Ellie's Glasses

Ellie has new glasses to help her see while reading

Superstar!

St. Patrick's Day

green milk, green beer, green (oops...) great friends St. Patrick's day was spent in Branson at the Landing with the MacKenzies, the Farrahs and the Toothakers. We had lunch at Waxy O'Shea Irish Pub listening to traditional Irish music and eating Scotch eggs, fish and chips and Shepard's Pie.

Happy 9th Birthday Ellie

Pics to follow soon....

Hula Skirts and Leis

Ellie's elementary school had a dance on Friday night - a Luau. Here are a couple of pictures of Ellie with some of her friends at the dance.

Beads, Beads, and more Beads

The Toothaker family spent the afternoon with the Farrah family watching the Mardi Gras parade on Dickson street. After the parade we went to Hugo's for dinner. catching beads
Georgianna, Brooks, Ellie and Erin
Juliette and TraciBobby and David

Tulsa for the Day

Georgianna and I spent the day in Tulsa with Kebra and Baker. We had a full day of playing with Baker's toys, hanging out in a new children's museum, eating lunch in Utica Square and enjoying the sunshine in the Shelhamer's yard. Baker and Miss G

running free in the museum
stand-off with sticks

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day 2009

Georgianna's class party consisted of decorating cookies, handing out Valentine's and playing.

before the cookie decorating
in progress
enjoying the final product
G showing off her homemade Valentines

Show and Tell

Thursday is Georgianna's share day at school ... so this week, Georgianna took Ellie to be her "share." Georgianna told her class all about her big sister, Ellie. They were both so precious standing at the front of the class and answering questions from the other preschool children.

Ancient Cultures and Renaissance Museum

The Fayetteville GT program had a special exhibit to showcase the work the students made this year while studying Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Rome, Greece and Italian Renaissance. Ellie has really enjoyed learning about the different cultures. For each period, the students worked on a special project that was displayed during the exhibit.

Winter Wonderland ... (at least for the first few days)

the driveway

front yard ... so pretty before the limbs started breaking and trees falling
Ice Storm
January 2009

Friends from KC

Courtney and Olivia came to visit us for a fun filled weekend. Ellie and Olivia hit it off and played outside for hours. Both girls had their own camera and spent much of their time taking pictures.