Do to mishaps beyond our control, (no we didn't beat our child) Ella ended up with a black-eye after our weekend away. The colors that it turns get better everyday. There was one day when it looked like I had put 4 colors of makeup on her to make her look like rainbow bright or something. SERIOUSLY she had red, purple, blue, and green spreading across her eyelid! It was AWESOME!! 
I don't know how well you can see it in this picture, because pictures never show bruises very well. Needless to say she has a headache again tonight but we are hoping she will feel better soon.
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| From Halloween 2008 |
This year Ella is going to Little Chickadee Preschool. Awhile ago they had an open house and let the kids come in and find their name on a chick and check out the classroom, so when the 1st day of school came Ella was really excited!
Last Wednesday was the day she finally got to go to school. When we got there David walked her into the house, (The preschool is in the basement of my step-sister Cajsa's house) and they headed down to the preschool. When we got to the preschool room Ella got to find her chair. Although she can't read, she does know what her name looks like, so she was so excited to find the chair with her name.
A couple weeks ago (yes I'm behind again...) we had a reunion in Draper, so on the way we decided we would swing by Bear Lake and see uncle Ted. It was Elena's first trip to lake, and once we figured out how to make her happy, she had a pretty good time.
One of the coolest things about Bear Lake this year, is that Dave finally has a child that is big and brave enough to go in the water with him. Ella had a great time playing in the water! Eventually she got cold, but she doesn't have any insulation on her whole body!!
Ella will forever be able to say that she has her father's eyes. Both Ella and David have the most beautiful sea blue eyes that could melt the coldest heart. (I should know, I get pretty cold sometimes!) It's no wonder that people comment both of their eyes on a regular basis. Someday I hope that I can look into Ella's eyes and see that she has the same open-minded and charity driven eyes that her father has always had. Sometimes I can't believe how patient and loving Dave can be. I nit-pick and bug him a lot more than I should sometimes, but somehow he still puts up with me and the kid's and loves us anyway. I could never thank him enough for giving Ella the best example for what her eyes could be.
Elena on the other hand has been blessed with beautiful, dark, brown eyes, which do not look the slightest like David's, but they are just like both of her grandfathers. Dark soul searching eyes, that make you feel the love that she has for you. Both my dad and Dave's dad have/had these same warm welcoming eyes. It amazes me how both of them saw the good in people, in a way that I can't even imagine.
I remember my dad always helping everyone, no matter their race, intelligence level, or opinion. In Dave's dad's eyes I have seen an extremely loving grandpa who has stepped up and been there for my kid's when they really needed it. It is so nice to know that your kid's have grandparents that will watch over them, love them, and maybe even spoil them once in awhile. Thank you Mike, you're the best!!
My new hope is that these two beautiful girls grow up that they can see the examples that these wonderful father's have set for them, and they can do more than just "look" like their "father's eyes", but also see all the wonderful things that these father's can see.
So, for Ella's party the girls all wore their princess hats (for as long as they could stand) and we had Disney Princess plates, cups, napkins, etc. THIS is Ella's PRINCESS CAKE!!! Besides the fact that I ran a little short on time completing it, it turned out really well. I think Ella really liked it, which is the best part of making any cake. Especially when it is your own kid!! Ella did such a good job blowing out her candles, until... ok so we accidently put a trick candle on her cake. She blew and blew, and then all the other kids blew and blew, and finally we just had to put it out.
Ella got some really fun princess things from all of her friends and family. THANK YOU to all of you that came, it was a lot of fun!! (I'm sorry that I didn't list everything that she got, I have a hard time remembering in my old age....)
I did it!! I finally video of Ella singing on video!! Ella loves to sing to the music from Enchanted!! (She actually loves to sing to almost anything) She is also amazing at remembering the context of the song. For example, we have a CD of Disney music and if she has seen the movie that the song is from, she can tell you what movie it is from and what is happening in the movie when the song plays. She will be in the kitchen and a movie will be playing in the living room, and she will tell me exactly whst part of the movie it is by listening to the music. Hopefully some of the Davis genes have passed to her, so she can be even better at music then Dave and I are! (not that the Boyle side isn't musical)
Just when I thought the messes were all over....
If you closely at her legs, you will see they are covered in marker! Alas! (that was for you Mary) Another adventure in motherhood....
Editor's note: after this was originally posted, Ella ate half of a cake I was making for tomorrow...I'm glad this day is over.
The other day Lisa and her boys came over to hang out for awhile. While they were here Ella got these beads out that snap together to make jewelery. Needless to say it turned into all the kids (including the boys) wanting me to make them a necklace or bracelet or both. Good thing Mark doesn't look at my blog, or I would be in trouble for putting jewelery on his boys!!
It is beyond me how it is that my child has become such a girly-girl. Ok, so maybe I am girlier than I think, but Ella has beat my girliness 100 fold. Of course she does the girly things that I do, like wanting to do her hair, to look pretty, and wear cute clothes, but she also likes to carry a purse and wear lots of jewelery!! It is so cute how she puts on her "princess" dresses and dances and twirls around the house.
Lately she has become fond of the music from the movie "Enchanted." Ok, so not all the music...not even the majority of the music...just the two songs that sound the most like classic princess songs. She sways back and forth while they play, and just this week she has started singing along. It is so cute!! Somehow I am going to have to put a hidden camera in the back of my car to capture the action, cause she is to shy to do it front of people. 
