Grumpy Face

Ellie does Grumpy Faces on demand. It's usually followed by a huge cheesy grin, which I can never seem to capture on camera. But here's a picture of the grumpy face!

Mystery of the Messy Face

She looks so innocent, don't you think? Don't let her fool you though. She's a sly one!


I was sitting on our couch, when I see Ellie walk out of the kitchen, face covered in something. "Oh no... what did she find on the floor?" was my first thought.


She waddled back into the kitchen with me following close behind. My eyes swept the floor for the mysterious white substance. Cracker crumbs? Maybe flour? Then I saw this:

Yes. Those are cupcakes. On top of the table. The little stinker stood on her tippy toes, extended her little arm as far as she could, and stole all of the frosting off the nearest cupcake.

I was secretly proud of her. I think a valuable life lesson was learned here. For her and for me. Ellie learned that when you want something, and you work really hard to get it, you can achieve your dreams! I learned that if I don't want Ellie to steal my cupcakes, I'll have to put them in the middle of the table.

And here she is enjoying her spoils. How I love this little girl!

Happy Birthday Nick!

Last Saturday we spent the day with the Trowbridges, celebrating Nick's 16th birthday! There were pros and cons to the day.

PROS: We ate Dip-n-Dots, Tiffany made a delicious birthday cake, we spent a lot of fun quality time together with family, and Nick went to his first high school Sweethearts dance and wore shoes with purple sparkly shoe laces. Way to go Nick!

CONS: I bowled the worst game of my life.

Tiffany is a cake-guru! Her cakes never cease to amaze me!

Another First

This was the moment Ellie didn't even know she was waiting for...

HER FIRST KINDER EGG!!!

Mike's Dad went on a business trip to Germany and brought her back this:
She unwrapped it with minimal help from us.

Getting closer...

Ahh.... kinder egg chocolatey goodness!