Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ellie meets the Easter Bunny at a local chocolate house

Not too sure about the Big Bunny...

She liked the bunny from a distance.

Ellie preferred cheesing for other families in the waiting area, though.

See?

Mmm, handmade chocolate bunnies!

I prefer milk chocolate, though Annette likes dark chocolate best. Ellie isn't showing a preference yet.

Ellie was so proud of the jellybeans she got from the Easter Bunny's helper! She had her first jellybean that afternoon.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

In Portsmouth

Having a bagel with Mama

Strolling around town with her new laminated U.S. map

Fried pickles! (I chose this restaurant specially, just FYI. And no, Ellie didn't have any fried pickles.)

Coloring at the restaurant

Ellie's favorite part of the hotel: The pool!




Friday, March 27, 2009

Getting ready for bed at the hotel




We spent last Friday night and Saturday in Portsmouth, NH for one of Annette's conferences. Ellie was really excited to sleep at the hotel and she did a great job falling and staying asleep. I thought it was funny that most of our luggage was for Ellie's bedtime routine...we brought the pack & play and its crib sheet, 2 blankets, her pillow, 3 books, an mp3 player for her nighttime music, 4 stuffed animals, and Bubba. Our days of traveling light are OVER!

Dr. Ellie is in the house


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Not Ellie, but SPRING!

Ellie wore these stickers all morning





And FYI, she has a nice cold right now, as you can see clearly in these pictures. However, she's not letting it slow her down!

Mama and Ellie say, "Cheese!"

I wish *I* liked sweeping this much


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Field Trip: Snake Encounter!








Ellie and her friend LOVED the corn snakes! They talked about "albino corn snake and regular corn snake" nonstop through lunch.

Field Trip!