney adventure. \u00a0Fun on the Little Mermaid ride.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the rides and attractions that we did on each day.<\/p>\n

11\/14\/14<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Star Tours – Ella was the spy<\/p>\n

2. Space Mountain<\/p>\n

3. Matterhorn<\/p>\n

4. Alice in Wonderland<\/p>\n

5. Thunder Mountain<\/p>\n

6. Mickey’s Maps<\/p>\n

7. Peter Pan<\/p>\n

8. Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride<\/p>\n

9. Pirates of the Caribbean<\/p>\n

10. Indiana Jones<\/p>\n

11. Winnie The Pooh (mommy and Ella)<\/p>\n

12. Splash Mountain (mama and Jesse)<\/p>\n

11\/15\/14<\/p>\n

1. Toy Story<\/p>\n

2. Soarin’<\/p>\n

3. Radiator Springs<\/p>\n

4. Mater<\/p>\n

5. Little Mermaid<\/p>\n

6. Monsters Inc<\/p>\n

7. Abe Lincoln<\/p>\n

8. Pinocchio<\/p>\n

9. Soarin’<\/p>\n

\"251.jpg\"\"261.jpg\"\u00a0Panda and his cousins!<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Jesse and Heather for another amazing weekend. \u00a0We love you guys.<\/p>\n

We came back from Disney heaven and then Sunny and I were treated to our own version of heaven – watching Ella thrive at school. \u00a0Ella’s class had an assembly and then treated us to an amazing project on the Ohlone people. \u00a0Ella’s class turned their classroom into a museum and all of the students acted as docents. \u00a0Ella was an amazing docent.<\/p>\n

Here are some shots from the assembly and the classroom museum.<\/p>\n

\"271.jpg\"\"281.jpg\"\"291.jpg\"\"301.jpg\"\"312.jpg\"\"321.jpg\"\"331.jpg\"\"341.jpg\"<\/p>\n

\"351.jpg\"\u00a0Ella and her buddy Cecilia on some “lounge chairs” that they built.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grandma arrived on Monday night so that she could go to Grandparents and special friends day at CDS. \u00a0Ella sang in the chorus for the grandparents. \u00a0Here is a great shot that grandma took of Ella and Emmi before they went on.<\/p>\n

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Here are some great shots that Colette took of Ella and grandma in the classroom.<\/p>\n

\"212.jpg\"\"313.jpg\"\u00a0Grandma was the first person outside of Ella’s classroom to read her non-fiction book on Disney. \u00a0We are going to get to read it on Friday when Ella’s class has their publishing party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Papa arrived on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, the four of us (mommy had to go to work) went to the Lawrence Science Center. \u00a0It was a beautiful day and it’s so great to have grandma and papa here.<\/p>\n

\"361.jpg\"\u00a0The smile says it all – Ella couldn’t be happier that grandma and papa are here.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"371.jpg\"\"381.jpg\"<\/p>\n

Ella loved trying all of the different activities…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"391.jpg\"\"39a.jpg\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"40.jpg\"\u00a0These guys are quite a trio!<\/p>\n

\"411.jpg\"\"421.jpg\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ve had some pretty fun games of Bananagrams. \u00a0The one above shows the creativity that Papa and Ella were exuding. \u00a0Not quite sure what a “fairice” is.<\/p>\n

\"431.jpg\"We had our traditional Thanksgiving dinner at the Crab House. \u00a0We love this tradition!<\/p>\n

\"441.jpg\"\"451.jpg\"\"461.jpg\"\"471.jpg\"\"481.jpg\"\"491.jpg\"\"50.jpg\"\"511.jpg\"\"521.jpg\"Ella was flipping like nobody’s business. \u00a0She was flipping forward and backward. \u00a0She was amazing!<\/p>\n

\"52a.jpg\"\u00a0Thanksgiving selfie!<\/p>\n

\"52b.jpg\"\"52c.jpg\"\u00a0Cool piano steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"53.jpg\"Off to the movies.<\/p>\n

\"53a.jpg\"\u00a0We saw Big Hero 6. \u00a0We all loved it.<\/p>\n

\"53b.jpg\"\u00a0Ella is super excited for this movie in July!<\/p>\n

\"54a.jpg\"We got Ella this difficult puzzle for her birthday. \u00a0We all have been working really hard on it. \u00a0Ella solved it 3 levels high on Tuesday. \u00a0By Thursday, Mommy did it!<\/p>\n

\"54.jpg\"\"55.jpg\"Fantastic job mommy! \u00a0You’re a genius.<\/p>\n

\"56.jpg\"\u00a0Papa and Panda during a game of Clue.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"57.jpg\"\"58.jpg\"\u00a0Something seems very funny!<\/span><\/p>\n

Today we went to the De Young Museum to see the Keith Haring exhibit. \u00a0It was a really cool exhibit.<\/p>\n

\"59.jpg\"\"60.jpg\"Three amazing people. Love you guys!<\/p>\n

\"621.jpg\"\u00a0Ella kept saying, “I need that neon paint!”<\/p>\n

\"63.jpg\"\u00a0Deep.<\/p>\n

\"611.jpg\"\u00a0True love. \u00a0We love you guys! \u00a0See you in three weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So much has gone on since Ella turned 9! \u00a0Two days after Ella’s birthday, we went to uncle Jesse and aunt Heather’s place and spent the weekend with them and at Disney. \u00a0Needless to say, Ella was in heaven. \u00a0She loves being with Jesse and Heather and loves Disney. \u00a0Here are some pics from our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifewithella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}