Sunday Funnies

As we were leaving for church today, Ella stepped out the door and put her hand in the dirt as usual. It's a bit wet today so it was actually more mud like. Here was our conversation.

Me: "Ella, you can't put your hand in the dirt when you are all clean and ready for church. Jesus wants you to be clean when you go to church."

Ella: "Jesus can look at this hand," she says holding out the hand she hadn't put in the dirt.

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As Ella was finishing helping Brady make cookies she started to have a few melt downs.

Me: "I think somebody needs to eat dinner and go to bed."

Ella: "Me."

Haha...glad she knew it!

New House!

Well, I officially have our new house almost all done. That is with the exception of Carter's room and our room. Those are all done except for hanging things on walls and such but those pictures will come later. Here is the rest of the house for all of you that have been asking to see pictures!

The Entry Way

Coat Closet/Ella's playroom =)

Pretty self explanatory...

And these are my new jars/butter dish I found at TJ Maxx...love them and they were a steal!

This is a little loft area we have upstairs. It is really nice to play/get ready after baths and such.

Ella's room...

Our entertainment

Here are a few more of the recent funny things Ella has been saying.

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As Brady and Ella are playing superman the other day.

Brady: "Ok, Ella I am tired now lets take a break." He climbs onto the couch.

Ella: "Come on big guy!"

Guess she wanted him to keep playing. =)

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This one happens a couple of times a week now. Hopefully not in public!

Ella: "You hungry baby Carter (talking to baby dolly)?" "Ok, here's some milk. " She starts feeding her baby, you know, the natural way. "Ouch! Don't bite me! That's naughty baby!"

Hmmm...I have no idea where she would have gotten this. =)

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Ella and I are sitting at the table for lunch. She asks for ice cream when she wakes up, after lunch, and at night lately. She is a persistent little thing.

Ella: "Mom, can I have ice cream and fruit snacks?

Me: "Not now, maybe after dinner tonight."

Ella: "Come on mom, you know you want some!"

Haha...I probably did but need to ration my ice cream intake a little more than three times a day.

Baby Dolly's Time out!

Notice any similarities in these pictures? Yes, they are both on time out. Well, to clear the record Ella wasn't actually on a time out. She decided to pose for a picture on time out. Her doll, however, is on time out. She apparently hit Ella really hard in the tummy and is in big trouble. She put her there, told her not to hit her in the tummy and walked off. She then proceeded to go back and ask her if she knew why she was there and asked for an apology. She then gave her a hug and kiss. As she walked back into the family room she was scolding her and telling her not to do that again. "No hitting me in the tummy again, do you understand?" Haha, she cracks me up!

Half a year gone by...

Carter is 6 months old today and I can hardly believe it. It feels like it has gone by so much faster than Ella. He sure is a split personality. Most of the time very sweet and snuggly, but don't put him in the car or make him wait for even 1 second in the middle of the night for food! He screams SO loud in the car and also in the middle of the night. Even once I am in there to feed him he screams until he is eating. The rest of the time he has the kindest nature I have ever seen in a baby. He LOVES his jumper now that he has officially figured out how to use it well. He almost flies right out of it due to his jumping so high. He can sit up unassisted and has been eating solids for almost 2 months. He is beginning to move himself around on the floor pretty well (which is a bit scary). He is working on getting up on hands and knees now (we are in trouble soon I can tell). He can no longer sit in a bumbo (apparently just crawls out gracefully) or his swing (just sits himself right up and nearly flips over). It is pretty much the floor these days, which he seems okay with. He loves his big sister and she loves him equally. If he cries, she gives him his binkie or a toy to play with and she is right there to greet him happily each time he wakes up. She sure is a good big sister!

Parks and Rec

Well we set out to hit up a duck pond yesterday with our old bread (since we found Grandma Sycamore's we no longer needed the other brands). After finding all of the ducks fly south for the winter here (oops didn't think of that) we headed over to a place called Jenkins Estate. It's supposed to be gorgeous in the summer and is quite pretty in the winter as well. Here are a few pictures from the day. Stay tuned for the best ending ever...

Ella at the duck park...she was very bummed that there aren't ducks to feed. Oh well, moving on...

The forest are of Jenkins Estate. Mostly covered in moss this time of year turns out.

This is in front of the old stable.

She loves dancing with her shadow. Cheap entertainment. =)

The tea area.

Just some really pretty trees.

This tree was so pretty. Especially since it had flowers in the winter.

Ella loved the forest.

Carter and I wasting time while Dad and Ella found a potty.

And yes, he is as big as her almost!

Okay, here is the end to our fun day. As we pulled in to the park earlier, there was a sign that said, "This entrance closes at 3pm". We thought, okay no biggie we will just be done before then. As we walked around we found a sign that said the main entrance was open until 6pm so naturally we thought, we will just use that one instead. Around 3:15 we are playing at a park they have inside and there are a few other families there as well so we weren't worried. As we go to leave around 3:30, we realize we are the only car left in that particular parking lot. We drive around back toward the exit to find it of course, closed. So we turn around to find the main entrance to exit there. After looking for quite a while and finding that we were driving in circles we realize, we are stuck! We are locked in! There is no connection to the main entrance and we are stuck inside. We drive up to the office (on what looks as if it may or may not be a private road) to find it closed. We are about a mile from home, know NOBODY and Brady turns to me and says, "Well, we will just have to walk home." =( I am refusing to walk home with NO STROLLER (we of course forgot that)!! So, we had to hang our heads low and call the emergency phone number written on the closed fence. It sends us to the Parks and Rec department who knows exactly where we are (apparently it happens a lot) and they say they will send someone to let us out. After sitting for about 2 minutes, three of the workers walk out (to let themselves out on foot) and let us out. We called the Parks and Rec department back to tell them we got out and they said to call back anytime. I sure hope to never call from inside a locked park again! All in all, awesome end to an awesome day. =)