Being a Big Girl

Ella is getting to be a big girl. (Not that big!)

She loves to help

She loves to baby her Pooh Bear 

Blows the Cutest Kisses

Swings on the Big Girl Swings
She can talk with so many clear words!

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.

Cooking Adventures

Ella likes to help cook. She loves to taste test things for us. (Frosting, sesame sauce etc) She once even managed to "taste test" an entire cupcake while no one was looking. Good thing it was one of her birthday cupcakes!

Daniel decided to make a cool shaped cake for Ella's birthday this year. He went with the obvious choice, Pooh Bear. It turned out really well, if I do say so.

We also decided to make Utah Scones one Sunday afternoon. They turned out really tasty.

The Pooh Bear Incident

Sometimes you are trying to get your toddler comfortable with the idea of sitting on the toilet so you let them practice on a special little seat. They get the idea that their favorite stuffed animal should sit on the toilet too, and they don't realized that a stuffed animal should also sit on the little toddler seat.

That toddler might come to you saying "Pooh, wet!" (Fortunately he was wearing a cloth diaper keeping everything but his feet dry.)

Don't worry I saved the day with my mom powers.