In New Zealand they barely celebrate Halloween and there is no trick or treating. Victoria has found an activity to help Ellie understand the meaning of Halloween, American style. We are taking Ellie to “Boo at the Zoo”. Where there are scary things and special “Boo” stops with treats.
Ellie and I were on one of our afternoon walks in the paddock giving Mum time to prepare dinner. Ellie was getting tired, stopped to rub her eye, and asked for Mama.
My mom was preparing “Jan’s bun” (a breakfast bun) and Ellie was busy helping. She was able to mix the egg and butter into the flower and then pour the cinnamon mixture into the pan. Ellie wasn’t able to have this for breakfast, but she did get some for a midmorning snack (second breakfast) and she really enjoyed it.
Be carefully around Ellie when she is hungry. She had finished her sandwich and I had just finish making my second one, when Ellie spotted it and wanted “more, dada’s, more”. All I can say is; I lost my sandwich.
Granddad and Ellie were having a brief moment of quite time, reading.
This shot was not set up. Ellie pulled the stool over to the chair herself, opened the paper, and proceed to read. She has been doing this lately with the paper, ads, and magazines around the house. She will sit and slowly turn the pages like she is reading.
She looks so proud to have found Mum’s bag , moved it off the cabinet to the couch and was looking through it to see what she needed to place into her bag. On a side note, the other day Ellie figured out how to open Victoria’s eye glass case, which she hasn’t been able to do and proceeded to remove the glasses and placed her toothbrush in it for safe keeping.
My mom and dad brought a few gifts for Ellie on their recent visit, some Halloween books and candy (as they don’t really celebrate the Halloween here), and a tutu. Ellie loves wearing the tutu around the house and even over her pajama pants.
It was another rainy day here and we need to get out. Off to Plant Barn, to look at some wild flower options with my mom and dad. Ellie has fun there, looking in all the pottery for water to play with, touching the plants and eating at the café. She didn’t even know that Super Man was standing behind her on the bridge; since she was so busy looking at the fish. Then she played with the fountains. She sometimes gets a little wet, but just her arm. This time she had on her rain jacket, which works well in the rain, but not when her hand was in the fountain. The water went in at the hand opening, then trapped by the water proof jacket ran along her arm and then down the inside of the jacket to her shirt and pants. Ellie didn’t mind at all, she just wanted more!
We have a small private airport over the hill from us and we see small planes fly overhead from time to time. When they do, Ellie will look up, point and say “plane” then as the plane flies away she will say “bye bye”.
Auntie Dianna’s Visit
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June 16,2016
Wow, Ellie and Cooper were so spoiled and enjoyed every minute of it!
Auntie Dianna did everything with the kids; crafts, climbing wall,...
In New Zealand they barely celebrate Halloween and there is no trick or treating. Victoria has found an activity to help Ellie understand the meaning of Halloween, American style. We are taking Ellie to “Boo at the Zoo”. Where there are scary things and special “Boo” stops with treats.
This is not the way to walk a cat! It is a very good thing that Spike is calm around kids.
Ellie and I were on one of our afternoon walks in the paddock giving Mum time to prepare dinner. Ellie was getting tired, stopped to rub her eye, and asked for Mama.
My mom was preparing “Jan’s bun” (a breakfast bun) and Ellie was busy helping. She was able to mix the egg and butter into the flower and then pour the cinnamon mixture into the pan. Ellie wasn’t able to have this for breakfast, but she did get some for a midmorning snack (second breakfast) and she really enjoyed it.
Be carefully around Ellie when she is hungry. She had finished her sandwich and I had just finish making my second one, when Ellie spotted it and wanted “more, dada’s, more”. All I can say is; I lost my sandwich.
Granddad and Ellie were having a brief moment of quite time, reading. 
She looks so proud to have found Mum’s bag , moved it off the cabinet to the couch and was looking through it to see what she needed to place into her bag. On a side note, the other day Ellie figured out how to open Victoria’s eye glass case, which she hasn’t been able to do and proceeded to remove the glasses and placed her toothbrush in it for safe keeping.
My mom and dad brought a few gifts for Ellie on their recent visit, some Halloween books and candy (as they don’t really celebrate the Halloween here), and a tutu. Ellie loves wearing the tutu around the house and even over her pajama pants. 
It was another rainy day here and we need to get out. Off to Plant Barn, to look at some wild flower options with my mom and dad. Ellie has fun there, looking in all the pottery for water to play with, touching the plants and eating at the café. She didn’t even know that Super Man was standing behind her on the bridge; since she was so busy looking at the fish. Then she played with the fountains. She sometimes gets a little wet, but just her arm. This time she had on her rain jacket, which works well in the rain, but not when her hand was in the fountain. The water went in at the hand opening, then trapped by the water proof jacket ran along her arm and then down the inside of the jacket to her shirt and pants. Ellie didn’t mind at all, she just wanted more!
We have a small private airport over the hill from us and we see small planes fly overhead from time to time. When they do, Ellie will look up, point and say “plane” then as the plane flies away she will say “bye bye”.
