Smiles

A week of smiles here at our house - Ellie is scooting and crawling and smiling....that is the latest!

My view during her favorite ride bouncing on my legs:

All dressed up for church.

Working on some insurance details for some strength building work-out sessions this summer at a therapy place.  More to come on that.  Have a great week everyone!!!

More standing

Another week of standing-related shenanigans :).

"Nothing to see here people...I am NOT planning on climbing up on that shelf behind me."

 "OK, yes I am...gotta be quick, before they see me!!"

An ice cream social with our local Down syndrome support group.

Ellie is more excited than she looks.

 Back at home, the boys do some sports analyzing on live television while Ellie jumps into the set.

"I think California Chrome is gonna do it!!!"

"Let me play you a little song titled - Have a Great Week and We'll See You Next Time!"

Look what I can do!

This week, I was a photographer on a wild safari hunt...in our house.  I was trying to capture the rare breed of the "climbing/standing Ellie".  Here as you can see, I managed to catch a few shots of her in her natural habitat.

First, we have some kind of yoga pose she's been developing.  In this comparison, you can see she's really working on her form.

Then we have the "knock over the plastic kitchen, pull up to standing position and climb on top of it" move.  This one surprised me, I have to say.  I didn't even know she could do this!!!

As the sun rises, she gets her energy for her next feat...

which is, "climbing on closed toy bin".

"Ta Da!!!"

Now back to a toy being used for it's purpose - a happy Ellie is starting to pull up and build those leg muscles!

Picnic

Happy May everyone!

I told the kids to keep Ellie happy for a minute while I cleaned up breakfast and this is what they came up with in their room :).

Kind of reminds me of this:

Then we had a fun church picnic where Ellie happily hung out on a blanket and tasted ice cream!

Then to end the weekend, we participated in a race.  Ellie and I ran to the finish line to see the boys cross and she had quite a bumpy wagon ride!  She thought it was so funny and even instinctively held on to the sides!