Normandy Cafe`

Happy Birthday to my Mother and my Sister Amie! They share the same birthday month! We went to lunch at Normandy Cafe`. This is a great place for treats and lots of yummy food!

Wake Up Call

Hi little Sissy...Molly enjoys Ella waking her up in the morning. She wakes her up saying, "hi little sissy" (sissy is short for sister..) Molly can watch Ella for long periods of time just giggling and kicking her legs with excitement. She wishes she could crawl after her I'm sure. Ella is a great little helper when it comes time for a diaper change or a feeding of rice cereal!

Draper Temple

What a wonderful thing! We were able to go a view the new Draper Utah Temple. I remember going as a child to the Bountiful Temple open house and I thought that was really neat. Well, little Ella Jane thought this was quote "the Temple was amazing" where did she learn the word amazing from?? Anyway, we had a great time.
My family went and had a great time together. Here is a little snap shot of us...It was after 10:00 pm when we finished our tour! Late bed time for the girls...but it was worth it. We missed you Julie and Clint!

funnies!

Last weekend we went out with our friends. Jill was going to watch the girls for us. As we are leaving the conversation goes like this:

Ella: Mommy where are you going?
Me: Mommy and Daddy are going on a date
Ella: A Date? What's that?
Me: Where Mommy and Daddy spend time together
Ella: Oh! I not go with you?
Me: No Aunt Jill is going to play with you
Ella: Oh! Not me...just Molly...I go on a date too with Manny.
Me: Laughing!

So last week my mom and sisters and I went to the fabric store to get some fabric for the Easter dresses my mom is making for the girls.

Ella found this HUGE frog (stuffed animal) and she carted this thing around the store for over an hour. Mind you he is the same size as she is if not bigger! He was put in time out -- given a nap -- and fruit snacks cause he was hungry!

When it was time to leave Ella took him up to the cash register and asked the lady quote, "how many monies is him?" I had to buy it for her. She then proceeded to tell us in the car quote, "His name is "Mannuel" but we can call him "Manny" for short ok Mom."

We don't know where she got this name from but the frog has come to the rescue many times.
I am so happy for simple pleasures in life!

"Brown Bear"

Ella has always had a passion for books! She likes them so much that when she finds a favorite, we read it over and over again...she really likes the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See" by Eric Carle. She has many of his books memorized because they are her quote "favorite."

Molly enjoys listening to Ella and has a new interest about grabbing things and putting them into her mouth, including Ella's books!

Valentine Hearts

We hung the hearts in our window...

Valentine Hearts made out of crayon shavings. All you do is shave red, pink, and purple crayons. Next you place the shavings on a piece of wax paper. Cover the shavings with another piece of wax paper and use a warm iron to melt the crayon shavings. What a fun project!

Ella Jane had a great time. She enjoys craft day at our house. Thanks Lyndsie for the great craft idea!!