Bill's Baltimore Visit
Friday...
Above, we all look relative happy at the Japanese steakhouse, right?
See, here is Ellie and Bill all smiles!
Ellie working with her kiddie chopsticks... she is a natural! She was practicing pulling the mushrooms out of the soup.
And eating rice!
But wait!!! This does not look like a happy camper. She just experienced the main attraction of the steakhouse... fire! Long story short, we all ended up with to-go boxes full of dinner eating on the bench outside! At least it was a nice evening!!
Ellie and Bill eating dinner.
Ice cream after dinner... Carvel had a sprinkle dispenser.
More sprinkles, please!
Awesome!!!
Ellie and I eating ice cream on another bench.
Saturday...
Ellie eating her create-your-own strawberry, sprinkles, and chocolate chip doughnut... Mmmm!
Ellie and her daddy outside of the Fractured Prune for design-your-own doughnuts.
Ellie and her Elton John glasses... that girl sure can make a fashion statement!!
Climbing through the inflatable obstacle course at the John Hopkins University Spring Fair. It was a great morning for fair, sunny and 85+ degrees! Don't worry, we wore our sunblock!

Going through the tube.Getting ready for her third time through the course.
Ellie and Bill at the JHU Fair.
Ellie running ahead of us.
Ellie is getting some basketball tips from daddy... "Ellie, you see that basket over there? Ok, now you throw that ball in it!"
To heck with it, just bounce!!!
Ellie is a mermaid... this one isn't as adorable as the one last year in the sand but still cute! She looks like her favorite princess, Ariel!
Ellie and Bill under the sea!
Running through the field.
Getting a kiss from a spider monkey. Look close, you can see his tongue touching her nose! Ellie held up a dollar and the monkey took it out of her hand, put it in her cup, gave her a hi-5, kissed her nose, and...
... sat on her shoulder! She was super! She stood very still, just like a statue!
Getting her face painted.
All smiles with a kitty cat on her cheek!
Someone is about wiped out! Little did I know that she only needed the 20 minute re-charge nap she got in the car and she was ready for more!!
Daddy trying to teach Ellie how to twirl a baton... better luck next time!
Ellie contemplating, should I even bother trying?
Ellie helping Papoo pimp her new bike...
Our seeds are sprouting in their starter cups... Yea!!
Ellie and her new bike. Dora bike, princess streamers, bell, and basket, big horn, purple flag, and Barbie helmet... What more could a girl want??
Ellie feeding Bill his dinner on Sat night at Bahama Breeze. Faster Daddy, faster!!
More ice cream after dinner.
Princess Ice Cream Face
Climbing on the playground after dinner.
The next two are out of order... Sorry!
This is Bill and Ellie off of the Light Rail, see it departing in the background? This was the unsuccessful Light Rail trip. You see, she has enjoyed the 'train' before but for some reason she freaked out at the first stop. We didn't make it off the train then so we had to hold out for the next stop then walk about a mile back to the car. Did I mention it was almost 90 degrees?
But see, Ellie doesn't look too upset about the train.
Back to Saturday evening...

Ellie playing with the trucks in the sandbox at the playground.
Practicing on her new bike.Pushes from Daddy on the swing.
Sunday...
Ellie's dance party, Baby Loves Disco, at the Recher Theater in Towson.
View from the dance floor.
Ellie looking around for Joelle.
She found her!! I love those silly smiles!
Hugs!!
Bill and Ellie pause for snacks!
Playing with scarves.
Silly cheesy smiles from the both of us!
It was getting a little late with no nap... could she be getting tired? NO!!
I just really like this one!
Ellie and the beautiful bubbles, or is it Beautiful Ellie and the bubbles?
Sunday evening she still didn't stop! Here she is "working on her game". It is her SpongeBob Squarepants soccer set and she took right to it... last night I even gave her some kicking tips.
And hide and seek with Margie in the yard. Bet you can't find Ellie!!
Just running in the backyard... Hurray for spring!!!
Ellie in the cartoon zone when we visited Meme at the hospital.
If you didn't know, Meme was in the hospital for a week with her athsma but she is home now and much, much better!
Ellie and Bill in Towson at the end of his visit... See you again in a few weeks!!