Ellie's Photo Shoot

Anyone who knows Sarah knows Ellie. Sarah calls Ellie her "special" and weeps when Ellie isn't around. Ellie lives a rough and tumble life and has the battle wounds to prove it. Her trunk and tail have it especially rough - Sarah will chew on Ellie's trunk from time to time and finds solace in rubbing Ellie's tail between her fingers. Sarah calls this "wiggling Ellie's tail," and if Ellie isn't around, Sarah will announce in a pained voice, "My fingers itch badly! I need Ellie's tail!"

At this point, I feel like Ellie is a family member. So when Sarah suggested we take some pictures of Ellie, it made total sense to me! I tried to document her in all of her jelly-stained glory because if any stuffed animal in our house will ever achieve Velveteen Rabbit-hood, it is this well-loved pachyderm...

Frozen in the Park

Because I just can't get enough Frozen in my life (sarcasm!), Sarah and I went to the Frozen Sing Along at Theater in the Park on Tuesday night. Grace and Monica were there with us, and the girls really did have fun! 

Of course, balloon hats make everything more fun!

Elsa, Olaf and Anna were there for photo ops, too!

Then we sat down to have some snacks, snap our Glo Sticks, and get ready to belt out the hits!

Sarah was pretty tired by the time the movie started, but it sure was a fun night out! (As a side note, if you're allowed to have alcohol at Shakespeare in the Park, I feel it would fair to let adults have alcohol at Frozen in the Park, too!)

Kate's First Swim

Although the pool has been open for a full two weeks now, we took our first dip this evening. It wasn't as cold as it could have been, but it wasn't exactly warm, either! Kate didn't stay in long (Daddy was a good sport and took her home while Sarah and I stayed to play a bit longer), but she seemed to enjoy the time she spent in the water!

I enjoyed my swim, but, once I was home and dry, I enjoyed this little herald of summer even more!