Santa's Winter Wonderland

I got Ellie's hair in pig tails today for the first time and she looked SO CUTE!! We took Ellie to Bass Pro Shop today to see the Wonderland. She didn't see Santa because she is terribly scared of him but she did enjoy seeing the train and all the fake snow. She also got to see the HUGE fish while we were there and she tried on about twenty pairs of glasses :-) Good trip!

Words, Sentences, and New things every day

We have something new going on around here and that is that we have been keeping Jackson three days a week and Ellie LOVES it. She calls "Jack" her baby and tries to help with everything from changing his diaper to feeding him a bottle. I have to constantly remind her that he is not a baby doll but a real baby and to be careful. She got a little carried away a few days ago and there was an incident but we have moved on ;-). On the days that Jackson isn't here she asks all day long "Where Jack?" and if you ask her where Jackson is she says "wit aunt anny" (translation= with aunt aly). We just love having him here!

New things Ellie is saying:
*My do it
* You see it?! (With such animation)
* I eat
* asasauce (applesauce)
* I nap (even bed time is called nap)
* I DID it!! (She helped decorate her Christmas tree and the big Christmas tree so now every time she sees either one of the trees she squeals "I did it!"
* I do it
* I dropped it
* My sool (step stool that she uses in the bathroom)
And a million other things that I can't think of right now. I mean she says new things EVERYDAY, all day.

Today I asked her if she wanted to help me make some cookies and she said "I make cookies"; when we walked into the kitchen she threw both hands up and went "woohoo". She is so animated and such a joy. She is so much fun to be around and is incredibly sweet.