Go Texan Day!

What a fun day!  Addy was super excited to wear her rodeo gear to school today.  She even let me put her hair up in pig tails. 

Ella doesn't normally go to school on Fridays, but it was a Purim/Go Texan Day celebration at school so we went up for a while to play with her class.  On Purim they celebrate by dressing up in costumes and there was a parade through the main JCC building.  Then there was a bunch of carnival like activities in the classes.  The activities were topped off with a pony ride, definitely a highlight of the day.  It was a bit chilly, so she had a jacket on, but she is sporting her Tinkerbell costume underneath.  

We got home and I was able to convince her to put on her Go Texan Gear.  Pretty cute little Texan here! 

She May Look Like a Wolf...

but she eats like a Denson!  Love my girl asking for pickles for lunch!

PJ Day

Valentines Day at Addy's school was pj day.  The kids made Valentines at school for all of their friends in the class and I think that they had a fun casual day in their pjs.  We were talking about what Addy was going to wear and she said she wanted to wear her red nightgown.  I thought that she was taking about her red princess nightgown from Christmas.  Nope, she was talking about the nightgown Granny got her a few years ago, she LOVES it still.  Here she is on Valentines, headed to school. 

Mardi Gras 2013

Another fun year, with much better weather. 

 There were no weather delays this year, but we tend to park near the end of the parade route, so it takes a while before we actually see any action.  Fortunately the Expedition doubles as a jungle gym, both inside and out, so the wait wasn't too bad.

 This would be an example of an elaborate float for the parade.  You have this and next to them is a group of people on their golf cart!  Good ol' Bolivar!

 I'm pretty sure we got more beads this year than last.  Towards the end I think that the beads were close to tumping Ella over she had so many on her.

 Here is Ms. A with some of her beads.  

And here is the after the parade shot with all of the beads piled up.  Seriously need to think of some craft projects or something to use up some of our beads!  

 And we even managed to make it to the beach each day!  Here are the girls acting as queens of the dunes. 

Kindergarten Field Trip

Ella and I got to join Addy and the rest of the Kolter kindergarteners at the Children's Museum on Friday.  It was a fun field trip that I was impressed was very well organized, I'm not a huge fan of the museum because it is so big, it is hard to keep multiple kids corralled.  But we were there for a few hours and didn't lose any of the 24 in our group, or Ella! 

 I've never been to the bottom level of the museum, but they have all kind of supplies to make rockets, parachutes and other things, then they have a wind tunnel to launch the parachute type things and a place where you can launch your rockets.

And this is Doctor Ella.  Pretty sure Ella could have spent the whole time here in the "vet", giving the kitties checkups.  She was certainly not a fan when we needed to leave!

Zoo Time

A bit of warm weather and no immediate need to clean the house or work on projects  = zoo time on Mommy - Ella Day. 

Ella the Fashionista

About 3 years ago, Addy was our little fashionista, always coming up with super creative outfits to make us laugh.  Well, it is Ella's turn now and fortunately she is a little better (for now) when it comes to school outfits - she'll accept our comment about things not matching and not insist on wearing plaid and polka dots, for example.  Her favorite these days is putting on leotards when we are hanging out around the house.  Here are some of my recent favorites...

 She left her shirt on, has 2 legs in the same hole and is sporting black socks and black tap shoes.  

Again, shirt is still on, got one leg in each hole and she has her socks and crocs on.  Plus a birthday cake headband.  And you'll see Addy has not changed too much, with her sun hat and rain boots!

Little Artists

 Addy spent quite a lot of time drawing all of the characters in the girls' favorite tv show Doc McStuffins.  

And here is Ella's version of the same characters!