A Day with Friends and Mickey

Yesterday we loaded the cousins, Ella, Landrey, Abbey and Ava up in this sweet minivan Courtney rented and headed off to see Mickey and all his friends.

We made a quick stop at Steak and Shake

And then with tantrums in check (because of milkshakes in tow) we headed to The Centre.

The girls picked out some Handy Manny hard hats and Little Einsteins wands

and settled in for a very captivating show.

Don't you just love Mickey. I think us Moms were just as into it as the kids.

Then with happy hearts we headed back to the minivan

for much needed naps.

Oh, and then of course there were piggy back rides from Grandpa Jay waiting for Ella at home.

Waffles a la Ella

Snow Castles

I came home after work yesterday to find my Mom and Ella building snow castles in the driveway. Looked like a lot of fun, but Ella told me I wasn't allowed because "I'm playing with Mamaw, Mommy." So I went inside to fix supper.

When I came back out to bring her inside, I found this lovely lady on my side walk. She needs a name don't you think. She looks like a Fern. We'll call you Fern.

Lovely hair by the way.

Thanks Mom for making great moments with my Daughter.

I Heart You :)

Valentine's day is just such a cool day. Ella sure enjoyed it to the max. We ate candy, played with the new stuff in our Valentine mailbox, and made paper hearts to send to all our friends.

Here is some of the loot.

And you know we had to play with all of it at once.

She liked her new boots so well, that I had to sneak them off of her after she went to bed.

And Mamaw Cindy got us these oh so neato window crayons and they are really easy to clean off so Mommy likes them too.

Hope you all felt the love Sunday and just in case you didn't I'll pass a little on today.

XOXOXO

Cookie Day

We had annual COOKIE DAY at my uncles yesterday and we had a very messy, very yummy, very wonderful time.

Lots of Sprinkles

lots of messy faces

Would you like a little cookie with your icing?

No wonder Ella didn't want to go to sleep last night!

Sugar overload.

Check out Ella and Daddy. Thanks to Mamaw Cindy and Papaw Jay, Ella can be just like Daddy in her very own recliner.

Surprise Visitor

Last night a Ella had a special visit from Santa.
She didn't cry this year but she wanted nothing to do with sitting on his knee.
Thanks Santa for finding time to visit, we know how busy you are.

Adventures in Potty Training

We have been trying this training thing now for several months with not much progress until Friday. Friday she stayed dry all day and even through the night. Its like it just clicked finally. Saturday was starting out to be another amazing day, she woke up and went straight to the potty without and bribing. Yay! A perfect day of training until this



and this



Yes, that is poo on my bathroom walls. God love her, she tried to go all by herself but just couldn't get the pants down in time. Her uncle Bryson had the privilege of catching her in the act. Try disciplining and explaining what she did wrong when your trying not to pee your own pants from laughing so hard.
The potty is missing from the first picture because it was already outside being hosed down by the time I got to my camera, but just try to imagine it just behind that smear of poo on the floor with the foot prints in it. Very thankful that I had just stocked up on the Clorox wipes and Mr Clean Erasers!