Summer Dance Class

Ella finished up her last hip hop dance class yesterday. They put on a mini performance for the parents.

Basketball Season #2

We began Ella's second Season of Basketball a few weeks ago, she is on the Dream team. Unfortunatley, Things didn't work out just right this season, so Holly is not her coach. But she is having a great time with her new coach and teammates. She even remembers a few of the Fundamentals Coach Holly instilled last season. She has really improved. Her attention span is much better, and she loves to rebound.

Conquering Fears

Ella had a lot of firsts and conquered a few fears on our Vacation.

As you may know Ella has a healthy fear of "Big Fuzzy Things". This fear includes dressed up characters (like Mascots), large animals (alive or stuffed) and Santa Claus, among other things. I can't tell you how many pony rides I have shelled out for, only to walk away with bruised arms where she pinched me until we were a safe distance away. (Please don't think I force her, she always says she wants to until the moment I try to actually put her on the horse.)

We spent some time at my Uncle's Cabin on Armenia Mountain when we were in Pennsylvania. This is a hunting cabin by the way. In one of the rooms Ella found this hanging on the wall.

This definitely met the criteria of big and fuzzy. She had to walk right under it to get in the room, not realizing it was there. As you can see by her expression it was not easy to talk her in to leaving the room. We had to run through the doorway.

Ella did take a step in the right direction while were were away. She had her first pony ride. The man at the animal farm even let me lead Sunny around. (Or maybe Sunny was leading me.)

Summer Vacation

My Mom Ella, and I spent the last week and a half in Pennsylvania enjoying the cool weather and lots of Friends and Family. We had a great time. It has been 3 years since we were there last. I am hopeful that Ella may remember some of this trip.

Sum... Sum... Summertime

Ella and I spent last Sunday afternoon hanging out in the front yard. The weather was nice, so we busted out the good old slip and slide. This one is a little fancier than last years, it comes with an inflatable boogie board. She had a ton of fun. Summertime is our favorite time of year, she loves the water and playing outside.

Ella's First Dance Recital

Ella preformed in her first Dance Recital on Saturday. She did a wonderful job and obviously loves the stage. She would have danced on the stage for each preformance if she could have. She also asked when she was going to get to use the microphone. I think we will have many more dance recitals in our future. Her class preformed twice, one ballet and one tap dance. I will post video soon. (I have to figure out how to get it from the camera to the internet)

Ella with her friends, Brenah, Maddy (who preformed 12 times on Saturday), Bristol and Beck.

Ella with her teacher and class backstage.

Maddy and Ella Backstage "warming up".