We had a fun family evening to celebrate her birthday. Surrounded by her grandparents, she was a happy girl.
She was pretty excited about her keyboard!
Beautiful!
Shelley
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
10!
My first baby is 10. Wow. The last couple of months have been really, really good for Ellie, and I am truly excited to see what this year holds for our girl!
We had a fun family evening to celebrate her birthday. Surrounded by her grandparents, she was a happy girl.
She was pretty excited about her keyboard!
Beautiful!
Shelley
We had a fun family evening to celebrate her birthday. Surrounded by her grandparents, she was a happy girl.
She was pretty excited about her keyboard!
Beautiful!
Shelley
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Snow!
We finally got a decent snow to play in! It's been a blessedly mild winter. Blessed because the last two winters have been extremely cold and snowy. We needed this. But even I was hoping for one good snow for the kids to play in! This was perfect. Beautiful and short lived! :-)
The timing was pretty perfect, giving us two snow days, (our only ones this year) with one on Ellie's birthday! We spent the first day playing in the snow, and the second, Ellie's birthday and Valentine's day, hanging out with family! We got to eat lunch with Grammie, G-ma, Aunt Denise and Uncle Dean at Lola's! What a fun, unexpected treat! And then back to school the next day, Perfect! :)
Shelley
The timing was pretty perfect, giving us two snow days, (our only ones this year) with one on Ellie's birthday! We spent the first day playing in the snow, and the second, Ellie's birthday and Valentine's day, hanging out with family! We got to eat lunch with Grammie, G-ma, Aunt Denise and Uncle Dean at Lola's! What a fun, unexpected treat! And then back to school the next day, Perfect! :)
Shelley
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Celebrating Ellie!
We had a super fun day celebrating Ellie's 10th birthday with her friends! Love these silly girls!
We started with a fun project, making flower hair clips! All the girls loved this!
Presents and cake! Ellie loved pulling the string on her gift from Elaina and Olivia and watching the money keep coming! She also loved her giant card Breann made her!
Then we headed up to the Discovery Center for some fun!
And ended the day with some indoor swimming at the OC, and dinner at Mexican Villa!
It was a great day!
Shelley
We started with a fun project, making flower hair clips! All the girls loved this!
Presents and cake! Ellie loved pulling the string on her gift from Elaina and Olivia and watching the money keep coming! She also loved her giant card Breann made her!
Then we headed up to the Discovery Center for some fun!
And ended the day with some indoor swimming at the OC, and dinner at Mexican Villa!
It was a great day!
Shelley
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Happy Half!
Annie's birthday has always fallen before the first day of school, which means no bday celebration at school for her. So this year we celebrated her happy half birthday! Fun times!
Annie with her giant cookie!
Annie and Kennedy!
Shelley
Annie with her giant cookie!
Annie and Kennedy!
Shelley
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Avery and Annie
Friends since before birth. :)
We had to get a picture of their matching toothless smiles, in their coordinating valentine outfits! Too Cute!
Shelley
We had to get a picture of their matching toothless smiles, in their coordinating valentine outfits! Too Cute!
Shelley
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year
I am welcoming 2012 with open arms. A new year for us all, a fresh start, changes for the better...yes please!
2011 was a tough one for us, definitely a growing year for our family.
Ellie: We have a new book in our house that could have been made just for Ellie. All Cats have Asperger's Syndrome is a sweet, beautiful, easy to understand book about the similarities cats and people with Asperger's Syndrome have. Ellie was diagnosed with this Autism Spectrum Disorder a couple of weeks ago, and we're learning what that means for our family. We're reading books, talking to experts, and becoming experts ourselves, all to help our sweet girl.
She is so sweet, in so many ways, but she struggles so much, so VERY much, in so many ways. Her sensory processing problems are still very severe. A few days ago she couldn't handle the feeling of wrapping paper under her hands. Her inability to socialize well is hard to understand. I have high hopes for her for this year though, as we continue with her therapies. She's getting a lot of help, and I am excited to see how she improves.
Ellie takes a class at the local zoo every month. She's a member of Roots and Shoots, a wonderful program started by Jane Goodall. Animals are joy for Ellie, and this class is offering incredible experiences to her. At her last zoo class Ellie got to feed a male tiger, and pet a female tiger. She is still beaming. She couldn't wait to tell me all about it. Her eyes sparkled as she explained how it all worked. She was grinning as she recounted how they put a ball of meat on a stick to feed the male tiger. I was in awe as she described the feel of the female tigers furry tail. Amazing.
We've had some other challenges this year too, some good, some not so good. Austin's ears are still quite a challenge, and he has been struggling with some social things at school and now we're working on figuring out why. Our family business is expanding, and opening in a new location tomorrow. That's been a very exciting, and exhausting adventure. The rest of us have pushed through this year, and we're ready for a better one!
So Happy New Year! Praying it's a banner year for us all!
2011 was a tough one for us, definitely a growing year for our family.
Ellie: We have a new book in our house that could have been made just for Ellie. All Cats have Asperger's Syndrome is a sweet, beautiful, easy to understand book about the similarities cats and people with Asperger's Syndrome have. Ellie was diagnosed with this Autism Spectrum Disorder a couple of weeks ago, and we're learning what that means for our family. We're reading books, talking to experts, and becoming experts ourselves, all to help our sweet girl.
She is so sweet, in so many ways, but she struggles so much, so VERY much, in so many ways. Her sensory processing problems are still very severe. A few days ago she couldn't handle the feeling of wrapping paper under her hands. Her inability to socialize well is hard to understand. I have high hopes for her for this year though, as we continue with her therapies. She's getting a lot of help, and I am excited to see how she improves.
Ellie takes a class at the local zoo every month. She's a member of Roots and Shoots, a wonderful program started by Jane Goodall. Animals are joy for Ellie, and this class is offering incredible experiences to her. At her last zoo class Ellie got to feed a male tiger, and pet a female tiger. She is still beaming. She couldn't wait to tell me all about it. Her eyes sparkled as she explained how it all worked. She was grinning as she recounted how they put a ball of meat on a stick to feed the male tiger. I was in awe as she described the feel of the female tigers furry tail. Amazing.
We've had some other challenges this year too, some good, some not so good. Austin's ears are still quite a challenge, and he has been struggling with some social things at school and now we're working on figuring out why. Our family business is expanding, and opening in a new location tomorrow. That's been a very exciting, and exhausting adventure. The rest of us have pushed through this year, and we're ready for a better one!
So Happy New Year! Praying it's a banner year for us all!
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