Holiday Time – Part 2

After a good night sleep, where Ellie and her friend S slept in the bunk room together with no problems, we woke up to bad weather but a warm house.  We took the morning slow, before adventuring outside to stretch our legs and test the water.

Holiday Time - Part 1

A few weeks ago, Ellie had her first big car trip.  Victoria had been planning this trip for a while with Ellie’s best friend’s parents.  We had our car full of everything we needed, which left little room for Victoria and I, but not Ellie, she had more room and toys than she knew what to do with.  The other family had their car and boat packed also.  The boat did have some of our things.  We left on our 5 hour drive early giving us time to stop and let the kids play.  We made it safely to the bach in the afternoon and set up to unpack and let the girls run around. 

Bunny Bath?

Ellie said Bunny was dirty, but Bunny was not made for an Ellie bath.  Bunny was only able to watch, but Ellie thought it was funny that Bunny was sitting on her stool watching during her bath.  There was lots of splashing but bunny survived and even got a towel to dry off with.

Ellie and Bunny

Ellie just rediscovered the stowaway bunny.  Bunny is sneaky; he hid in our suitcase when we last left the states and is now living with us.  Ellie is a good mummy to bunny.  He gets plenty of food and medical care, (he needed a plaster on his finger the day the photos were taken).

Tasting

Ellie was cooking pasta alongside Mummy in the kitchen.  While she is not as neat, she has learned to sample the food before dishing it out for us to try.  I can tell you that pasta noodles that have been soaking in cold water for 5 minutes don’t taste as good as Ellie makes them out to be. 

Basket Ellie

Ellie was playing quietly in her room the other morning, and this is how I found her.

She loves playing with her dolls and other stuffed animals.  She makes up stories, feeds, bathes, comforts, dances with them.  We have story time at night where she makes up a story with the stuffed toys and we sit quietly and listen.

Napping in Bed

She woke up early, way too early, and when the afternoon arrived, Ellie desperately needed a nap.  We were able to get her to take her nap in her bed, which doesn’t happen much anymore.  We didn’t want her to sleep to long, so after 30 minutes I went to wake her up.  Camera in hand, I was able to take 2 pictures before Ellie figured out what was going on and started to make funny faces.