Ella.....& her wisdom.....

I learned two things from Ella today:

1.) "mommy do you know how you make a dinosaur?"

"no ella....how?"

"well, when a tiger eats a butterfly....he becomes a dinosaur"

2.) "mommy when you have a girl baby, can we call her Tinkerbell?"

(Guess there might be another child in our future?????)

Here is some cute photos from yesterday......

After a not so good dance class last week due to Ella being quite the 'stinker', she did great yesterday! She is really learning alot! It is amazing all the ballet lingo that she knows.

Ella practicing her 'leaps'......so glad I caught this one!

Reading in the Rain

There is a new library that opened up a few months back that is pretty close to us.......so, I FINALLY decided to take Ella tonight. Of course, a great monsoon storm was brewing and the sky decided to open up and pour down on us just as we pulled into the library parking lot. We were pretty wet as we ran into the library but Ella had a great time and LOVED all the books and the DVD's. I can't believe this was her first visit to an actual library, but with all the books that she has, she has had plenty to read at home. She just 'knows' about libraries now and I think that the 'borrowing' concept is a good thing for her to learn!

They have self check-out which is really quite high-tech and fancy. Ella had a great time doing it herself!

Rubber Ducky.....you're the one!

Time for the move to the 'big boy' tub

Smokin' Salami

Lunch today was a bit crazy at the Barron Home!

Logan was a monkey......I had given him peas, carrots, and some turkey stick since he has been liking 'finger foods'. He decided to mash them all and let them ooooooze out between his fingers and fling the rest on the floor. He rubbed it in his hair and somehow got the food between his toes. He ended up in the tub after lunch and there was pea skins floating in the tub..........ewww! He definitely is not 'liking everything' anymore and will swat at the spoon or blink/close his eyes if you give him something 'yucky'. Once again, it's a good thing he is such a cutie!

Now, onto the funniness of the day.......

Ella DOES NOT try new foods. She sticks to what she knows. Well, I am not sure what happened but she has decided to becoming a bit 'daring' and has been asking to try things recently. Today I asked her if she wanted some salami, thinking of course I would get the, "MOMMY, salami is yucky and I DON'T like iT!"..... It really was a shocker when she said, "Yes!" She LOVED it.....she just kept saying, "salami is so good!" Her favorite part was folding or rolling the salami into shapes. The best of which was the roll when she told me, "Look mommy, it's my smoke pipe"...... Hilarious! She had said this one other time in the past and finally we discovered we had the catepillar from "Alice in Wonderland" to thank for her 'smoke talk.'

This little piggy.....

Logan had his 9 month check-up today and he weighs

18 pounds 10 ounces.........

He has gained over 3 1/2 pounds since his 6 month check. He is 28 1/2 inches long, but I really think he is a bit longer because the guy didn't do such a good job measuring..... He is 20th% for weight and 48th% for height. Our brave little guy got 2 shots today! After a long afternoon nap, he is happy and smiling away!

What a DIFFERENCE......

...................12 Hours make!


Asleep on the couch when I got home last night


Sunday night, Ella woke up in the middle of the night saying her 'mouth hurt'. I gave her some tylenol, she drank a bit, watched a cartoon or two and FINALLY went back to sleep. I had to work yesterday, so she was home with daddy who kept me updated on the fact that she was not herself. She laid on the couch most of the day, didn't eat or drink much, but didn't run a fever. She was asleep on the couch when I got home.....so, after a shower and putting Logan to bed, I came down to check on her. She was on FIRE! She woke up and was practically screaming about her throat. She wouldn't talk, wouldn't take a drink, and was REALLY miserable. I took a look at her throat which was RED RED RED.....she also had the yucky white tongue and 'that' breath.......She was not too thrilled AT ALL about heading to the doctor, but we left about 9pm and I am happy to report we were back at about 10:05pm....we went to Good Night Pediatrics at 88th ave and union hills. It is a pediatric urgent care.....we were in and out in about 20 minutes with a confirmed diagnosis of Strep. Ella was such a trooper and did great getting 'swabbed' and saying 'ahhhh' for the doctor. Walgreens was super nice to us and made up the antibiotic in about 5 minutes which was enough time for Ella to pick out a new Care Bear (she named her Carrie), a Hello Kitty color book, butterfly stickers, and horse stickers. How could I say 'no' to any of it since she was breaking my heart and had been such a trooper!



She went to sleep as soon as we got home and had one more 'bad' time at 1am when she woke up with a sore throat and threw up all over herself and me after motrin, but this morning she is SO much better. She has eaten about 5 crackers and had 3 cups of juice. Ella enjoyed a LONG bath and has made her 'nest' on the couch where she has been all day. She is talking, drinking, and smiling. SO glad my sweet Ella is on the mend. She made it almost 4 years without needing antibiotics! Shhhhh........she just fell asleep.




Drinking her 'pink' gatorade from her new 'pink' piggie cup....

Looking at all of her 'prizes' this morning on the couch......

Asparagus!

I have decided that it is time to start 'finishing' some projects......I mean 'starting' some projects that I have wanted to do since we moved in almost 4 years ago.....

The downstairs bathroom being one of them that was tackled today!

It was tan like the rest of the house and needed some 'help'

I was ready for a 'fun' bathroom!

Paul was taping it to get ready and Ella wanted to 'help' so she made some signs clearly stating the rules for the project

I did allow my little artist to help a bit......gotta love the color "asparagus"

Still lots to do until it is complete, but here is a sneak peak.......the walls are all painted. We took down the big, ugly mirror and I bought this new one for a bargain price of $25 at Wally World. The towels and rugs are a silvery gray color and need to be washed and hung. We also need to hang new towel racks and hang some really cool wall tiles that I bought.........will post the finished project hopefully sooner rather than later!