The Wallers

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Up in the Apple Tree

Elli loves this song, she learned it at dance class from Mrs. Mary. She has also gotten into putting on her tutus and dancing around...by herself. Everything now is "by herself" and this is something we are working on - knowing the difference between things she can do by herself and things that Mommy/Daddy have to help with. Oh having a two-year old...

Anyway - here are the lyrics to Elli's song debut.

"Way up high in the apple tree

Two little apples looking at me

So I shook that tree as hard as I could

And down came the apples

They were mmm mmm good!"

The "Little" Beach

I've been wanting to take Elli to the beach, but I waited too late and now I'm scared to go that far away from the hospital. So we improvised today and took Elli to the "little" beach - Flanner's Beach. This is on the Neuse River and is a little campground right here in town. We got the effect of the sand/water without the fear of driving an hour while in labor!

Elli loved it, but wasn't a huge fan of the "mud" as she called it (wet sand) and certainly would not sit in it. I'm glad we had an afternoon together!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Summer is on the Way

Today we stopped by the Trent Woods Fire Department Open House and it really made me realize that summer is so close. Elli loved running around and jumping in what she calls the "bouncy bouncy." She was not interested in riding on the fire truck but was super interested in eating the ice cream sandwich and dancing to the live music.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Downtown Springfest

Elli and I spent the morning downtown at the Farmer's Market Springfest. We had a great time and walked all over downtown. We saw various animals, Elli danced with the zumba demonstrations (I didn't - I didn't want to go into labor right there in front of everyone!), and we rode a little choo-choo train. She asked to ride the pony so I went ahead and forked over the money but as soon as we tried to get her in the saddle, she screamed bloody murder...oh well, maybe next year (and if you're wondering, I did get my money back!)

She won't look at me - she is too scared to turn her back on the chickens!

Again...she will not turn her back on the animals!

She did love feeding him though!

Too scared to ride, but petting is always fun.

Snack break (and my feet just hurt!)

Chooo-Chooo!!!

Time for a little Zumba!

Just running her down in hopes of a long afternoon nap.

A Sleepover

In preparation for Baby Waller's arrival, Elli is practicing staying at Grandma's house. Although we have left over night, this is the first time she stayed at someone else's house instead of having the sitter stay at ours. I admit, I was worried, but Elli did fantastic. I guess she really is a big girl! She loves to pack her suitcase up and head out the door.

Elli gets to sleep in a "big girl" bed at Grandma's and she LOVES it!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New Camera and New Friends and New Toys!

Lots of new huh? We did get a great deal on a Cannon Elph at Target. It was already on clearance mark down and then we got the display one so we got another 10% off. We got the camera for $100 less than its original price. Good enough for me!

We also met a new friend today - his family went to our church but moved away before he was born. We were so happy to meet him and get to hang out with his mommy. It is always nice to swap mommy stories and just be able to vent in general.

Our last "new" is a make it yourself water table. Instead of spending money on buying an "official" table, I just bought a $5 bin at Big Lots and filled it with random stuff from around the house (except for the $3 octopus pool toys I got at Big Lots too!) Elli seems to love it and I think it will keep being interesting as long as I keep changing out the random items I find.

Oh yeah - this isn't a "new" but Elli discovered Daddy's sprinkler and ran into it before I could stop her. As you can see...wet panties are uncomfortable!