Ella's Political Training

UPDATE....
On Sunday at the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure Ella's (and maybe mine a little too) Dream came true. She got to meet her President... Bobby Bones. He was very nice to her and she was very happy to meet him. She is more convinced than ever that he is cool enough to be the President.

To recognize the political atmosphere and in trying to teach Ella new party tricks I have been teaching her who the president is and who the next one will be. So every once in a while I quiz her... "Ella who is the President? and who is going to be the next president?" The other day we were watching the Obama-mercial and so I asked, Hey Ella who is the President?" And with a wry smile she looked at me and said "Bobby Bones"* and then just started laughing like she new how funny she was. I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time.



*Bobby Bones is a local radio DJ that we listen to every morning on the way to school/work.
Maybe I should start listening to NPR.

Halloween I'm Back.....

Here are some preliminary Halloween Pictures. I dropped Ella off at Daycare this morning dressed as Cinderella so, needless to say we were both big hits. Ella's Pink hair was very confusing to some of the Kids. They wanted to make sure it would come off, and she wouldn't have pink hair forever. She is Dee Dee Doodle Bop in case you can't recognize her. We also carved a spooky spider pumpkin on Tuesday Night.

The Beach

Schlitterbahn

San Antonio- The Zoo, The Alamo, The River Walk

Monday Brandon and Laura and I took the girls to the zoo. It was a lot of fun. I haven't been to the zoo with Ella since she was about Abbie's age, so it was exciting to see her actually excited about the animals. The zoo also has a pretty great kids area, where they have created a "riverbank" for the kids to plat in. I think this was definitely the highlight.





Abbie playing in the water. Abbie checking out the lizards.


Ella posing with a Lion. Ella posing with some animal.

The girls took a little snooze while we headed to the Alamo and Riverwalk to meet up with Josh and Kristen. We saw the Alamo first. It is a good thing they had a brief info tour because I was having a hard time remembering my Texas History and why it is exactly that we are so proud of a lost battle. We headed over to the Riverwalk to take the boat tour and have some dinner. It was a long hot day, but we had a good time.




Ella Crockett


Checking out the artillery.

Friday thru Sunday

We took it easy the first few days.

On Friday we floated down the San Marcos river. This was Ella's first time to float down the river (Abbie's too, of course). Ella rode in her own tube with a bottom. She was of course disappointed that she could not use the rope swing or go over the waterfall at the end. Maybe next year.







(These are not actually pictures of us. It is pretty difficult to take pictures while tubing and not get the camera wet.)



Saturday was difficult for me to remember. I think it might be because I spent the first few hours of the morning getting New Kids on the Block tickets and everything after that just doesn't compare.

(Also not a picture I took but check back after October 17th and maybe I'll have the real thing.)

We went shopping on Saturday to prepare for Abbie's 1st birthday party on Sunday. We had pizza, cake and party hats. Abbie got her first piggy bank from Aunt Sue and a xylophone. Her Uncle Josh made her the necklace she is wearing in the second picture. He even made the chain!! Ella even got a present, Aunt carol got her a folding yellow chair to match her play table. After all the excitement everyone went to see the bats in Austin.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE...