This past week

I'm a little behind on posting pics from Valentine's Day. Last Tuesday, Ellie and I surprised Nana at work with some flowers and candy. Then we went to lunch with Daddy. When we got home, Nini came over and brought Ellie her valentine. That evening, we had chicken fajitas for dinner and opened up our gifts. Ellie was excited about her markers and coloring books, although not quite as excited when she found out they were color wonder markers and only wrote on the paper that came with them! On Thursday, Grandma came over and brought Ellie another valentine! She's one lucky little girl!

Visiting Nana at workEllie and Nini
Our Valentine dessert . . . heart shaped chocolate brownies . . . YUM!

Toy Story ring pop!

Markers, paper, and a new Dora book

On Saturday, we went to check out a place that I had heard about from a friend. It's the Dynamo gym near Rockwell and Hefner. During their regular hours they have a 3 story play gym that anyone can use. It's $5 per kid and parents are free. And parents can play on most everything! It was a little overwhelming with the amount of kids there and there were some kids that were way too old and way too rough to be playing, but Ellie had fun and next time we go, I think I'll take her during the week while the big kids are at school.

Climbing up to the slides (that's her in the polka dotted skirt)

Sliding down with Dad

Sliding down with Mom

I think she really wanted to play in the ball pit, but there were too many kids (one that was about 13 and took up the whole area). Plus, the boy with his hand on her head is not being nice. We had to watch out for him the whole time!

Getting braver . . .

In the bounce house

On the balance beam

We had fun, but Ellie was also having a bad allergy day. We're going to go back and check it out on a day when she's not so cranky and it's not so crowded. I'm considering having her birthday party there!