Ella has had some fun adventures the last couple of months:
Water fight with myself:
Your toddler finds a spray bottle...
Using a fork
If it is too hard, just put the food on the end of the fork with your fingers.
Eating an orange
Somethings are too good to wait!
Honking my nose
If Mom and Dad's noses make noises so should mine!
Pushing laundry basket
Beep Beep! Coming through!
Shoe sandwich
Anything can be a sandwich if you try hard enough
"Cooking"
Mmm. Banana Soup!
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
New Backsplash
When we bought our house, we didn't make many major design changes. We kept the paint colors etc. The previous owners had put up antique style ads as stickers for a backsplash in kitchen. Instead of falling more in love with them, we got more and more annoyed.
Daniel didn't want to put up tiles because someday we'll probably replace the laminate, and you don't want a weird gap back there when you're done!
After lots of asking he agreed to try a beadboard backsplash. We decided to use my parents' expertise to figure out how to install it. We used a big sheet of beadboard panel from Home Depot, and painted it with high gloss paint. Ella even helped a little.
We think it turned out looking good. It turned out to be a good solution.
Daniel didn't want to put up tiles because someday we'll probably replace the laminate, and you don't want a weird gap back there when you're done!
After lots of asking he agreed to try a beadboard backsplash. We decided to use my parents' expertise to figure out how to install it. We used a big sheet of beadboard panel from Home Depot, and painted it with high gloss paint. Ella even helped a little.
We think it turned out looking good. It turned out to be a good solution.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Grandpa and Grandma Visit
Grandma and Grandpa Call came for a visit. We had lots of fun playing around the house. We read books, played with toys, and helped Grandpa work on his computer.
We went to the thinkery (children's museum) one morning, we and had lots of fun there.
We went to the thinkery (children's museum) one morning, we and had lots of fun there.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Nightstands
For those of you who don't know, I love browsing pinterest for ideas for cool projects. I'd been itching to try gel stain on something for a long time, and Daniel, wisely, didn't want to ruin something that was perfectly good.
Fortunately, I got a great deal on a pair of IKEA nightstands, and we desperately needed to nightstands. At $5 a piece, Daniel agreed that it was worth the risk to jazz them up!
We gel stained the top, (several coats),painted,
and added some molding and pulls.
They turned out pretty great!
Fortunately, I got a great deal on a pair of IKEA nightstands, and we desperately needed to nightstands. At $5 a piece, Daniel agreed that it was worth the risk to jazz them up!
and added some molding and pulls.
They turned out pretty great!
Monday, December 29, 2014
Ella and Daddy
Ella has not always been the most friendly to her Daddy. After she was born, she would just scream at him if Mom left. Not much has changed in that department, so I always love catching the moments showing that she is connecting with Daddy more and more! Here are a few from the last few months and how I imagine Ella would tell you about them.
Wearing his shoe:
I love wearing parent shoes. I can put my foot, shoe and all, inside Daddy's shoes!
Snuggling daddy:
Sometimes I will snuggle up on Daddy's lap to read a story or some scriptures from his phone. Just sometimes so it is still a special treat.
Bed Time:
Daddy may be the best bedtime story teller. I'm always handing him more books at bedtime
Animal Train:
Daddy's always have the most fun games like putting all of the animal friends on the stacking train for a ride.
Day letter:
Mom loves Daddy too. We wrote him a note telling him how awesome we think he is!
"Tummy Time"
I never liked tummy time as a newborn. I would just scream and cry. I do love sitting on Daddy's tummy and doing the "people on the bus go up
and down." I also like playing his tummy like a drum. Tummy time has grown on me.
Pillow Talk:
Sometimes I'll lay my head on a pillow and insist that Daddy lay his head on the other pillow. It is lots of fun for a few minutes, anyway.
Wearing his shoe:
I love wearing parent shoes. I can put my foot, shoe and all, inside Daddy's shoes!
Snuggling daddy:
Sometimes I will snuggle up on Daddy's lap to read a story or some scriptures from his phone. Just sometimes so it is still a special treat.
Bed Time:
Daddy may be the best bedtime story teller. I'm always handing him more books at bedtime
Animal Train:
Daddy's always have the most fun games like putting all of the animal friends on the stacking train for a ride.
Day letter:
Mom loves Daddy too. We wrote him a note telling him how awesome we think he is!
"Tummy Time"
I never liked tummy time as a newborn. I would just scream and cry. I do love sitting on Daddy's tummy and doing the "people on the bus go up
and down." I also like playing his tummy like a drum. Tummy time has grown on me.
Pillow Talk:
Sometimes I'll lay my head on a pillow and insist that Daddy lay his head on the other pillow. It is lots of fun for a few minutes, anyway.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Christmas Time!
I probably should have written this post a long time ago. Unfortunately life gets busy, and it's hard to keep up with everything -- and I don't even seem to be all that busy compared to other people.
Ella was surprised by all the extra things in the room on Christmas morning, but she was most intrigued by the raisins she found in her stocking. First, she just thought they were fun to shake. She the realized that it could be opened, and she spent what seemed like an hour up on her activity tower playing with her raisins (note that she didn't seem at all interested in eating them, even though we showed her that's what they were for). After she got tired of the raisins, we finally started opening our presents.
We got lots of presents from people (thank you everyone!) and a few generous people even gave us lots of what we gave Ella this year. She got a set of stacking blocks, a Mega Blocks set, a bunch of books, a set of tea cups, a Winnie the Pooh bear, and even a set of musical instruments. While everything was a hit (even the Ritz crackers), I think that Pooh bear was more like infatuation. She clung to Pooh even more than she does with mommy. Luckily, she got a little less attached and still likes to play with him.
Ella was surprised by all the extra things in the room on Christmas morning, but she was most intrigued by the raisins she found in her stocking. First, she just thought they were fun to shake. She the realized that it could be opened, and she spent what seemed like an hour up on her activity tower playing with her raisins (note that she didn't seem at all interested in eating them, even though we showed her that's what they were for). After she got tired of the raisins, we finally started opening our presents.
We got lots of presents from people (thank you everyone!) and a few generous people even gave us lots of what we gave Ella this year. She got a set of stacking blocks, a Mega Blocks set, a bunch of books, a set of tea cups, a Winnie the Pooh bear, and even a set of musical instruments. While everything was a hit (even the Ritz crackers), I think that Pooh bear was more like infatuation. She clung to Pooh even more than she does with mommy. Luckily, she got a little less attached and still likes to play with him.
Friday, December 19, 2014
December Fun
I know you can't all drop by and see little pieces of our lives.This post is going to be a few of vignettes from the month of December so you can feel like you just dropped in a few times and caught us being absolutely normal.
I'm pretty sure Ella considered mail delivery as a career for at least a day. We went to the mailbox cluster and she opened and closed the unlocked package lockers for at least 10 minutes.
Our friends Miss Anah and Ollie come over to walk and talk with us. We all love to get out and see friends! This day was a little wet and cool, but we had fun seeing each other anyway.
Ella has been working on her coloring skills for a while. If you consider pulling crayons out of the box and then putting them back in coloring skills. This month she finally started to actually try drawing on paper. It might have helped that I taped a piece of paper to a box.
Ella can't wait to get into her activity tower. She jumps in before breakfast clad in her footie pajamas. She jumps in wanting a standing snack. She plays while I make dinner. She is up and down and up and down all day -- dropping things for someone to pick up.
Daniel took the infant car seat out of storage in order to get to our Christmas decorations. Ella promptly started putting stuffed friends (and a few unstuffed ones as well) in the car seat to be buckled and unbuckled!
Ella has started to warm up to Daddy. She likes to take him by the hand and show him things. She'll follow him up the stairs, and she'll even hang out with him when I'm not there!
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