Potty trained!?

Our Ellie girl has been fully potty trained since May, but we have a few kinks to work out.  :)  First of all, she likes to strip naked to go potty.  We're hoping to nip this one soon, as it's next to impossible for me to bend over to put all her clothes back on.  :)

Second, she likes to bring all of her clothes out of the bathroom, and to whichever room we happen to be in, making us very nervous that she's going to run out of time.

Third, she likes to put the seat up and sit on the rim of the toilet.  While this is ok at home, since I am a maniac about keeping the toilets clean, (you would too if you had your face in it daily) being in public is another story!

Fourth, and most obvious....she likes to sit backwards, IN the toilet.  Matt and I could not stop laughing when we caught her like this the other night. 

Ellie's new bike

A co-worker of mine asked if Ellie would like her daughter's old bike.  It was just the right size for her, and the right price for us:  FREE!  I brought it home and Ellie insisted on buying new wheels for it while we were grocery shopping.  Once we got the training wheels on, she was ready to go! 

She's super excited to have her very own princess bike.  She struggles to not slam on the brakes, as she is used to being able to pedal backwards on her trike. 

Riding in the street, where it's much more level and easier to ride for little legs.  :)  Thanks Kristina and Abigail!

4th of July

A little pre-fireworks naparoo with Stevie.  Ellie was so excited about going to the fireworks and talked about it for three nights prior.  We had to explain to her that it had to be dark out, and it only happened one night in the Summer.  All day she asked to see the "boom-booms." 

Trying to get Daddy excited about the "boom-booms."  We like to go to the Lakeville fireworks because the area is huge and there is no bad seat.  Plus, it's nice and close to home!

Eating some candy and waiting for it to get dark out.  She was super excited the entire night, and when the fireworks started, she asked to go home.  Go figure.  :)

Lakeville had a Blackhawk chopper there for people to check out.  The line was INSANE, so we opted to not go climb in it, but we did get to watch it take off. 

It shot straight up into the air...both Matt and I were surprised at that.  Ellie kept waving to it and wanted to know where they were going. 

It's super hard to see, but one of the guys was literally hanging out the side of the chopper waving to the crowd. 

It was such a beautiful night! 

Ellie watching the fireworks. 

An exciting edition of "Find Ellie Girl"

                      I spy an Ellie Girl and Bingo Cat....

Her bucket was full of pool toys...she wanted to go swimming, but mean Mommy made her take a nap instead. 

This made me laugh out loud.  We find Ellie sleeping in the most peculiar positions, with the most random things in bed with her. 

    This was just too cute to not share.  These two nap together all the time.  Steve loves him some Ellie girl, and she loves to smoosh on him as well.  He follows her around the house when she's playing, and even watches her very closely in the bath.  So cute!