Cute Ella!

Ella had become that inquisitive toddler. She is always asking "what is that?" or her favorite "what does that word mean? Tell me about it." (Incidentally, Daniel got a dictionary app on his phone recently. This is not a coincidence.)

She is also starting to make astute connections. One day Daniel was wiggling his fingers to go tickle her, and she said,"No Spider, I'm not a spout!"

She also loves to be silly and insert one of her favorite nonsense words in place of words in stories or songs. One of her favorite replacements is "ham"

One day we were talking about being a helper and she piped in,"I'm a helper, mostly!" We smiled because that is a pretty apt description.

Our favorite is, what we've dubbed, her super hero/tv catch phrase: "I can do it. No problem."

Flower Pot Project

I got a great idea, and for once it wasn't from Pinterest! A house on the way to church had a brilliant idea. House numbers on flower pots! My poor friend heard about my "pot project" for much longer than they'd have liked, but our pots turned out looking great.

Now, to keep the plants in them alive...

New (to us) dresser

Sometimes when you are pregnant you get obsessed with crazy details. This month's crazy thing was a dresser or changing table. I'd been scouring Craigslist, Goodwill, and even Ikea trying to find something that would work.
Finally a $25 gem was located on Craigslist. It needed a shelf and new knobs, but that was doable.

Finished product

Side note: if I had a reality show, there would have to be a montage of me swearing something will totally fit in my hatchback and then Daniel finding a way to get it home.
Other side note: This reality show would also have lots of episodes of me coming up with ridiculous but awesome ideas and Daniel to executing them. Like buying $25 dressers and putting a shelf in where broken drawer used to be.

Bluebonnets 2016

I think we went three our four different times hoping to get good blue bonnet pictures of Ella this year.

Take your pick!
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Easter 2016

This year Daniel made sure that we kept some actual Easter traditions. It's a good thing because Ella still remembers them!

We died eggs, had bird nests (which weren't as successful, but still were tasty), and did an easter egg hunt. Ella loved hiding and finding the eggs.

Grandma bought Ella an Easter dress. Ella decided that it was just like Cinderella! She loved being a princess for the day.

Miscellaneous March Ella Adventures

Ella Helper:
Here is a very candid shot of Ella helping Daddy. She was helping fix the lawn mower. Ella likes to help get tools, and hold pieces for later.

Texan at Heart
You know your child is a Texan when it is 72 degrees in the house and she would like 3 blankets to keep warm. Oh well, it made for an adorable picture.

Drawing and "Make a Video"
Ella has finally started to draw "pictures" on her own. For a long time she would insist a grown up draw the thing she wanted. She has a lot of commissioned pictures of Pooh Bear, kitties and families. She has finally started to draw things and then tell me about what she has drawn! So much fun!

She had a few weeks where she would insist on making videos on the phone. We would turn on the recording and she would do, nothing. Oh well, she is just very excited to see the pictures and videos.

Blue Baker Adventure

A friend set up a toddler/preschooler adventure to go see our local bakery. The bakery does tour for littles. We got to see different ingredients, mixers, ovens, and bakers at work. At the end of the tour, the kids got to put ingredients into dough which was baked and then picked up later.

Ella had a good time seeing the equipment and the bakers at work. She worked very diligently on her bread project. The results were delicious!