Ella's Third Birthday

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I have been a little neglectful of the blogging lately, so I have decided to catch up periodically. Ella turned Three on Oct. 1 and had 2 wonderful parties. On the day of her Birthday we went to Gattitown and had pizza and cake and played fun games with our Friends and Family. Ella also had her traditional Birthday party at home complete with a bounce house, pinata, burgers and hot dogs, cupcakes and most importantly, all of her friends and family to help her celebrate. She was very surprised at how many presents she received and kept asking if they were all hers and if she could open them all by herself. It was very cute.

Ella's 1st dance Recital

Ella began taken dance lessons at Dance Unlimited in Buda this Fall. She takes a one hour combination (ballet, tap and tumbling) Class. She is lucky to have her friend Bristol in class with her. She looks forward to every Wednesday when she gets to practice her moves. Here is a video from the mini-recital they had last night to show off their Christmas Dance.

Wursfest

(Posted much much later)

We went to Wurstfest in New Braunfels for the first time. I didn't know what I was missing. It was a lot of fun. I might even start to like Beer. The kids had fun on the rides and games, and we all enjoyed the weather.

Above Left: Beck on the Super Slide
Right: Ella and Bristol on the Ferris Wheel

Left: Maddy and Brennah on Super Slide

Below: Group- Jessie, Jeff, Ella, Maddy, Beck, Kels, Sam, Holly and Bristol

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