Climbing

Up, Up, Up.  Ellie is proud of her abilities to climb to the top of most of the walls. I think her favorite part is to repel off the wall on the way down!

Swimming Twice a Week

Ellie is now swimming twice a week.  It has made a huge difference in her ability and also in fitness. Both lessons are 45 minutes long and it seems she never stops swimming.  When she first started swimming in this pool, she would stand up half way through a lap to take a quick break, now she swims multiple laps without stopping.  She is very happy that she is swimming twice a week.

In the picture is her favorite teacher.  This day was over a school holiday and she was the only student in her class. She was excited to get the one on one attention but didn’t realize that he would be watching her the whole time!

Mud Race

Ellie and I completed our first every Mud monster race.  There was no chance of staying clean!  She did very well and was very competitive.  She didn’t want to wait for our friends who were behind us.  Only once did she complain.  That was when she slid down a very large mud slide into a pool of water and mud and she ended up with mud all over her face and in her eyes.

Gummy Bear

Ellie has learned this Gummy Bear song at school.  Some of her classmates sang it for the Variety show.  She made this gummy bear out of playdoh and sing the song all the time around the house.  Once you hear it, it is hard to get it out of your head.