Hair today... Gone tomorrow

No, my kids don't really have hair that miraculously grew overnight!!! But we sure did have fun with a wig for Ella's build-a-bear. Even John joined in on the fun. I was laughing so hard that my stomach hurt.

No need for words

There really isn't a need for words.Ella is just too funny!

Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere

My friend over at Running Away? I'll help you pack is having a Palmolive giveaway and it made me remember this funny story that happened to us.

Great story for you! My sister was catering my mom's company Christmas party and needed some extra help. Of course I went to help and so did my sweet husband, John. Well John was in charge of dishes while my sister cooked and I served the dinner. When I went into the kitchen I noticed that it was REALLY clean! John had cleaned everything so far and had already started a load of dishes. I was 7 months pregnant and was so excited to sit for about 10 minutes while they ate. All of a sudden I look across the room and I see bubbles EVERYWHERE! My sister, John and I all grab bowls and we are trying to keep the bubbles off the floor. It turns out that sweet John couldn't find dishwasher soap, so he used regular dish soap. I had seen this happen in the movies, but I didn't know that this could really happen. I'm telling you bubble were all over the floor. Just writing this is bringing it all back and I'm laughing so hard(tears and all)! Has this ever happened to you?

This week

Here are a few pictures from this last week. Dean and Elysee are so cute. Ella can always make them smile and laugh.

John was nice enough to give me a break and watch the twins while Ella and I met up with my friend Heather and her daughter Olivia to make Valentine's Day cards. (She just figured out how to roll her tongue, so that is what she's doing in these pictures)

Dean got a cute baseball hat for Christmas, but it fits Ella perfectly. She loves to pick out her outfits now and that hat has been a recent favorite (especially with her pink dresses). Last night when I put her PJ's on, she just HAD to have her hat. I went to check on her before I went to bed and I found her asleep with the hat on. TOO CUTE!

Funny little Ella

I just had to do this post, because lately Ella has been doing the funniest things. I thought that I had better write this all down so I don't forget it (because this really is my journal). Underneath each picture I will do a little description. The first 4 pictures all happened in the same day! It was really quiet in the backroom, John thought Ella was in the kitchen with me, and I thought she was watching TV with John. Nope! She decided to take all of her diapers out of their storage spot and "refill" her drawer. There were about 35 diapers in the drawer. She wasn't in the room though, but we heard her in our bathroom... This is what we found! Ella emptied an entire (brand new) roll of toilet paper. When we asked her what she was doing, she put her head down and pretended to clean the floor with the toilet paper.

Later that day Ella was in her room playing, when I went to check on her I found her covered in baby powder. She had gotten into a drawer and figured out how to open the container. She dumped it all over the floor, then proceeded to put it all over her face like make-up.

We bought a cute little Disney Princess cot for Ella to use when she has sleepovers at grandma's house (and for Hawaii in January). When we opened it up Ella refused to get off of it. She just wants to lay in it all day. She even wants to eat in it!

Many of you know that Ella absolutely LOVES Halloween - "Ween" as she calls it. She always wants to wear her Halloween costume (as you will see in the next few pictures).

Ella wanted to "sleep" with the babies. Dean and Elysee were both crying, needless to say Ella only wanted to be with them for about 1 minute.

Ella loves anything to do with water. She loves swimming, bath time, washing her hands... She has figured out how to climb up on the toilet, then proceed to the counter. This time we found her IN the sink with the water on. The bathroom door in now kept closed!

Along with Ella's Halloween obsession she is in love with a creepy Halloween decoration which she has named "Guy". Now that Halloween is over we don't know what to do with him. Ella would have a melt down if he was packed away until next year. So we did what any desperate parent would do... she has creepy "Guy" in her room. We have decided to dress him up for the different seasons/holidays. Ella squealed with delight when we put her Halloween costume on him. He will be sporting a Santa hat pretty soon. She is also obsessed with this cartoon Halloween movie. There is a witch in it that looks kind of like Guy and that is why she loves the movie. You'll also notice the toothbrush. She loves to brush her teeth and spit in the sink.

I know Ella looks funny in this, but she is showing you what another creepy Halloween guy at Nana and Papa's house can do. He can blink his eyes, dance, and move his mouth. Ella will mimic all of these, but our favorite is when she blinks. For some reason when she blinks fast, she gets an Elvis lip. It makes us laugh every time.

Ella is pretending to be asleep. She does this quite often, then just giggles with her eyes closed.

She is trying to fit into our nice comfy camera case. When she realized that we caught her, she started laughing.

Ella has become a little diva lately. When she has her mind set on something that she wants to wear she will let you know. The last couple of times that we have gone out she insists on wearing her witch hat. This picture was taken when Ella and I were going to the grocery store. There were a few older women who told Ella they liked her hat. When we were in line she took the hat off and waved it around and said in a very loud voice "HAT". We had a few strange looks, probably because Halloween was a week ago.

Ella is doing her kissy/funny face.

Cheese!

I just had to post this! I took this picture about 2 seconds ago. John is getting ready for work and walked out of the bedroom with a sucker stuck to his shirt! He pretended he didn't know that it was on there. I couldn't stop laughing, I had tears in my eyes. She put it in with his clean clothes. I didn't give her the sucker and neither did John, so she had to have gotten into the cupboard and tried to hide the evidence.

Too Funny!

This past week John bought a baby bungee bouncer. I know my sister had one for her kids when they were little and they LOVED it. So John got it to keep at least one of the twins busy when they get older. Ella being the tiny little thing that she is fit into it perfectly, even at 16 months. One of Ella's favorite things to do is dance. If any of you have seen her dance, you know she has awesome moves like her dad! Well we decided to let her jump and dance in the bouncer. John and I could not stop laughing!!! We watched her do this for about 45 minutes then I said we had better call it quits for the day. In the 1st video she is dancing freestyle, then I got a little too nervous about her possibly hitting her head and John got her bike helmet. I felt better and it's a good thing we put on her helmet, you'll see why.