Elly's Art - Dinner Calendar

Lacy's been doing a great job planning a dinner calendar every week.  The other day Elly wanted to help, so this is what resulted.  How awesome is her drawing of a taco?

Elly's Art - Going to a Movie

Elly is a pretty amazing artist.  She's always drawing, coloring, painting, etc.  And she'll just do it on her own, drawing whatever pops into her head, which is usually our family.  She did this piece the other day, which she calls "Going to a Movie".

There are several things I love about this:

• It's night time...cuz that's when you go to the movies, right?
• Her handwriting is awesome (better than mine!)
• That she colored in the "o" of "going"
• Dad's hair
• Mom and Elly's painted nails
• Tiny Brothee
• And that the boys have legs and the girls just have dresses w/o legs

Elly and Gigi Cruisin' in the Jeep

Elly's cousin, Gigi, is just a few months older than Elly.  They had a blast playing together over Christmas.  My parents have this kiddie Jeep and big lot to drive it around on.  Gigi loved driving, and Elly hated it.  She only wanted to ride while Gigi drove.  Win-win.

Miles Banana

Here's a little clip of Miles trying to say "banana".  Yes, he's upset until we give him the food.  That's pretty much every moment of his life so far.

Elly - Just Dance 2

My brother's kids have this game for the Wii called Just Dance 2.  It's hilarious.  You just hold the Wii controller and mimic the dancing figure on the screen.  We played it over Christmas.  Elly is pretty awesome at it:

Our Christmas Card

For our Christmas Card this year, we couldn't decide if we should use the photo of the kids on Santa's lap or these photos taken of us at the Adobe Christmas party. I think we made the right choice...don't you?

Elly Thoughts on Work, Moms, and Princesses

Miles Loves: Mima and Food

Miles loves to eat.  I mean, really really loves to eat.  One night at my parents' house he got to stay up late, so he was eating of course.  You can see how tired he was.  But he powered through it in order to stuff his face with chips.  He also took a momentary break from eating to give Mima a kiss.

Elly Quotes

Elly is lying on the couch on her back with one arm draped across her forehead:

Me: Elly, what are you doing?

Elly: Well, I suppose I am a princess.

Princesses Elly and Gigi

We celebrated Christmas at my parents' place in California.  All my siblings live there, so we got to see everyone.  It was great.  Elly got to play with her cousins, including Gigi, who is only a few months older than Elly.  Their favorite thing to do?  Dress up like princesses of course!  They were doing ballet to the music, and then I guess they got tired because they ended up on the floor like this:

Catching Up on Videos

I'm way behind on posting videos.  I'll be trying to catch up over the next few weeks.  Here's a little taste of Christmas vacation with my (Brandon's) family.  Miles is great, but my favorite part is my mom in the background.

BTW, the song we're listening to is this awesome track called "We No Speak Americano".  That's pretty fitting for my family.  Listen to the whole thing and try not to move.  Seriously.  You can't not dance or at least bounce a little.



Link to video

Elly Quotes

I just want to remember some of my favorite 4 year old Elly words:

Covered = Cupboard
Lie-vary = Library
Bideo = Video

Elly Quotes

As all of us were getting the car yesterday, we saw a guy in our neighborhood riding a 4-wheeler.

Brandon:  "Nice 4-wheeler."

Elly:  "Yeah.  Nice 4-wheeler."  ...pause...  "Dad, what's a 4-wheeler?"

Elly Quotes

This morning Boy was too impatient for me to cut his banana up into pieces, so I gave in and handed him the whole thing with the peel;  Elly quickly responded:

"Mom, he's eating a banana like a person!"