Mid-May, Lysse Visit, and a Tiny Dancer
Spring has sprung and summer is knocking at our door and that means longer days and lots of stuff going on!
Above is Ellie after enjoying (really enjoying) a bowl of chocolate pudding. I say this because it is in no way related to the next picture! They were taken on two different days!
Tuesday...
I would title this one "Terd on the Verge".
Here is how it all went down, or more accurately, didn't go down... One evening during dinner, just like every other night, Ellie excused herself from the table to go potty. She came back to the table, washed hands and all, and finished her dinner. After dinner Papoo excused himself to go to the bathroom when I heard, "Come in here, Beth. You gotta come here and see this!" I went back to the bathroom and saw exactly what you see above. Papoo then explained that when he went to lift the seat to use the toilet, this was sitting there neatly between the seat and bowl. I asked Ellie if she took it out of the potty when we were sitting at dinner. She said no, it came out of her butt when she got off the potty and Mommy told her to never touch poo-poo, so she didn't. And yes, I did have to share that with everyone!
Wednesday...
Getting ready for swim lesson #2. She is learning to go under water and float on her back and belly.
Posing pretty and excited about swim lessons.
Friday...
Grandma, Grandpa, and Daddy came to visit. After dinner Ellie did her best to give Grandma a mohawk... I think it is a good look for you Deb!
Mmm... More sprinkles than you could dream of at Carvel!!
Ice cream on the bench.
Ellie sure loves her pink ice cream with pink sprinkles, of course!!
Sharing her ice cream with Grandma.
Dancing in the streets, actually it is the walkway.
Shoulder rides from Grandpa on the way back to the car.
Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa, and Ellie... Say "Pink ice cream!!"
Saturday...
Ellie's first dance recital.
Here is Ellie's fan club waiting for the show to begin. Papoo, Grandma, Meme, Margie, Grandpa, Ellie, and Daddy
Abby Cadabby (aka: Stinky Badinky) and Ellie warm up before class.
Ellie is taking some pre-show shots. Just no autographs please!
Pre-show streching.
Showing off some of her moves.
Getting situated for the show.
Tiny dancer showing off her stuff.
The whole class dancing to "Music of My Heart".
Dancing and in deep thought!
All of the pretty ballerinas!
Pretending to be a "shy guy"!
After the show Miss Jessica gave them all silly glasses and candy for a job well done!
Ellie, Bill, and Abby Cadabby with Ellie's flowers from Nana! Thank you!
Ellie and I. I am so very proud of my big girl!!
After her dance recital we all went to "The Pancake Store" and Ellie got a big plate full of noodles... Yum-O!
Then it was off to the "Big Playground" or as most people know it... Port Discovery Children's Museum. Here is Grandpa maneuvering some of the smaller crawl spaces in the giant rope gym in the middle... Grandpa, does this take you back to your days in the Marines?
Ellie is helping Grandpa up the ladder... When they designed this they definitely made it for kids, not grown ups!!
Hurray!! We made it!!
Playing with the marble maze.
Everyone poses for a picture in the supermarket.
Playing on one of the kid friendly computer programs.
Everyone is checking it out!
Grandpa is trying to give Ellie tutorial on proper window cleaning and Ellie just wants to have fun!!
Ellie and Daddy in a giant bubble! Amazing!!
Playing with the pluming.
Teamwork!
Exploring the water table.
Look... Its Ellie in a bubble!!
Ellie and Grandma in a bubble... Awesome!!
Drying off before running off to the next thing!
Yee-haw!!
Looks like Cowgirl Deb roped herself an Ellie!
Giddy up!!!
Ellie and Grandpa at the top of the rope gym, they made it!!
Grandpa making his way out of the rope gym. He wasn't very graceful at all and he left his wallet half way through the tunnel! Way to go Jer!
Riding the stuffed ponies!
Playing soccer with Jer on the main level.
Shopping at the Royal Farms exhibit.
Learning how to pump gas and put air in the tires... Both are very good skills to know!
Trying her hand at cashiering.
Look it is "Driving Grandma"!
Not for quite a few more years Ellie, don't get any ideas!
Strolling through the Inner Harbor and checking out (scaring) the pigeons.
Grandpa, Grandma, and Ellie checking out the water and all of the boats.
And taking in all of the sights!
Group photo by Harborplace.
Ellie playing at the Harbor by the USS Constellation.
Ellie in deep thought, hmm...
Strolling over to Panera for a snack before heading back to the hotel.
Swinging with Daddy and Grandpa.
Swimming with Daddy at the hotel.
Miss Independent can do it all by herself!
Cheese and giggles!
She is her own water fountain!
Ellie and I watching Rachel Alexander win the Preakness at Bill Bateman's.
Ellie and Bill enjoying dinner at Bill Bateman's.
Jer at "Wiener Man's" for ice cream after dinner.
Chocolate kisses for Grandma.
Mmm... Very attractive!
Ellie loving her chocolate ice cream! This was quite a day, she branched out from her normal pink ice cream.
What a beautiful ice cream face!
Picking pansies outside of the Barnes and Noble.
Sunday...
Custom made donuts at the Fractured Prune.
Their masterpieces... Yummy!
Ellie showing off her photographing skills.
Twirling around in her new Little Mermaid nightgown... it even has a bustled back. Too cute and yes, way over the top!
Ellie and I taking a breather after a busy weekend!