Love these photos

I found these photos that Steve took on our camera. I’m not sure what to do with them, but I love them.

Ballet and tap

Ella is officially signed up for a fall activity. She will start doing tap and ballet the week after next.

She is thrilled to be doing ballet again and although she didn’t even know what tap was after watching a few utube videos, she has been doing some mean tap moves around the house.

We actually had to buy some shoes for each class and there will be a recital at the end. It’s a little more serious than the Parks and Rec class we took before. No offense to them, we love their toddler classes.

So, photos to come I’m sure. Now maybe Eva needs to be enrolled in swimming this winter since she’s fearless around water …

A day at the Indy Children’s Museum

With school approaching and our zoo offering free admittance to the Indianapolis Children’s Museum with our membership, we decided to take a little day trip last week.

The normally 2-hour-trip took over three hours. Eva was so ready to be out of the car, so we headed right to the playscape floor so she could get out some energy.

Ella is really getting into photography. I wonder where she got that from.

Every little nook in the museum seems to have something interesting.

Ella learned a little about archaeology and even went digging at one new exhibit.

Ella loves, loves, loves carousels. Eva got a little scared though. We weren’t even on the animals that went up and down. I’m thinking the bench is more our speed.

I think Eva would like any career that involves ice cream.

The Barbie exhibit is still there for a few weeks so Ella got to try out some new fashion, while Eva danced nearby on a runway. Good day at the museum. Eva was asleep immediately after we left the parking garage.

Ella’s first day of preschool

Preschool is nicely familiar this year. We know the drill. The car line, lunch bunch, line leader, all the preschool lingo.

Ella did a good job picking out her own outfit. And she seemed to have no fears.

After school she said the craft center was her favorite thing. I’m not surprised. And she made a friend named Lauren. Her name starts with an L, she told me. And a few days later she asked if we could go to the store to get her glasses, like several of her classmates. And she asked me who Barrack Obama is. She is really learning!

Everyone seemed so much younger this time last year. And last year the only thing Ella usually could tell me about preschool was the snack she ate.

Glad she’s such a big girl these days but I miss those chubby cheeks from just last year!

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