Christmas

Ella is off school for three weeks and on the first day of her vacation, Jim (who is off this week too) took her to the library and they got a whole bunch of Level 1 Reading books. She has been reading one book a day and doing a few pages of her workbook, so she will keep up with (and is actually improving) her reading. She has been writing sentences too, mostly without asking how you spell the words. Here is one that she wrote yesterday on her favorite toy, her white board (click on all pictures to enlarge):



On the second day of her vacation, Jim took her to the Getty (at her own request).



On Christmas Eve, we went down to Candy Cane Lane and Candle Light Lane in Woodland Hills. Couldn't get any pictures as it was raining but we also take walks and bike rides around the neighborhood. This one is in our own front yard:
and this one is a neighbor's -

FINALLY! Christmas Day. Here is Felix with his new "bakketball" hoop which he LOVES

and here is Ella with the thing she has been asking and asking and asking for, and even had called Santa up on her princess mobile phone to ask him for it... a scooter!

and here are the two monkeys in their new bathrobes.

The three of us having some cuddle time -


Finally, at the end of the day, Thing 1 and Thing 2 got into their new PJ's and jumped all over Dada

Fall Fun

FINALLY! I hear you say. Well our camera is broken so while we have been unsuccessfully trying to get it fixed and deciding on getting a new one, here are some lesser-quality shots from a disposable camera. First, Halloween. Ella and Felix were pirates this year except Felix didn't want to wear his costume (unusual for him, since he loves to wear Ella's, mine and Dada's clothes normally). Ella wore her pirate costume at school and then she wore her yellow princess dress later on when we went trick or treating.

Next we have Ella modeling a Halloween Cat Hat she made and Felix with his pirate hat



It was a SUPER hot November. We often go for a bike ride on Sunday mornings to the farmer's market where the kids love to go on the bouncy castle


And the kids playing in the sandbox on another sunny morning