I went on a cruise...

i went on a cross. it was fun. i got lot's of autographs and me and eastan pick out stuff animal's i got donald and eastan got palo.it was cool.

it is 2009 and it is the year of the ox. i have lots of thing to do this year. and i hope you have a great valentime day.

Cousin Justin as President

Tonight we were sitting at the dinner table with Cousin Justin eating some good grinder sandwiches. We were talking about the election and the fact that Ella's school will be closed that day. They are going to have a pajama day at daycare along with bowling and a pizza party. The consensus among the adults at the table was that we wanted to go to daycare too.

So we were talking about politics with Ella; Justin asked her who she would vote for. She said "Obama". Of course, he gave her a little grief and she asked him who he would vote for; he said "myself". Ella told him he couldn't do that and Justin asked why not. Ella told him he can't vote for himself as president since he's not 35 years old. Just a small but stinging burn from from a 6 year old who has a better command of the political process than most of us. We were so proud :).

Boys

Car Ride Home from first day of school.
When I was on the playground, I played with the girls because I don't like the boys. The girls say I have a crush on Landon because he hit me but I don't. I would just tell him I did. Riley likes Ben. She has a crush on him because he kicked her but she won't admit it. I like Landon but I don't love Landon. Hannah loves Ben because she hit him at recess. For real.

And for some reason daddy became very sad. I don't know why. He's weird.

Ella was tying her shoes this a.m. when I overheard the following:

"Ahhhh no. One of my shoe laces is dead."

Here are some more of my vacation pictures.

This is how I kept from getting sunburned...just kidding - my dad buried me in the sand on our last day at the beach. I had so much fun at the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

Field Trip to the Alpaca Farm

I picked up Ella and lil 'E today from daycare. Ella came zooming down the hall, all smiles when I asked her how her day was. She stopped in her tracks, looked at me and said "Not good...I got kicked by a llama." She is hysterical.

I wiat on a thia and i got to patu a hyoucab and i got soum hyoucab earg
and it wau fun
love eleanor

(ella wrote this all on her own and even posted it. translation is: "I went on a vacation and i got to pet a horseshoe crab and I got some horseshoe crab earrings and it was fun.")

PS - she wants to be referred to as eleanor now :).

Bachelorette and B-Day at School

Bachelorette - Why is she crying? Are they trying to marry her? That's silly.
B-day at School - Today we celebrated summer birthdays. Some people liked the ice cream and some people didn't. I didn't like the ice cream even though it was the ice cream that mommy bought.
I wish Ms Daniel would keep all our art projects so she could remember how good we all are.

Daddy tinkles his pants

Dad, "Cousin Justin is coming to visit."
Ella, "Oh, no!"
Dad, "Why do you say that?"
Ella, "Cause you two act silly. You might laugh so hard you'll tinkle your pants."
Sadly enough, probably true. HOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLD!

I'mmmmm back

I've been focusing on school for the past several months so I haven't had time to blog. OK, really, my dad was lazy and didn't want to spend a whole 15 minutes typing my messages. Ooops, he's back so act like I didn't say that.
So, this blog may be lengthy as I have to catch you up on the life that is Ella. Let's see, let's start with the basics.

School - it's good. I get good grades, the occasional yellow card. Oh yeah, I won the citizenship award for the school in February. That's a pretty big deal. My mom and dad asked why I won it. The answer is simple, I make sure that everyone is included in things. Some of my friends don't like it when I do that but I just say "who cares, that's the way it is". Anyway, school is wrapping up. I'm getting 3s in all my subjects (that's a 3 out of 3) and I'm testing above the benchmark whatever that means.

Soccer - I moved up a league this season and did well. I scored a few goals and dropped some dimes on my teammates. The boys are ball hogs so if they get it, it's no fun. My friend Emma played on the team and we did well. I played in my first tournament a couple of weeks ago. Three games in one day. I was tired but daddy supplied treats between games and plenty of water. He said something about officially becoming a soccer parent. Badge of honor if you ask me. Besides, he drives a station wagon so anything is a step up on the cool factor from that.

Kids Fun Run - I ran a mile with my dad in a Kids Fun Run. I would have gone faster but my dad held me back. I was so bored that I held up the rock and roll sign for the last quarter mile.

Sister - my sister is getting bigger. She's got a blog also but that was updated the last time mine was so you'll have to read the small biography my dad writes to catch up on those 6 months. The only word she knows is my name. I do love her but she is trouble. All she does is cry, eat and poop. I like reading to her but she's got the attention of a spider monkey so I usually only get a couple of sentences in.

Mom and Dad - they are way busy at work but do a pretty good job of taking care of their responsibilities at home which is treating me like I'm the only kid they have. I know that sounds selfish but, hey, it's me we're talking about.

Tooth - lost my first one. Came out while I was eating corn on the cob. Actually, it got real loose eating corn on the cob and dad yanked it out. $5.00, oh yeah!

Went to Mardi Gras in Louisianna - came home with lots of beads and a chicken foot. Mommy got sun-burned on her boobies getting me the beads and the chicken foot is really cool!

Plans for Summer - Trips to grandparents (both sets). I was going to fly from Grandpa Steve's to Nana and Papas and then home all by myself but Grandpa Steve won't let me. He's going to fly with me now. "He's just silly because I know he's scared to fly because he drives everywhere. I'll make sure he is ok because it's just flying." (actual Ella quote to Grandpa Steve) After that, I don't know. I'm thinking about playing softball and taking golf lessons. We'll see.

Now that summer is approaching and I don't have any more homework, I'll make sure mom and dad get to posting my musings.

Gingerbread Girl - Night 2, Day 3

Saturday Night - I tried to keep ginerbread girl in bed with me last night but my hand got tired so I asked my mommy to ask daddy if he would sleep with gingerbread girl so she didn't sneak out again. She snuck out again and took pictures. She went down our back steps. She went out by our firepit and then she went into the woods. She came back up the stairs and when I woke up this morning she was by my door. My daddy was sleeping downstairs and was surprised that she got out again.

Sunday - Daddy said she slept most of the day while he watched football. She had to stay with daddy because I went out to my friends' farm. I got to feed a horse and play games. I'm glad she stayed home with daddy because if she sneaked away out at the farm she may have gotten lost.

I had fun with gingerbread girl and I hope she's not as tricky with the next kid to get her.

as dictated by Ella

Caring for the Gingerbread Girl Day One...

Dad told me that Gingerbread girl was being sneaky again and that I needed to find her. Mom said that there were some clues in our camera. Gingerbread girl had been taking the camera and last night she (when I was sleeping) sneaked out to the driveway and she went in my dad's car and took pictures of herself. And she also took pictures in the driveway and with my dad's person (knome - go Oklahoma!). She also hanged on the Christmas tree and took pictures. I can't wait to tell Mrs. Daniel about this.

- as dictated by Ella

Caring for the Gingerbread Girl Day Two...

I was good and played with Hannah on the swings. Hannah picked me to get my gingerbread girl to take care of. I got to take her home with me over the weekend. I get to keep her for 2 days; other people get to keep her for one day. The day I brought her home I played a game with her. It was called Yahtzee. I got three 5's and two 2's. We had fun playing. I took her on a walk with my dad and Haley (neighbor) this morning. I wrapped her up in a small little blankie because she would get cold but she came undone and Dad did not wrap her back up.

We went to see Enchanted...

We went to see Enchanted the movie the day after Thanksgiving. It was pretty good but I could not let out a laugh because I didn't feel like it. I didn't understand the chipmunk. He was trying to say that the wicked witch was trying to give the princess an apple to make her go asleep and he bit the dragon. And then the dragon fell down, down, down, down but the prince was stuck on a sing (thing) and he could not get down and then they slipped all the way down and got married and then the other prince married the other girl. That's all.

October Update

I made a halloween bracelet. I went to visit my grandma and grandpa. I went to the enchanted forest. I went to my sister's baptism. Everyone was calling me yellow card. Next time I visit, I'll wear my bully shirt so they stop picking on me. Daddy told me to tell them that "at least I'm smart enough to get a yellow card. I went trick or treating. I dressed up as Super Girl. My sister dressed up as a pack of Smarties. We had a party at school. I ate candy and I got a tattoo. I finished playing soccer. I followed my daddy's rules which are 1. Have fun, 2. Don't whine and 3. Don't ask to take a break. My daddy says I improved a lot over the season and we'll see about playing in the big kids league next year.
I want to share my sight words.
See
I
My
Is
Like
November

Sincerely,
Ella

I got off the schoolbus. I went to my teacher's desk and gave her the stuff for my hat.
Sincerely,
Ella

Saturday, I played soccer. I scored 6 goals. I did everything my daddy taught me. On Sunday, I went to Busch Gardens. I went on the Big Bad Wolf roller-coaster 2 times. Then I went on the Merry-Go-Round. After the MGR, I went on the big swings. I went high, then I came low and then I went high. I went to lunch with my friend, Emma. I saw my friend Anna from my old school. I rode the sky ride to get back to the entrance and then we drove home.
At school on Monday, I got off the bus. When I got off the bus, I sat down in my seat and did some work. Then we did, like, we did, like, under, top, middle. I colored in the shapes. I did 4 colors and when I did 4 colors, when I was done we lined up and put it on the drying rack. After we lined up, we came back and did literacy tubs. After the literacy tubs, we had to clean up and put all the stamps away. After I did that, I went outside. After we went outside, we had a fire drill and did not clean all the stamps up. When we came back inside, I had to clean it all up. I went to lunch. I buy lunch today. I bought a dorito (burrito), salad and strawberries. After lunch, I came back and couldn't do centers. All we did was rest, rest and rest. Then we got up and I packed everything up and then I did a magazine and I did some wipes. We had to do 4 pages. We lined up and got on the school bus to take us back to day-care.
Sincerely,
Ella

We should get two chickens that way they can cluck all night long.