Not the beach...but the next best thing??

"oh shucks is that for me?"
"Can i go in please?"
"this is great!"
"look at me!!"
"Mum! Tell Dad this is MY sandpit!!"

Just one more quick one...Jai bought some sand to put in ellas shell, which she used last summer as a little poor, well, you should have seen it! she loved it!! NOT happy when it was time to go inside....
here are some photos.....

August - september....

The last month and a bit has been all about Ella learning to talk, it happened all of a sudden really. After being quite a quiet little girl she has turned into a chatterbox, most words only she will ever understand, but slowly her vocab is getting fuller. "Mum" and "Dad" roll off the tongue quite easily now....( sometimes they get mixed up on occasions ) she says other words like mess..."mumma mess" is a good one, keeping me on my toes! some other words are nose, NO...used quite frequently, YES ( sometimes confused with NO ) stretch...or more like "tch" but we understand. Car, if she sees one...ELMO ( MO ) , her favorite furry friend... and the rest are usually just parroted words that i say to her...it really is cute to hear her voice.

The last week has been beautiful weather so we have been outside more that usual, which has caused a lot more bumps and scratches than normal. she had her first knee scratch this week, she was a brave girl and waited for mummy to clean the "mess" and put on a band aid, which made it all better with a kiss.

she has started a music class with her friends cooper and Robert , and loves running around with the instruments..but her favorite bit has to be the bubbles, also another new word she has learnt! Daddy had Friday off ( poor thing not well ) so he came along to class with us,before class we went and fed the ducks at the eltham lake, and later for a treat we had ice cream at Mc Donald's which Ella kindly shared with her daddy...awwww

each week is more and more exciting as we watch Ella grow into a little girl...it seems to have gone so fast. she will be 18 months next month, can you believe it!

Fathers Day II – Revenge of the Ella

Well it was my special day so it is only fitting that I (Jai - Dad) do the blog this time!
I woke at around 8:30 to a cheeky little chook staring at me in bed, waiting for me to wake up and open my Father’s Day presents. Yeah, I sleep in when I can, I deserve it….right?

Before I know it I’m emptying a big bag of goodies I’ve been after for so long…..new uggboots, new dressing gown, new pyjamas, and of course some fantastic photos of my little chook in a nice frame which Lisa bought. It now takes pride of place on my office desk!

It was a nice day so we took Ella on her first train ride to the city. Yes Jessie, Ella got to hear the man talking on the speaker, “The next train to depart from Platform 1 is the Flinders St train stopping…..” Jessie knows how it goes!! Ella was on her best behaviour on the train, really settled. Must have been the bumps and turns! We then went to see the Pixar animation show at Federation Square. Pretty interesting, and good for Ella too….she got to do some drawings and took home a show bag!

We then took Lisa to Spencer St DFO, cause she’s been so desperate for me to take her there!! Well now she’s been, but it’s OK cause I have a Bunnings visit scheduled for next Mother’s Day!!!

A pretty good day all up with my two girls and looking forward to an even bigger and better one next year!

Enjoy the photos!

Dad.