Daddy Dog and Ella Cat

Ella has dived right into the world of pretend play. She is obsessed with being a cat. She meows, crawls on all fours and even rubs against your leg to give you loves. She has decided to transform into a cat in all kinds of exotic places (The library lawn, the park, the hall in the church building), but she will meow any place, any time and to anyone.

She also loved when we introduced "parent pretends to be a pet" play. We really didn't intend for her to demand "Daddy Dog" pretty much every time she sees Daniel.

Daddy and Ella

Ella is growing more comfortable with Daddy all the time.

She will give him big hugs and snuggles.

Other times they play fun games or dance! Daddies know the most fun games, especially when all of Mom's activities are boring from playing them so often.

Family Home Evening.

So we've been trying to hold Family Home Evening on Mondays. In Ella's opinions, some of the evenings are hits and some of them are misses.She loved pointing to our "how to be a sunbeam" picture. She was less interested in playing "mother says."

One afternoon she decided to gather her animals and hold her own meeting. It looked like everyone was having a good time.

Ella's Birthday

Ella had a good birthday:

She got a Pooh Bear birthday cake
They sang Happy Birthday to her in nursery
She got lots of presents from Mom and Dad
She got a cool Mommy Fox and Baby Fox from her friend Emmy
She got "Suess" books from Grandma Larsen, and scripture scouts from Grandma and Grandpa Call.