Friday, April 29, 2011

what she wore: royalty edition

with all of the royal wedding fever, ellis wanted to wear a fancy outfit and tiara to a birthday party at the zoo...

but of course princess ellis!


how cute are these shoes?


i wish i wore her size :)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

update: major

the morning after our return from disney, fall creek had it's neighborhood garage sale.  i usually participate because i love them...such great people watching and always a funny story or two...or ten.  and ellis REALLY loves doing it...always wants to sell some of her old toys for cash...smart cookie.  ok...back to my story.  @ 10 a.m. a lady was "shopping" and asked how much for the dog??  i laughed and said free...but that if she was serious, we were looking for a new home for him.  long story short...she was serious and she is major's new owner.  apparently he is VERY happy and VERY loved.  she has kids and they have all wanted a yorkie for a long time.  don't you just love a happy ending?

it wasn't so happy for one person.  after DORA (yes...that is her real name...brandon had the nerve to say to her, "like the cartoon?") took major, ellis went and found a picture of him...took it to her bed and cried with it.  can you say dramatic?  she was over it in like an hour...but then drew this later that night....
 is it a reindeer?  nope...that's the maj?
when she was crying in her bed, beckett was yelling to her "well he's not coming back ellis...he is allergic to me"....and he LOVES telling people (meaning strangers) that his dog is gone and never coming back.

and yes, his allergies are SOOOO much better.  amazing really...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

easter weekend

such a fun 3 days!!  my parents took ellis and beckett with them to austin on thursday...so good friday was especially great when i only had one baby to take care of who likes to sleep till 8:30 :)  our little family of 3 went to lunch and then swam...sitter came @ 5:00...and we headed into town for happy hour @ benjy's with 5 other couples.  fun...love that place so much...

kids came home around noon saturday...more pool time...dyeing easter eggs...then to a fish fry...

sunday...easter egg hunt at home...brunch @ redstone...quality time with the easter bunny herself!

here is our playgroup about to do their easter hunt...this was actually earlier in the week...love these kids!

letting them soak for more vibrant color!  beckett only knocked one entire cup of vinegar over.  pretty impressive, no?
they did another hunt at the fish fry...beckett picked up one of the HUGE yard decoration eggs!!!

look at the blonde curls starting to form...yes!!!



this is how she crawls when she doesn't want to scrape her knees or is wearing a dress :)

baby with a bow :)

the older you are, the bigger the bow!
she would not participate!  booooo...



redstone...




because of disney, they are now professionals at taking pictures w/ characters!

emery could not and did not take her eyes off of her...





again with the face painting...

i keep calling the bunny a her because ellis said she could see into the costumes mouth and there was a girl in there.  awesome.

happy easter!!!  thanks bebe and bo!!  delicious and fun!!!

Monday, April 25, 2011

too much?



nah...i didn't think so either!

jcrew/crewcuts...if you dare :) ellis thought it was pretty fab...i am sure in about a month she will be way too cool for this sort of thing...


Saturday, April 23, 2011

Rapunzel

anyone with a child under the age of 10 knows that the latest disney princess is rapunzel from tangled...SUCH a cute movie by the way :)  the #1 thing ellis wanted to do at disney was meet her...and guess what...so did a lot of other little girls!  so...after chef mickey, we were on a mission: meet rapunzel before our car was to pick us up @ 3 p.m.!  we got to the magic kingdom around 11 and hurried over to the enchanted forest where the meet and greet happens.  yikes...long line...we find out that people are already lining up for the 2 p.m. event!!!  omg.  what?  you can't be serious!

turns out it was a little different than a regular meet and greet...they take around 20 kids/hour and make it "special".  they color with pascal...dance with rapunzel and flynn ryder...and then get one on one time.  awesome.  so bebe and i decide we will wait it out.  the things you do for your kids right???  emily and susu took the kids off for ice cream, rides, etc.  while we people watched and made new friends in line.  2 1/2 hours later...it was time for us!!!!

so cute...they had the hanging lanterns :)
the line.  i worked on my tan :)
coloring...waiting for rapunzel!!!

they arrive!...flynn ryder put his arm around me :)
they did a dance around the table with the kids...like the one they do in the movie...super cute
more dancing...
they looked SO much like the movie characters...







mission accomplished!!  on the boat, heading back to the hotel...
bye bye gran floridian...

bye bye monorail...
beckett's nap in the airport where he recharged for the plane ride home...
so much fun!!  they will have such great memories of their first trip to disney.  thanks again susu and nish!!!  she is one lucky 5 year old :)