Picture Attempts

We are at Grandma & Grandpa Powell's house for Thanksgiving again this year.  We went to Aunt Lisa's house yesterday and stayed overnight.  Mom went to the temple this morning and then we headed to Colorado Springs.  I decided to try and get a cute picture of all 4 of the kids together.  This is what I got!

Frosty the Snowman

So this is a rehearsal of Ellie's Christmas dance "Frosty the Snowman."  She is great at remembering choreography and is a perfectionist at heart.

Sending Some Love

Just sending some love to my honey while he is at church meetings.  ♥

A New Friend

Ryan has discovered Daisy.  He loves hitting the bars and "playing" with her.  

Preschool Birthday Celebrations!

Ryan and I got to take cupcakes in to Ellie's preschool today so that her friends could help her celebrate.  She was SO THRILLED to have everyone sing to her and to share her cupcakes.

While we were waiting for Ellie to be done with school for the day Ryan found a truck to play with.  He was enthralled with it and probably ended up playing with the thing for about a 1/2 hour.  He sure likes anything with wheels!

Happy 4th Birthday Ellie!

Today is Ellie's 4th birthday!  She has been talking about it non-stop for weeks!  This morning she woke up and Brent and I started counting how many times she said "birthday" because she just kept on going.  I finally stopped at around 10am when she hit 70x!  I got tired of marking it.  Haha!

After dance we picked up Maia Whitehead for our birthday playdate and went to TCBY and watched a movie.  We spent the afternoon with Ellie asking me to make dinner so that she could open her presents and eat cake.  We had alfredo noodles and chicken for dinner.  Once we let her start on her presents she couldn't go fast enough!  Ellie got Dave the Minion, bandaids, a nightlight, lipgloss, a ribbon wand, a Rapunzel hair toy, a princess vanity, pink legos, and some dollars.  Happy birthday sweet girl!  We sure do love you!

 

Ellie's 4-Year-Old Birthday Questions

How old are you?                                      4
What makes you happy?                            Opening my presents and cards and eating my cake and ice cream
What is your favorite animal?                    Baby Jeannie
What is your favorite thing to eat?             My cake
What is your least favorite thing to eat?     i don't know 
What is your favorite thing to do?              Eat my cake 
What is your favorite TV show?                  Lego 
What are you really good at?                     dancing
What is your favorite movie?                     The Lego Movie 
What is your favorite color?                       pink, blue, purple & brown 
What is your favorite song?                        Families Can be Together Forever 
Who is your best friend?                             Maia Whitehead
What do you and your mom do together?    We make cookies together
What do you and your dad do together?      Read books
What is your favorite sport?                        dance
Where is your favorite place to go?             the movie theater
What is your favorite book?                        the Hello Kitty coloring book
What do you want to be when you grow up?  a Mom

Birthday Date with Maia

Ellie's birthday date with a friend was with Maia Whitehead.  These two love having playdates together and are in the same primary class.  We invited Maia out to ice cream at TCBY and then back to the house to watch a movie, Barbie's Thumbelina.  The girls  had a great time eating their ice cream and playing together.  Maia even made Ellie a birthday card that was super cute!