March

Well I don't mean to only post monthly, but it seems like that's what it's been lately!  Thank you to the loyal readers who check in!  I'm lookin' at you Aunt Louise 😉!

Ellie got an adorable play mailbox that she carries around!  It had little letters and envelopes that came with it!  Those of you that have seen an episode of "Blues Clues" know the main character of the show regularly gets mail.  So cute!

We try to all pray each night in our prayer room and one night one of the kids suggested we take a picture.  But the self timer on the camera makes a noise right before it takes the photo and Ellie just had to notify us of this each and every time. After the 10th attempt we decided the picture would just have to reflect that reality!

The older three kids have played flag football for the past few months and Ellie and I (and grandparents!) have been half the cheering section for the team.  There are only 6 players and we have 3 of them!!  It's been fun. Luckily Ellie is happy with the episodes of shows I download or the many games she has on her iPad.   What's great about the iPad in these situations is there is really loud music played at these games along with whistles and cheers.  Ellie shows some signs of displeasure with the noise at the beginning but quickly becomes engrossed with her show!

You can barely see it propped up by the footrest. 

Julia and Daddy getting warm under a blanket after a particularly cold afternoon football game.  As you can see, Ellie goes wherever Ellie wants :).

The month of March means college basketball bracket time!

  The boys picked Ellie's teams with a very scientific method of verbally offering her two choices, then showing her a fist representing each team.

"Hmmmm...Villanova or Florida?"  This face is something she learned in Blue's Clues and it's one of the cutest things you've ever seen.

A bit blurry but Ellie holding her iPad getting ready for a football game.  

And a snack never hurts!!!