Christmas lights

Playground

Santa

We had Santa pictures at the neighborhood clubhouse this weekend. Ella wasn't too impressed (Santa guessed that she was 2). She did eventually take a cookie from him.

Thanksgiving at Grandma's and Grandpa's house

Ella enjoyed her Thanksgiving dinner. She tried almost eveything and liked several things. She had a lot of fun playing trains with Jayden and playing on the steps.

Checking the Black Friday ads

Bunny magnet

We often have Mimi (babydoll) and a monkey at the table (in their own chairs, of course), but lately we've also been joined by a little red bunny magnet. He even gets to eat off of Ella's plate.

BIG accomplishment

Ella has been sleeping in her big girl bed since last Wednesday. Her room had been ready for about 2 weeks, but we waited until she said she wanted to sleep in there. She came out of her room once the first night to get a book, but other than that she's stayed in bed until morning. I was nervous the first night, but she's done so well, and I think she actually looks forward to going to bed now.

Big girl room

More birthday celebration

Ella's showing off her birthday crown from her school party.

Halloween

Ella trick-or-treated with Lauren and she LOVED it. By the end of the night she got really good at saying "trick or treat". It was sad, though, when we got home and she couldn't eat any of her candy because of the peanuts.