We celebrated Ella's 2nd birthday this weekend. It's hard to believe she is two years old now. She can do so many things now it is incredible. She is starting to sound out words, yes words. She is learning all sort of words and new phrases, she isn't afraid to try big words and is does a great job of staying all the parts of a word no matter how big it is. She is saying full sentences like "I'm a doggie. I'm going to get you." She is getting up in the 30's for her numbers and she is starting to understand hard concepts. Like I explained to her how the leaves chance color in the fall, in simple terms, and she understood. She also started matching each leaf type to the right tree that it came from. She is great at making friends and loves playing all sort of things. She can play dinosaurs and building with boys and than play dress up and tea party and dolls. She makes shy kids feel safe and plays with them when they are ready. She is great with sharing and has an impressive imagination. She also loves making her own puzzles and figuring out how things work. It takes her 10 seconds for her to figure out all the functions of a toy. It's going to be hard keeping up with her, but the Lord gave her too us so He must trust us with her education and growth.
Yesterday we had a quiet family party with homemade pizza and cake. I made her a pull-a-part cake out of cupcakes and decorated it with Ponyo. We went with the Ponyo theme because we got her the movie for her birthday and we also let her pick out a fish. She picked out a Beta fish that is red and blue. She calls him Blue, it sounds like Bue when she says his name. She loves her new pet. She wants to hug him and doesn't understand why we can't touch the fish, but she feeds him and wants to see him when we come home or first thing in the morning. She is doing a great job of feeding him and not tapping on the glass. The cat is finally leaving Blue alone, but she still loves to watch him. We also got her a Veggie Tales DVD and some blocks and a Tinker Bell tea set and a bee Pillow pet.
Today we spent some time with the family. She got another Pillow Pet from her Aunt Deborah that is a panda. She also got a Tinker Bell costume, finger paints, clothes, a Cat in the Hat book, a Bronco bear and some other stuff from her grandparents and great grand parents. She loves all of her gifts. We went out to dinner at Red Robin and had a great time with the family. Here are some picture from this weekend.
