Well Well Well.....

So the kitty did not get any better. In fact she has worms. Lucky us. Well she could not be around the kids and so we bought her a cage and it was too small and then we bought a cage big enough for a lab that did the trick. However she was not happy in that. So in comes my Mom to the rescue again. God Bless her. She came yesterday and took Princess home with her for awhile. Ella was very sad that she is gone, but understands that she needs to go to get better. I am just glad the poop has stopped. I love her dearly and I cried just as much as Ella when she left, but I HATE POOP.

Now on to the update from the last couple of weeks.

Last week was princess and pirate week at camp. She had great time. Here she is with all of her stuff she made. Princess hat and tresure map in a bottle.

Then it was off to Grandma's to get the car fixed. So far so good. The car seems to be all fixed, but I am not holding my breath. Also it was Aunt Juju's birthday. Ella loves being at my mom's. Here are few pictures of her having a blast.

We started off using a sprinkler and yes she is getting her bum wet.

Then we moved on to the redneck swimming pool. She was just as happy as a clam in there.

Then she wanted to play milk the cow again but Grandma wouldn't play. I think it had something to do with the fact that there was a camera this time. So she milked a chair instead.

Then it was time to decorate the cake for Aunt Juju's birthday. Ella loves frosting.

Then that night Ella watched the 3-D Hannah Montana concert. As only Ella can.

The next day was the birthday. Ella had to get all dressed up for it.

Presents and cake.

Ella loves her Aunt Juju and she got to help her open her gifts.

The only way to eat cake. I have taught her all I know.

This week came has been about cooking. So far they have made trail mix, muffins, english muffin pizzas, and biscuits. This is the last week that she will be at camp. Then it will be a little down time this weekend. I can only hope.

The past two weeks at camp I have found out that last year at school Ella was suppose to be learning how to dress and undress herself for swim lessons. We work on it here at home. So she did it for the last two weeks. Well at the end of the princess week I went to pick her up and she was not in the clothes I had taken her in she was in her extra outfit and this is how it looked. This is after playing at my Mom's, but the orientation of the clothing was how she came home form school. The droopy wet part is from Grandma's.

Her shirt was inside out and backwards. Looks like I have some work to do before school starts in September.

POOP POOP POOP

I feel like my life revolves around poop. With Ella's issues, and the daycare there is a lot of it, but this morning I woke up to the kitten having diarrhea. It was like a hose with a sprinkler had gone off. She had it every where. I had both of my daycare boys coming and Ella had to be at her second week of camp. It was a nuts oh morning. Luke stayed home from work this morning to help with the clean up and Princess is in her box for the day until she sees the vet tonight. I will have a happy update later all about last week and this past weekend, just wanted the let every body know about my new job title.

Fecal Specialist.
No I do not do consults.

Hold on for another wild ride

Well Ella had a great time at the magic show. The magician even made a poodle out of a balloon and gave it to her. Here she is with it.

Then it was off to Grandma's house. First we dropped the car off at the garage when we got there. Let's just not talk about that. Then back to my Mom's. I realize that I can not find my camera. I think I left it in the car, but am not sure. I get over that and am getting Ella ready for bed and need her p.j's. I go to get the suitcase and can not find it. I ask Luke where it is and he does not remember putting it into the car. So now here I am in the middle of a CAMMIE i.e. breakdown. So Luke takes my Mom's van and drives back to Auburn. He gets the suitcase and the extra set of keys for our van. On the way back to my Mom's he goes back to the garage to get the camera. Now mind you this is at 11p.m. I was sure the way things were going that he would be arrested for breaking in the car at the garage. Well all went well.

The next morning we all get up to shower and get ready to leave for the Adirondacks. Well Ella decides to have diarrhea. So the departure was waylaid a little until she was done. Then on the way we made a wrong turn and got lost, but we made it there.

Santa's workshop was a lot of fun. Ella had a blast. There were only about 15 - 20 families there so nothing was really packed and it was very enjoyable. We fed the "real" reindeer, and gave a bottle of milk to some pigs. Ella rode her first roller coaster. Her face was fantastic, but I was laughing to hard to get a picture. She did attempt to see Santa, but did not do so well with it. Later in the afternoon she saw him and did give him five. Not bad for four years of work on her.

We even saw the North Pole. Here she is with it in an Ella pose.

Then it was off to our motel. It was a really nice one. I was a little worried, but it was great. She was so tired, but had a hard time falling to sleep.

Finally success.

Then the next day we were off to hike at High Falls Gorge, but not before a quick stop at the local candy shop. When we got to High Falls Gorge we were all getting ready to hike and my sister Edna reached into her bag and sliced the pad of her left middle finger on her razor. Well it was not good. The EMT there could not stop the bleeding so we also got to see the Lake Placid ER. She is fine thank goodness, but it took two visits to get the bandaging right. Then we had a great time hiking. While my Mom and sister were at the ER the second time Ella, Luke and I went and did some of the hiking. Ella did a great job. We had a map and she pretended to be Dora the Explorer and followed the map. Some of the trail was rather tricky and she did really well.

Once my Mom and sister got back then we did the gorge and waterfalls trail. That was really spectacular. Now mind you my Mom, sister, and I are not fans of heights. So my Mom decided to stay back and just watch us. Edna and I went for it. Of course Luke and Ella were pros at it. Edna and I had two different approaches to the bridges. I was slow and steady wins the race, Luke said I looked like an old lady. Edna was run as fast as you can. So pictures were interesting. I would slowly stop to take some and Edna would hold her camera up and click it as she ran by. A pretty funny site the both of us must have made. Well here are some of the photos from the hike.

The top of the waterfall.

Looking down at the scary stair case.

Ella and Luke standing against the mountain.

Notice Edna in the purple tank top she is running to end.
On the lower bridge looking up at the very scary higher bridge still yet to be crossed.

When we were done. Ella had the chance to mine for gems. She is always gathering rock collections so this was right up her alley.

She really enjoyed finding the gems and then finding them on the identification chart.

As we left there was a large wooden statue in the gift shop of a Native American and Ella wanted to take her picture with it.

Well that concludes the wildest vacation ever. We had a great time and would do it all over again if we had too, just not the need to fix the car of the hundredth time, or just not the getting hurt part, or the lost camera part, or the lost luggage part, or the diarrhea part, or the wrong turn part, but all the rest was great. It was nice to spend time with my family crazy or not.

What a week

Well the last couple of weeks have been crazy. Ella just loves her kitty. So much so that she can not leave it alone. Here are a few pictures from the week.

This is Princess in her bed. Ella picked it out can you tell.

Princess asleep during dinner.

Princess asleep on Ella for the first time just last night.

SATURDAY 7/5: Ella doing her first sparkler. She really enjoys them.


SUNDAY 7/6: We went to visit Grandma Mary and had yummy ice cream at Dorie's in Aurora.

MONDAY 7/7: Ella doing dance in the park. They have a local dance teacher who comes to the park once a week for four weeks and does dances with the kids. This is Ella leading the group in the bunny hop.


TUESDAY 7/8: The library had their summer reading kick off party. Ella got a butterfly painted on her face and played a few games. She also go her very own library card. She is very excited about it. We spent the afternoon on the boat and then went to the park to watch a band and then they played a movie. Ella thought it was really cool that she was outside on the ground and watching a movie. We saw The Bee Movie. It was really cute.



WEDNESDAY 7/9: The library had craft day. We went a made a spider pop.
THURSDAY 7/10: We went back to the Library to have story time on the front lawn.

FRIDAY 7/11: We took a break.

SATURDAY 7/12: We were invited to friends for a BBQ and bonfire. Ella played with 7 other kids for about 8 hours. She was exhausted.

SUNDAY 7/13: Rest again

MONDAY 7/14: Dance in the park what fun.

The rest of this week holds a magic show, a trip to the North Pole and a stay at Grandma's house. I will need a break from the summer that is for sure. Stay tuned for the next up date.

We are pleased to announce our adoption of Princess

Well today Ella picked up her new kitty. It is a girl and Ella named her Princess with a nick name of Ice Princess. She can not leave her alone. This poor kitten went from the quietness of my Mom's to being here with Ella. She really is the sweetest little kitten. She loves to rub on you and play. She seems to like females better at this point. Here is Ella and Princess.