Ellie's Choice

I really wanted to spend an entire day with Ellie doing whatever she wanted. I feel this special time with just me and her slowly reaching an end point and I want to make the most of it. I asked her to make a list of all the things she wanted to do and this is what she came up with: go to Starbucks (that's my girl!) ride the carousel get cotton candy go to the park and have a picnic go to the library go to Barnes and Noble and play at the train table make and eat cookies Believe it or not, we did everything on her list. :) She was so ecstatic. We started off getting lattes (decaf of course!) and then went to the Supermall to ride the carousel and get cotton candy. We went to a park in Federal Way and met up with Nana and Papa for our picnic. Ellie got to pick everything for the picnic and I am happy to say it wasn't too unhealthy! She picked cheese, oranges, bunny crackers, fruit snacks, raisins and juice. Not bad Ellie! Then we stopped at the bookstore and stayed for what seemed like FOREVER! Ellie is TOTALLY my kid and could honestly live in a bookstore. She wanted to read everything, play at the train table and then discovered the stuffed animals. Of course, she wanted to get one and any other day I would have said No and she would have been OK with that but it was a special day so we bought a cute little deer. She was very surprised and VERY happy. We picked up some books we had on hold at the library and then Ellie fell asleep in the car. I made Oatmeal/Raisin/Banana cookies so we munched on those before ballet practice later in the evening. Ellie and I both had a terrific day. I hope she knows how much I love her. I just feel I can't say it or show it enough. :)

Carousel

Cotton Candy

Perfect sunshine for the tire swing at the park!

Train table at the bookstore

Ellie asleep with her new deer