We had Ellie’s friend Sienna and her parents over for dinner a few weeks ago. The girls love playing with each other and after dinner we were all treated to a show of Ellie and Sienna pushing each other around and around the dinner table in the doll’s buggy.
Today was the first day Ellie put multiple words together. She said “Kitty outside naughty” then a little later said”cereal”. This all started when the Spike, naughty cat, jumped onto the table and started eating Ellie’s cereal. Ellie got upset at Spike and waved her arms, but he just kept on eating. Then Victoria put Spike outside for a timeout.
Ellie was all dressed up as a good fairy and she even wore her wings (which until now, she could not stand). We headed for the zoo early, so we could see a few animals before having to leave temporary as they prepared for ”Boo at the Zoo”. Victoria made a picnic dinner that we ate in the back of the car as we watched hundreds of people try to find parking. After dinner we headed back into the zoo. Ellie had the widest eyes all night looking at everyone dressed up. She was even able to see the hippos taking a bath.
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.
