Kid Fest/Ellie's Early Birthday Present

The weather this past weekend was beautiful! On Saturday, Ellie and I met up with Jess, Jett, Tammy, Jade, and Jazz at the fairgrounds for Kid Fest. I wasn't sure if it would be something Ellie would be interested in, but it turned out to be really fun! She got to do a lot of fun things and spend time with her cousins, so she was in heaven! I also won a cool little train set as a door prize, so we had something new to play with when we got home. Here are some of the other things we did:

We met Rumble, 2 of the Thunder girls,


got Ellie's face painted,

played with cousin Jett,

and cousin Jasmine,

pet a bunny,

a baby goat,

and a turtle,

and jump in the bounce house with Jasmine, Jett, and Jasmine's friend!

That night, Nana came over to babysit while we went to a friend's birthday party. Ellie had a very fun day!





Although her birthday is still about 6 weeks away, I was looking through a Toys R Us ad and saw that the playhouse I wanted to get her was on sale this week. So we went and picked it up on Sunday and thought we might as well let her get some good use out of it while the weather is perfect. She loves it! It is the first thing she wanted to do this morning when she got up and the first thing she talked about when we got home from the Y. We ate our lunch out there today, although I have a tough time getting in. I probably won't be able to fit at all here in a month or two!!

Ellie and Daddy putting it together

Washing something in the sink

Her mischievious look . . . she was starting to stand up in the chair!

Ellie and Daddy

She was looking around and saying, "Hi, Mom!"

She loves to open and close the windows

We didn't have any batteries for the doorbell or phone so she reminded me this afternoon while we ate lunch. She said, "We need some batteries for my phone, don't we?" We now have batteries for dad to install when he gets home. :)

Happy (early) Birthday, Ellie!

Eating lunch today