Ellie's Ballet Pics!!

She looks SO cute doesn't she?!? Did you miss them...they are right above this paragraph. OH WAIT...that right...SHE WOULD NOT GO! We fought to get her clothes on b/c she said the tights were go figure...tight. So, after getting little Miss Sunshine in the car to go (leaving 10 mintues later than I wanted...which if you know me makes me in a REAL good mood!) we went to walk into the dance studio...and she looked up at me and started to cry...she said mommy...I am scared...so I asked her if she wanted to just go in and watch and she shy-ly agreed. We went in there and the teacher was explaining that the parents cannot stay and I just KNEW this was not going to work! I leaned down and told her we had to leave and she turned around grabbed my knees and said NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...........it honestly broke my heart. I was tearing up too (Katie...don't laugh...I bet you are tearing up just reading this!) So, we told her she did not have to do it and we left. She was MUCH happier then! So...no ballerina this year...BOO!!

Teaching Cole no!

Cole is now starting to get to the point where he needs to know what no means. We have been trying all weekend and this is what he learned...


Cole is standing for a few seconds now on his own, and is really starting to play well with Ellie. It is nice to have them entertain each other. They basically make each other laugh the entire time...it is so cute!

American Idol Poll

Over on the right side of my blog...vote for who you think will win American Idol. We had a debate about it tonight in class, and I was curious to see what my fellow bloggers thought.

Our little fish Ellie...

Here is a video of Ellie jumping into the water. She loves it. She now asks me to put her on the counter so she can jump off. I don't think she realizes there is no water beneath the counter! So, no counter jumping for her...we will stick with pool jumping!

A "hoppin" good time!!

Our Easter this year was a lot of fun. Ellie was really into it! She understood the egg hunt and the Easter bunny and all of that good stuff! She woke up Sunday morning and went to hunted her eggs outside. She loved it! Then off to church we went. After church we headed to Athens to have one last Easter at Gramma's house. Gramma is moving into a new house after 57 years at her old house/land. After my Grampa died last year she has just not been able to keep up with the older home and all of the land. So, she has bought a cute ranch in Bogart to move to with minimal land. We had such a great time over at her house on Easter. When we were little my dad use to make sure the softball gloves, bats, and balls were in tow to her house so we could get a little practice in on her pasture. This Easter was no different except we played kick ball this time. It was so much fun! Nothing like a bunch of 20/30 (and mom) year olds playing kick ball while the youngins watched!! Here are some pics from Easter...

The most fun I have ever had

Today was our last day at the beach for spring break. We have to get back so Tim can get back to work. But, we had a really good time while we were here. Ellie could not get enough of the beach!! This was the first year she could stay out all day and could be entertained the entire time. At one point we were running away from the tide at the shore (which was more fun than it sounds) and Ellie looked up in between loud giggles and screams and said "mommy, this is the most fun I have ever had." It was the best thing I have ever HEARD! She was so much fun to watch down there. She flew her kite, play with her doll in the sand, played in the tide, dug in the sand, ate numerous favor-ice, and learned to put sunscreen on herself!

Cole slept a lot of the time while we were on the beach b/c he is just not old enough to play in the sand yet. He did come out during the day for a little bit...but he was not able to appreciate it like Ellie could.

Here are some pics from the trip...