Happy Daddy's Day!

We spent a lot of today getting ready for Ella's birthday party. Since Ella wanted an Elmo theme, we made elmo cupcakes!

And of course, Ella got to try one. :)

William thought her red mouth was funny.

The girl loves frosting. She's definitely my daughter. :)

The finished cupcakes. I thought they turned out pretty good!

We're working on an Elmo cake tomorrow!

PS: Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband and dad. You two are the best!

Can we go outside now?

Again today Ella wanted to know within ten minutes of getting up this morning if we could go outside and play. It is hard getting her to eat any breakfast!

William enjoyed his new swing. It plays music too which ella loves!

Ella's friend Sophia has been sick the past few days, but they were nice enough to let us borrow their little pool. It is HOT today!! And as you can see, William was even warming up to the idea of the pool. We'll see how it goes... :)

I let Ella fill the pool. She had a lot of fun until she turned the hose on William and me.

The water should be nice and warm after their afternoon naps. :)

Happy Birthday---a week early!

We went to Grandma and Grandpa's today and celebrated Ella's birthday. Party #1. :)

Grandma got Ella a yummy ice cream cake.

Ella was so so excited. She was calling to her cousins, "Come on kids!!"

William was off playing... :)

Blowing out the candles..she's gotten quite good at this!

Present time!

Ella got some neat new toys to play with and enjoyed seeing a few of her cousins and grandparents.

I can't believe my baby is turning THREE!!!

Outside

Another hot day. We spent much of the day playing outside with friends.

William trying to attack me with sand. Ya know, after he tasted it for himself, he wanted me to have a taste. :)

I can just tell already it's going to be a very good summer!!

Tupperware, tupperware everywhere!

I believe I have similar looking pictures of Ella doing this exact same thing at his age. :)

It's a mess, but when I'm trying to get dinner made, this is what keeps the little boy happy. :)

Swingtime!

Ella is so cute. She really enjoyed pushing William in the swing today. They were laughing their little heads off.

Mr. Bear was there too. :)

Ella was tickling and kissing William's feet...just as I do.. :)

Then of course, we have to play with the sand table. William had to try the sand a couple times and see what it tasted like. He didn't like it, but kept tasting!

I love days like these.

Future All-Star

I think we have quite the future baseball (or softball!) star on our hands!

But first, such tiny little hands... :) I love them!

The girl has quite the swing!

And this is just a neat picture-- I'm having so much fun learning how to work my camera the way it's supposed to be used! :)

I'm so excited to get Ella into sports!