Grumbly Bear

A Grumbly Bear shows up at the house or in the paddock at times.  This is how Ellie describes him:

Loud Feet   - stomps on roof and can break it
Super black
No hair – lots of hair on his body, none on his head
Tall – can touch the ceiling
Grumbly bear
Scary eyes – then she will do her scary eye’s to show us what they look like

Knock Knock

This is Ellie knock knock joke:

Knock Knock
Who’s here
Everyone in the rubbish bin
Everyone in the rubbish bin, who?
Everyone

She thinks this is so funny and giggles after each line as she is telling it.

Frog

I caught a frog that was hopping around the vegetable garden and brought it up for Ellie and Grandma to see.  Ellie wasn’t afraid of the frog and even touched it (many times).  She said afterward it was sticky.

Spa with Friends

Nothing is better than a nice hot spa after a cool swim in the pool except jumping back in the cold pool to splash around before heading back to the warm spa.

Rocket

The sun is out and there is chalk to be used.  We made Ellie a giant chalk rocket that had planets and stars above it.  Ellie jumped in and started flying it to Saturn.

Water Safety Week

During water safety week, Ellie’s school had a discussion about water safety and she received a pamphlets and a balloon which has lasted a long time.  Then at her swimming lessons they all experienced what is was like wearing life vests in the water.  They learned how to float on their backs, hold on to each other and how to turn over and swim in them.  Ellie was lucky to have already practiced this in a friend’s pool last year after a boating trip.

Baby Doll

Ellie wanted her baby doll to be lying with Cooper.  She understood that he was too small to have things in his bassinet so she got a blanket, made a small doll bed, and put the doll next to him to sleep.