Yesterday at My Gym, the new owners had an open house where Elmo was the featured visitor. The place was jam packed and overflowing with excitement, but we did see some familiar faces and Elmo. Although, not surprisingly, Elaine didn’t want to sit on Elmo’s lap, she was excited to see him and happy to sit near him.
Dancing with Elmo
Elmo making rounds during the songs and dances
Elaine is so happy to see Elmo!
This is about as close Elaine would get!
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Today was Dad’s birthday. He is very humble about his birthdays and this year was no exception. We went out to dinner and had cake and ice cream at our house this evening. My mom is in New Jersey with Katie and Brooks and we missed having her part of the celebration. Elaine has been gearing up for weeks practicing her singing and talking about cake. When we went to order the cake, all Elaine wanted was an orange cake. Orange frosted, not flavored. There was no disappointment in the color. Simple white frosting spelling “Happy Birthday Bob” on the brightest orange cake ever made. Thank goodness Dad is a good sport. As always, Elaine and her Bob had a great time together and I think Dad had a great birthday. He got one of his favorite meals and time with his favorite little girl–I don’t know who had a better time!
The orange cake!
Elaine waiting “patiently” for Bob to come and cut the cake!
Helping to blow out the candles
I love this picture! Dad was trying to lick the frosting off Elaine’s fingers. She’s squeal and yell and giggle, lick her finger and do it all over again!
Knuckle deep in frosting and loving every minute of it!
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On Friday night, we went to the newest Disney movie “Earth.” Elaine was excited about going to her second movie and gasped “big screen” when we entered theater. She was also excited to get “pop-pop.” She definitely takes after me with her love of popcorn. The cinematography in the movie is amazing and Elaine loved it through the first hour. Had we not sat through 20 minutes of previews, she would have made it beautifully (thank God for M&Ms). She loved seeing the animals and spoke of them fondly. We all enjoyed the evening. It was a great way to start the weekend.
Outside the theater with our tickets
She was more worried about her popcorn than looking at the camera!
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This week, we went to the annual Skyway art show and had a great time. Elaine had her face painted, created a beautiful mosiac, looked at the amazing art work, shopped at the book fair, ate cookies and drank lemonade and played with the kids on the playground. We are blessed to have a very talented art teacher who is so creative and everyone had a great night!!
She wanted a white flower
Elaine creating her mosiac with the other kids
She loves glue sticks and scissors
Showing off her new masterpiece
We found a book the is based on her most favorite movie. Elaine couldn’t even wait to get home to read it!
On Monday was Uncle Billy’s birthday. Upon arriving at my parents’ house, Elaine sat on his lap and sang happy birthday to him. He wanted to go to the Air Force Academy which my parents and Elaine did with him. Jerry showed him around the athletic facilities and they saw noon lunch formation. Billy was very excited about visiting it! We all went to dinner and had cake. We all enjoyed helping Billy celebrate his day!
Waiting to help Billy open gifts
Elaine’s always willing to help blow out candles
Elaine pulled off each candle with a resounding MMM!
She loves cake and milk!
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My mom’s Uncle Billy arrived Saturday night from Texas. He and Elaine had never met and we enjoyed a low-key Sunday catching up. Elaine warmed up pretty quickly and is excited about helping “Great, Great Uncle Biddy” celebrate his birthday and see Colorado Springs. We are all looking forward to a fun visit. Also, we completed our 4 generation pictures with this shot.
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On Easter morning, we woke up to 2 inches of snow–typical Colorado springtime! Elaine looked through her basket, found all her eggs and had a great morning. In the afternoon, we headed to my parents’ house for dinner. It was relaxing, enjoyable holiday for all!!
Reading her new Elmo book
Elaine loved her Elmo eggs
She was an expert egg finder
Elaine loves spending time with her Grammy and Bob
Clowning around in her Easter dress
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On Saturday night, we decorated eggs. Elaine got more and more into it as time passed and she ended up doing several eggs that had a little of every color. She got the idea from my dad who tried to teach her how to do a 2 colored egg. She took the idea and ran! After we’d finished dying, I brought out some sparkly paint. She added a little to the eggs and a lot to herself. After a lot of color, some Easter candy and a long bath, Elaine slept well thinking of the Bunny’s deliveries.
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I am behind in getting to my blog, so I’ll spend a couple days catching up on our Easter festivities, which started with our neighborhood hunt.
We are so lucky to live in a neighborhood filled with kids and terrific neighbors. One family puts together an egg hunt every year and invites all the kids. This year, several families couldn’t make it because of other things going on, but fun was had by all who were there. Elaine loved collecting the eggs. It served as good practice for the real thing!
All the participants with the “Easter Bunny”
Getting help from one of the big kids
More help
The scene
Showing off your haul
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