A Day at the Zoo!

What a day! I had so much fun at the zoo! I went with my friends Thomas and Caden. Their Mom's are Kate and Ali. Mom met them through her baby board and we were all born within a week of each other! Pretty cool!

Here I am with the goats! I really liked them. They stick their tongues out a lot, so I was just imitating them! Wait, I stick my tongue out a lot too, maybe they were imitating me!


Mom bought some food so that I could feed them. I liked feeding the goats! I didn't want to leave, but them Mom told me I could play in the sink and wash my hands. How could I let that opportunity slip by.

Here I am with my friends - Thomas is in the middle and Caden is on the other end. I was relaxing!
This is the only picture they got of all of us actually looking at the camera! It's hard to get a bunch of 1 1/2 year olds to cooperate!
Mom thought this was a funny picture! I kept putting my foot in my mouth, Mom kept taking it out, so then I decided to just suck my finger.

After we got home, I took a nice long nap. This is me an hour after taking my nap - I guess I was still tired! It was a long day - but it was lots of fun!

I kept moving around, so Mom kept taking pictures!
Then, I busted her!
It was a great day!

This weekend we have Bavarian Blast. It will be my second time there! AND it's my Big Sister Madeline's Birthday on Sunday!!

Fun in the Sun

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer, I know I sure am!

I've been keeping busy this summer! Lots of fun playing outside every day. Going for walks and playing at the play ground.

Last weekend was really hot, so Mom and Dad set up the pool for me. I loved it!! Dad even let me poor water on his head! Here I am before the fun really began! This is my cheesy squinty grin.

Later that day, I was playing inside and I found this super cool hat in Madeline's room! Dad said Grandpa Jim-Jim will really like this picture!

I love putting on Mom's walking shoes. I figure if I have a pair of shoes on, Mom will let me go outside - does it really matter if they aren't mine?

Today at daycare, a little girl Madeline bit me. I got really mad and I have a teeth mark bruise on the back of my arm. She's done this before too. She tried to bit me again later the same day! Two times in one day, how much can a girl take?? I'll tell you, not that much, I bit her back! Take that! Ashley told me no biting, but then I heard her tell Mom that she was glad I bit Madeline back because I was standing up for myself and that she hoped it would teach Madeline a lesson. We'll see if I get bit again.

I'm going to go to the zoo this weekend with some friends - I'll have Mom snap some photos!

Bye Bye!

An Ode To My Aunties!

I looked for you the other day
You were no where to be found
I looked high and low
Shouted out your names
Nobody answered
How come
I haven't seen you in a while
Boy do I miss you
Come over and play
Pretty please pretty please
Love, Ellen

p.s. My mom isn't very good at poetry so cut her some slack! :)

May Flowers

Hi Friends!

I've decided that this post will be from Mom! Ellen has been very busy this month!! She is learning and growing so much! After a few little stints of sickness, she seems to be healthy and happy! She has been adding new words to her vocabulary so quickly I can hardly keep track. I've attempted to make a list of every word I know she says, so here it is:
baby, dog, doggie, puppy, cow, bird, flower, snow, raining, windy, door, coat, shoe, sock, pajamas (samas), water, cup, spoon (poon), cracker, more, please, bye bye, hi, phone, car, boot, hat, pant, egg, fish, book, bath, teeth, eye, head, hand, toe, knee, button, welcome, cookie, apple, banana, come, stop, no, Elmo, Mama, Mommy, Dad, daddy, Nana, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, Molly, Amy, Paul, Een (Beaner/Queen), Lilly, Buddy, help, up, down, butt, poopie, home, go, tree, potty.

phrases - sometimes she will say these on her own, other times she will say by herself.
excuse me
are you? (where are you)
I lu you. (I love you)
bye bye ______ - fill in the blank, she says bye bye to everything.
I want down.
Thank you.
Nigh, nigh (night, night)
uh oh
oh no
et et go! (ready set go!)

I think that is most of them - I'll add to the list if I remember any more.

Ellen also loves to be outside. It doesn't matter how cold or wet it is, that is where she wants to be. She loves going on walks and just exploring in the back yard. She has a new water/sand table to play with once it warms up again. It's been chilly the last couple days.

We have seen a few changes in Ellen's eating. At day-care she is really good about eating her veggies, at home, not so much, but we still try. She will also eat a little bit of chicken. She loves to dip food, which is fine by me as long as she's getting what she needs. Did you know that a serving for a child is 1 tablespoon x their age. So a serving of veggies is 1.5 tablespoons. Doesn't seem like much does it?

Here are a few pictures of Ellen.

playing where her babies at Grandpa's and Grandma's house.

Helping Dad make pancakes on Mother's Day.

Helping Dad and her first real set of pig tails. All her hair fits up now - barely.

Helping me pull weeds. She thinks they are all flowers.

Chilling in her carseat on a bright day. Loves the sunglasses!

That's all for now!

I've redecorated!

I hope you like the new look to the blog! I love the jungle animals!

Not much new happening this week. I've got a runny nose again. Mom is hoping that cold season ends soon.

I get to see my sister this weekend, I'm really looking forward to that. I hope that it is nice out because I LOVE to play outside. Mom and Dad got a new bike trailer so that I can go on bike rides with them. I would like to try that out too!

Here's a picture of me from this time last year.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

Love,
Ellen