Eary October

Ellie sharing my birthday sundae... She even went home with hot fudge in her hair!
Ell posing in front of the pumpkin nursery rhymes at Weber's Farm on Sunday.
HAY RIDE!!
Enjoying the big sack slides. Weeeeee......
Climbing on the tires at Weber's.
Working on one of Ellie's birthday presents... Sister Hazel vocalist Ryan Newell.
And Andrew Copeland signed her storybook...
Starfish: a bedtime story.
Sister Hazel at Power Plant Live.
Fall Festival day at school
Crazy hair, face paint, and a balloon sword... I would say she had a pretty good time!
Ell and I (in Julie's apt) during the Fells Point Festival... Go Ravens!
Face painting at the Fells Point Festival.

Feliz Navidad

Yes, I know it is a bit early in the year for this but it is just way too good not to share!!
Enjoy a bit of the holidays ...

Weekend in Leesburg, VA... Late September

Friday evening... MB, Deb, Ell, and Donna
Friday night dance party in the hotel room... Luckily we were on the bottom floor and at the end of the hall! Dance Deb, dance!
Same photo... without the flash! The glow sticks were a hit!!
More dance party...
Whitney and Jim's wedding... Whit being walked down the aisle by her son, Connor.
The newly weds!
Towson girls... Amanda, MB, Whitney, Erin, and Summer
Our stop in Fredrick on the way home.
Ell and I at lunch... Best lunch EVER!!
Ell, Deb, and Donna by one of the fountains.
All of the girls again.
Little Miss In Charge!

How is the patient doing???

Birdie had some surgery but good news... the patient is doing well!

Sean, Ellie, and Papoo after dinner.

Mid September fun...

We had a huge weekend... It all started on Friday night with an 80s dance party (just Ell, Schatzie, and I) that ended in an injured hand. Ell went for another hand stand and flipped all the way over and I think she strained her hand. She is ok and is quite a trooper (along with being a drama queen) and after ice, ibprophen, and tlc were administered she seemed to be doing much better. Below is a video of her moves... Watch out, she is a dancin' machine!!
Saturday she packed in quite a breakfast... Pancakes, bacon, toast, potatoes, and scrambled eggs. I had a HPU alumni event in the afternoon then we went to celebrate Ms. Cathy's (another) 30th birthday.
Sunday we headed down to Silver Spring for brunch with Michele and her friend. Once we got home we finally were able to kick our heals back and relax... at least for a bit!

Labor Day, etc.

This is how Ell went to school... Flip flops, cowgirl outfit, berry tank top, kitty cat mask, and doctor kit... It's called choosing your battles!!
Picnic at Annie's Playground on Labor Day weekend.
Ellie in the tires!
After the playground it was off for homemade chocolate ice cream at Bloom's Broom Dairy. YUM!!
Saturday evening we spent with Joelle, Cathy, and their neighbors. Here the girls are releasing tadpoles into Cathy's backyard pond.
Sprinkler time!!
Ell's new bubble maker!
Doing spelling puzzles on the backyard.
Mmm... Chicken on the bone! Barbaric yet delicious!
End of season harvest... The green beans finally beaned and we have a few remaining tomatoes... Looks like summer is almost over.

Oh, and the little watermelon that is trying...
Outdoor movie night last weekend up in the clubhouse. "Annie" on the screen and dinner under the stars.
Cold day! Cold day! Cold day!!! I had to break down and go to Khol's and get Ell some fall shoes and a couple of long sleeved shirts!
Ell learned to give 'whiffenschnoffers"... Thanks Papoo for that lesson!

Nursery Rhymes

Ell came home from school today talking all about her rhymes. You see, they have been learning nursery rhymes for the past two weeks. Well, today's was Little Miss Muffet. Proudly, Ell sat in her seat in the back of the car and recited it to me...

Little Miss Muffin
Sat on a puffin
Eating her porridge and duffett
Along came a spider
And sat next to her
And she got scared and ran away!

Perfect!!