Ella's Happenings

At dance Ella had Tutu day. She was very excited about this. She is doing very well in dance. She has a recital coming up in June. The costumes have started to arrive and the excitement is building.

Now on to Ella's new room. She "helped" a lot. She helped with the washing, painting, and decorating.

These are the color choices for the room.

To give perspective. The pink is the top half of the room and the brown is the bottom half. We left the ceiling and trim white.

My Mom and I envisioned curtains that would have brown and pink strips or polka dots. Well Ella had another vision. She fell in love with this material at the store and could not leave it.

There was even enough for Mom to make a skirt for her. It is for dance, but she had to put it together in an outfit the day she got it.

This was the big reveal. She did not see the room the last day until it was all done and ready for her. So some of the decorations were a surprise to her.

Thanks Mom for all of your help. We never would have gotten this done without you.

The day that we revealed the room to her she and Daddy went on a date together. She had earned a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. This is how the looked before they left.

Then there was mud day outside. She had a blast. Not so much fun cleaning it up, but she had a good time.

Grandma Mary treated Ella and I to pedicures. That was a lot of fun. First off my feet really needed it, and it was Ella's first time. She had a ball. She picked pink polish of course for her and green for me. The ladies did flower details on her big toes and she thought that was just the nuts.

See I told you green. Then with the size of my feet. The swelling was so bad at the end they looked like Ogre feet. Big and Green.

Thank you Grandma that was a great treat for all.

We also spent an afternoon with friends at a jumpy house. Ella had a blast. Thank you Joanne for helping with Ella. There was no way I was getting in and out of those houses.

Then along came the Easter Bunny. Ella was still afraid of him this year.

We decorated eggs and Ella drew a picture for the Easter Bunny and left it with some carrots and water for him.

Then Easter morning the Bunny left a note for Ella that told her about two egg hunts one inside and one outside. This is Ella and Daddy checking out the loot.

During this time Ella also went to a maple festival and saw how they make maple syrup. She was very interested, because Uncle Howard had made some for her. Thanks again Uncle Howard.

She went shopping one day with Mommy and Daddy and helped pick out the coming home outfit for the baby and also made a stuffed dog for her new baby at Build a Bear Workshop.

Well that catches you up on what has been going on.