Singing on Stage

On Sunday, Elli and her other preschool friends sang at the church where she goes to preschool.  Scott and I were so excited (he insisted on getting an almost front row seat to get a good view of the stage for video taping).  The day before she told me, "I'll probably sing on stage like a princess."

Here are some pictures of the kids before we left for the church....

Yep, I just gave up!  Connor has been waking up earlier lately (around 7) and it's been hard to hold him off until after lunch for a nap.  I thought we were over the transition to one nap, but it looks like I was wrong!  

Elli went right up on stage when they told them to come up....no hesitation....She is on the 2nd row and the 2nd kid from the right....

So, for the majority of the time....Elli turned around and faced the wrong direction.  But, as you can see in the picture below, she was so proud of herself.  After church, we ran to the grocery to get some food....she made sure to tell a stranger "I sing on stage."

Next Friday is her 'real' Christmas Program at school.  We're so excited to go watch her and then have a cookie party with all the other preschool kids and their family that will attend the performance!  

Date Night #2

It was my turn to take Elli out on a date and we decided to bring along some of our friends.  We went to 'Snowflake Castle' in Westerville while Daddy and Connor went shopping.  Our first stop of the night was to see Santa.  Elli was so scared, but went up to him and sat on his lap like a pro (we have a picture, but it was one they gave us at the place....too lazy to scan the picture).

Siena and Elli outside of 'Santa's House'

Mommy and Elli  (Do we look alike?? Just the other day I had about 7 different people tell me Elli looks exactly like me)

We then had to wait in an extremely long line to pick out a toy.  An 'elf' then helped her build the toy....She loved it and was such a pro!!  

Last, Elli painted her toy!

After our night at the 'Snowflake Castle', I gave Elli the choice of going out to dinner or going over to Siena's house for pizza.  She of course picked Siena's house!  Siena has one specific baby that Elli loves playing with!  We had a good night!!

Random

Connor insisted on wearing the mask during his breathing treatment the other day. 

I am happy to report that Connor got a clean bill of health today at the doctor's office!!  He's really been feeling so much better since Tuesday of this week.  He has been laughing, smiling, and eating!!  It has really felt like forever since he's been himself.  The sickness and teething have been around for a little over a month now!

Elli wanted to pose for the camera....

 Elli got these Christmas PJ's when she was a year old for her first Christmas (They are size 2T).  Although they are a bit small, she can still fit into them!!

Posing again! 

Zoo Lights

We followed up Elliana and Daddy's date on Friday night by going to the zoo on Saturday.  Our zoo decorates the whole place with lights and even has a light show with music.  We had great weather for it; however, both of our kids weren't feeling the best.  We still managed to have some fun!

Waiting for our friends to get to the zoo.  Elli got a little impatient and wanted to go unwrap the presents.

We had to take a ride on the merry-go-round

Unfortunately, these are all the pictures we took!!

Date Night

Scott and Elli went on a date to the Columbus Commons on Friday night.  I took her to Scott's office on Friday and picked her up some McDonalds at her request on the way.  The Columbus Commons was having a tree lighting, carousel rides, petting zoo, and so much more!  It was apparently packed, but they still had a lot of fun!

This is Elli's excited look....

So excited to be on a date with Daddy

Riding the carousel!  She got on her favorite horse (she rides this horse every time she goes on this carousel)!

I had to post this picture...Apparently, from a ways away, this green thing looked like the grinch (clearly it wasn't....it was an alien).  Well, Elli loves all things scary...she is STILL talking about the 'grinch.'  (She has even requested to have a witch birthday party....I think I've finally convinced her that we should have a Beauty and the Best Party).

Another one of her favorite things to do that night...Feed the animals!!

Elli and Scott had such a good time on their date!  Ever since they got back, Elli and Connor have been playing 'date.'  Elli will say they are going on a date, they'll give me a kiss 'good-bye', and then they'll walk around the house together.

Touch a Truck

I found these pictures while downloading pictures from our weekend.  Elli loves a good touch-a-truck event!!  It was unbelievably hot on this day!!

Connor got a construction hat!

Elli spent forever on the bus....She loves busses!!

Not very happy that I took the hat away to get a picture!!

Ohio State Fair

As I was downloading picture from our weekend, I found some old pictures that I never posted on the blog.  We went to the Ohio State Fair in July and had a great time!

 waiting for the merry-go-round

 The babies....they were so hard to keep in the stroller!!

 Elli loves a good carousel ride

 The picture above is not one of my proudest moments as a parent.  We put the older girls on a car ride and hadn't actually watched to see what the ride did.  Do you see the look of sheer panic on their faces??  Well....this ride whipped the girls around at every corner....and I mean whipped!  They were scared to death and crying the whole time.  We might have been cracking up while watching and I do feel bad about laughing....but it was a bit funny.

 Yay!!  No more car ride!!

The kids loved looking at the animals!!

It's safe to say that Elli absolutely loves, loves, loves summertime fairs!!