Showing posts with label January 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 2014. Show all posts

Sweet Dance Friends

Eleanor and Ella are in the same dance class at TeriDona School of Dance and have become great friends.  Ella rode with us to dance a few times while her mommy was at home with Ella's newborn brother, Nolan.  Eleanor, of course, was delighted to have a friend to watch Tinkerbell with on the ride to dance class.

Sweet Dance Friends!

Playtime with Ella!

Eleanor's sweet friend, Ella, spent the day playing while her mommy took her baby brother for a check up at the doctor.  The girls played so well together!  Eleanor was so happy to have a little friend to play Barbie's, babies, and build a Cinderella castle with.  They had a great time together!




Merida Dress Up Fun!

One of my most favorite things to do as a child was to play dress up.  I remember playing dress up often with my sister and my cousins.  Eleanor certainly enjoys it as well, as dressing up has now become one of her daily activities.  Today she dressed up as one of her favorite princesses, Merida.  Santa really knew what he was doing this year in giving her Merida's boots and bow and arrow to go along with the Merida dress she already had.  It is always so fun to watch her pretend to be Merida and interact with her other animals and toys.  She's also not too bad with the bow and arrow!  Dress up is certainly one of the many sweet things about having a little girl.   :)


Our Little Reader

Eleanor LOVES  reading!  We often have to limit her nightly reading so she can actually go to sleep.  She loves being read to and retelling the story in her own words.  She is often talking while you read to her because she is pointing out the characters in the pictures that are saying or doing the things that you are reading from the book.  She also asks many questions about what is going on or what the characters are feeling or doing as the story unfolds.  She will often read a familiar story to you as well.

On this night she was put to bed without being read to because it was very late when we got home and we had church in the morning.  Just as I was lying down in my own bed, I heard giggling.  When I went in her room to check on her, this is what I found....   :)


Happy birthday Skylan!

Our sweet church friend, Skylan, turned 4!
Happy birthday Skylan! 
We loved your FROZEN  birthday party!



Happy 5th birthday Eli!

Our cousin Eli turned five!  Happy birthday Eli!  We had a great time at Chuck E. Cheese with you!










Silly boy!







Happy 5th Birthday Adam!

Our sweet cousin Adam turned five!  Happy birthday Adam!