PUMPKINS!

LOVE that Ella's favorite past time is baking. As a young girl it was one of my favorite (and now fondest) time spent with my mom. Tonight we baked pumpkin shaped sugar cookies for our fall party. Here are a few pictures of how Ella "helped" me bake!

Fall has arrived!!!

It is official....summer is over and fall has arrived. Ella is so fun at 2 and 1/2 (which she often reminds us is her age.) Our summer ended with a bang as we spent a week on the beach in the Outer Banks with Lisa's dad and his girlfriend, Lisa's sisters and brother in law, and two of Lisa's best friends. Ella loved swimming in the pool at the house, looking for pretty shells on the beach, swimming in the ocean, going to see the dolphins and horses, and her most favorite activity (according to Ella of course) was going on the helicopter. With fall arriving it was time to decorate for Halloween...and Ella is all about it. She proclaimed early on she was going to be a witch for trick or treat, and that has not changed. It also allowed us a weekend to spend as a family. We decided to get away and spend a weekend in Amish Country. Ella got to drive a wagon pulled by a Clydesdale, go to an Amish Farm, and ride in a buggy for the first time. The leaves were all changing and it was beautiful out. The fall also brings on a busy schedule. We have Halloween, a wedding, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. We can't wait for each of these as Ella is so much fun, and enjoys things full force. Ella loves to sing, especially songs by Adele. She "reads" books to us, sings her abcs, and can count to 10 (or higher with help.) It's hard to believe that in a few months she will turn 3. Where does the time go?