Fall break is just around the corner...

It seems like the only time that I update this blog is right before we go apple picking. Mommy says that we are going to be doing that again this weekend. I can hardly wait! But as excited as I am about picking apples, I'm even more excited about trick or treating! I talk about it constantly. I've decided that I'm going to be Bob the Tomato this year and that my little sister Evie Alice will be Larry the Cucumber. Mommy needs to get working on our costumes! It's going to be so much fun!

Something else that will be a lot of fun is going to Gran's house. We are headed up there this weekend and I can hardly wait! I talk to my Gran on the phone every day or at least pretend too. I tell her all about my preschool. I LOVE preschool. We do so many cool things. Each month we have a book fair and I get to pick out books that I like. We have had a fire truck visit our school, we've had grandparents day, and a Doodle with Dados (Daddy) day too. Now, we are going to have a fall party! So I'm quite estatic about returning to preschool after the break too. From what I hear we are going to have a bounce house at our fall party and Dados will come to school with me that day so that I can play on the bounce house. Every child has to have a parent with them to keep them safe.

    

     Today I got my picture made at preschool. I even smiled pretty!!

     Not only am I going to preschool now, but I'm still going to gymnastics and now to dance classes too. I'm such a big girl!! I have even begun to talk about turning three. I've told Mommy that I want another Thomas the Train party. She's working on the details for that for me too.  I love gymnastics and I'm learning a lot and having a lot of fun at dance too. Evie Alice is getting big too. Mommy and Dados call her their little chipmunk or chunk munk because she's so chunky. Evie Alice has started getting into my toys though and so I'm teaching her baby sign language for no no so that she will know to leave my things alone. After all that's what big sisters do, right?

  Hopefully I will update my blog again soon! Until then!

Ciao,

Ella Rose

Valentine's Party

Hi all-

I can hardly wait until Friday. This Friday my Mommy is coming to my Valentine's Day party at Aunt 'Nise's!!!!! I am so excited. Today Aunt 'Nise gave me a Thomas the Tank Engine Valentine card! You can't get better than that. Mommy is going to look for more of those.

What's even better than that is that my Mommy is going to be home with me for the next two months. She's excited about it and so am I. Mommy keeps telling me that Evie is going to come and stay at our home. I'm okay with this. I've talked to Evie in her tummy for a long time now. Evie is going to bring more Mommy's milk when she comes.

I've told Mommy that she can stay at our house, wear my old clothes, and snuggle with Mommy, but Mommy can't be her Mommy because she's mine.

Mommy has also been planning my Thomas the Tank Engine Birthday party. I can hardly wait. Mommy says that there will be a Thomas train there for me to ride on. I hope that Dados (Daddy) rides on the train with me too.

Gran says that she's coming to visit when Evie comes. She's also going to teach me how to put on my own shirts. I already know how to put on my own pants, and shoes. I'm such a big girl!

I wonder what kinds of Valentines' my friends will have...this is going to be a great week...

 Love,

Ella Rose

Apple picking

It's been a really long time since I've written on here and I've grown up a lot. See...

Today, my Momma and I are heading up to North Georgia to go apple picking again. I am so excited and can hardly believe it's been a year since we last did this. A year is a really long time to me, since I'm not even nineteen months old.

Mommy and I have another surprise that we are going to try to carry out today too. My cousin, Gabe is playing football for little people and he is going to be talked about at the football game. I'm really excited that we are going to try to go to this because I've never been to a football game either. I can hardly wait to tell everyone about how the game went and whether or not I like football. Go Jackets!
               Love, Ella Rosie

Counting down the days

Mommy and I have been counting down the wake ups until Fall Break and we can hardly wait! One of the reasons we are so excited about the break is that we will get to spend over a week together. We are going up to north Georgia during the break and Mommy says that we are going to pick fresh apples so that I can have fresh apple sauce! Yummy!! I love apples almost as much as I love sweet potatoes! Of course, Mommy's milk is still my favorite thing in the world, but apples, green beans, and sweet potatoes are also favorites of mine.

Mommy has been working on a yummy menu for me for the month of October, so if any of you have good baby food ideas or combinations that Mommy could make for me, I would really appreciate it. I like to try new big girl foods. And since Mommy makes all of my baby food, the sky is the limit on new food combination ideas.

Speaking of ideas, Mommy just told me that I am gonna get to go to the pumpkin patch with my big cousin Danny on a field trip. I love pumpkins! Maybe they will let me eat some of them. :) I can hardly wait! Mommy has a special dress for me to wear for this trip. She says we will take lots of pictures! I'll share them when she does.

Don't all of these fall break plans sound like fun. I am so looking forward to spending more time with Mommy. We are going to play with my new "Pal Violet" who even knows my name! Violet is teaching me many things. She counts, knows my name and how to spell it and even that my favorite animals are cats. Mommy teaches me many new things too. So far she has been working on teaching me the baby signs for milk, more, all done, hungry, eat, and kitty kat. and up. I recognize almost all of these signs and can sign milk, more, all done and up. Even though my versions of these signs aren't exactly the same as Mommy's she knows what I'm saying and it's nice to be able to talk to Mommy before my mouth will let me. Okay...gotta roll (I'm not crawling yet).

- Ella Rose