Spring 2012

We have had a wonderfully busy spring! Paul has been incredibly busy with work so thankfully, Ellie and I have been able to get out of the house and enjoy the good weather to make the time pass by faster. What have we been up to?

EASTER

Ellie was so much fun this year! We dyed easter eggs with the Stringfellow clan and did the egg hunting with the Hogan clan. Eloise loved it all! Perhaps next year she will be able to dye the eggs without throwing them into the cups, cracking them, and actually gather more than one egg before eagerly flinging its contents across the lawn. 

HEE HAW FARM

Ellie and I went to the Hee Haw Farm last year and had a blast. This year we decided to involve our cousins. Mom, of course, chose the windiest day of the year! Amidst the giant slide, petting zoo, hay ride, and games we managed to weather the storm quite marvelously.

Such a great petting zoo!

Ellie spent most of the time chasing this duck.

She could give Napoleon a good fight yeah?

PAINT PAINT PAINT

Eloise is already a "right brain" girl. She likes to color and draw, but LOVES to paint! Thanks to Pinterest I found the brilliant idea of using sweet and condensed milk as paint. This has now become an almost daily request by our little Picaso.

She looks like a hobo. I know. I get it.

WHEELER FARM

Ellie and I have the wonderful opportunity to spend a few days a week with her pal, Gavin. He is the sweetest little boy and we are having a blast with him. After the claustrophobia of being inside for a few days had set in, I decided to brave two toddlers on a road trip. We hit up a local favorite, Wheeler Farm. We have been here so many times Ellie takes charge and navigates the route for us.

PARK TIME

We unfortunately have very little yard for Ellie to run around on so we tend to hit the park a lot. We have a collection of favorite parks and rotate them almost daily. Ellie loves to swing; like throw-a-massive-fit-when-mom-suggests-it's-time-to-get-off kind of love. She likes to explore all of the available swings and goes back and forth between the two for hours!

Ellie is super adventurous and before she could even walk would find her way to the slides, no matter the size. By 21 months she is already starting to become bored with them.

Eloise and Gavin.

THIS AND THAT

Ellie got Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease. The spots were generous enough to not limit themselves to these places however. They were everywhere! Being the dramatic girl that she is, every time she saw a spot (so pretty much nonstop) she would shout ow-ee and sob. Made for a long week. Good news though, taking her to the doctor we discovered that after only 21 short months our little munchkin has finally hit the 20 lb. mark. Way to go Ellie!

I painted my toenails one day while Ellie was napping. One of the first things she noticed when she woke up was mom's bright pink toes. She was very determined to be just like mom and abruptly found her crayons to try to paint her own toenails too. Resourceful.

Catch you this summer...