Swimming Update

On Sunday at swimming lessons, for the first time ever, Ellie ran off the mat and jumped into the water without holding on to my hand! Sorry no picture, hopefully next Sunday.

Ellie's Cardboard House

We finally cleared out our storage unit in the states a few months ago. It took a while for the boxes to arrive and now they are unpacked. We have converted one of the boxes into a house for Ellie. She loves it. Victoria even created a door and a window that opens and closes. Ellie has been able to decorate it with Crayons and chalk.

That's Not Ellie

It might look like Victoria is walking with Ellie, but Ellie was by my side when I took the picture. I thought how funny and had to take a picture. You can see in the second picture how similar the girls looked!

Don’t worry, the girl was following Victoria, and yes, Victoria knew it wasn’t Ellie.

Grandma's Visit

Ellie loved all the attention from Grandma during her visit. Ellie even took Grandma to the zoo to show her Ellie’s hippos. If you look in the upper right you can see hippo ears.

Playing with Friends

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.

First Sentence

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.

Halloween

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.