tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9957973281547638252024-03-13T19:59:05.227-07:00The EllsiesThe life and adventures of Steve, Carolyn, and Cadance EllsworthThe Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-65770437936478565822013-11-15T13:56:00.000-08:002013-11-15T13:56:19.250-08:00The Last Few DaysAs the end of pregnancy draws to a close, we're trying to make use our time very well. Here are some highlights of us waiting for the baby to come<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a walk at Three Lakes Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the view of the "lake." Definitely grateful for the gorgeous weather. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raking leaves! And then jumping in them. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a Dixie Donut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maymont Park once again. Cadance wanted to pet the goat...kind of</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here's the bear statue at Maymont. The next best thing to the actual bears. They've been MIA lately</td></tr>
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-5554285863408965412013-11-07T11:54:00.002-08:002013-11-07T11:54:45.706-08:00HalloweenSo yes, I know the rest of the world has moved on to Christmas, but here is what our Halloween happenings looked like. Just in case anybody actually cares. <br />
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The night before Halloween we went to our ward party. Yummy chili and trunk-or-treating. It was super fun. My sister was in town and we dressed up like Mrs. White and Ms. Peacock from Clue. Steve dressed like Professor Plum, but we didn't get that photographed.<br />
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Cadance was the most super excited princess in the entire world. <br />
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The day of Halloween was all sorts of adventures. We spent the morning walking around Maymont Park and then took a tour of the Victorian mansion on the property. Did you know that they used to stop clocks when somebody died? Now you do. <br />
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After an unsuccessful hunt to find a carving pumpkin (seriously every store sold out the weekend before), we went home to try to get Cadance to take a nap. After that didn't happen we took her trick-or-treating at a local mall. I'm pretty sure the most fabulous thing in the entire world is hearing your daughter say, "trick-or-treat please!" <br />
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Steve tried unsuccessfully to take Cadance out again around our block. After one house she said she was done. Oh, well. <br />
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While I made pizza for dinner, my dear sister made jack-o-lanterns with Cadance. All month she talked about "scary pumpkins." She loves them. So, making one of her own was like the greatest thing in the world. Too bad we couldn't carve one for real, but the paper kind seemed just fine with her. It actually was probably a good thing we couldn't find a pumpkin because paper is a whole lot less messy than pumpkin innards. <br />
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To complete the evening I thought it necessary to eat more sugar, so we made donuts. Pumpkin donuts. Can you say, "new tradition." This was definitely my favorite part of the holiday. <br />
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And now we're on to Thanksgiving. Oh, wait, we need to have a baby first. Cross your fingers it happens next week!<br />
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-28328457402912327552013-10-13T11:57:00.000-07:002013-10-13T11:57:00.806-07:00And Now She's ThreeThis weekend we celebrated the birth of Cadance. It was quite the celebration. What has been the most fun is the fact that there is recognition on her part of the significance of birthdays. Steve woke her up in the morning to say "Happy Birthday." There was also an explanation about how she is now three and not two. When we started eating breakfast a few minutes later she proudly exclaimed, "Three!" while holding up three fingers. On Saturday she asked very excitedly if she was still three and thought it was the coolest thing ever. <br />
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Also important to note is that she has changed the rules about the correct response to, "Happy Birthday!" Instead of "thank you," you should exclaim, "Happy Birthday!" It becomes more of a mutual rejoicing that way. Although people may look at you funny. <br />
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So Friday morning Cadance got all dressed for the day and we headed out. <br />
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First up was our weekly playgroup. We played at a local mall with some friends. <br />
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Afterwards we went to Chick-fil-A for lunch. I think her smile expresses well her feelings toward Chick-fil-A. <br />
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Next was a hair cut. It was be hard to believe, but Cadance has never had her hair cut. I think her smile in this picture expresses well her feelings before her haircut began and the fact that she could see herself in the mirror. We are both very grateful that the lady only took about 10 minutes to cut her hair. <br />
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And, Cadance helped make her birthday cake. <br />
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After Steve came home and we had dinner Cadance opened her birthday presents. <br />
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And last but not least came the cake and ice cream. This year she even blew out all three of her candles all by herself. We were very proud. <br />
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Saturday morning started an all new set of adventures as we got ready for Cadance's birthday party. <br />
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We invited over just a couple of Cadance's girlfriends for a pink lemonade tea party. We started by making crowns. Glitter glue and fake gemstones, what more could a toddler ask for. <br />
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They liked the lemonade. <br />
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I read, "Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink"<br />
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And we finished the party with some good ol' bubble blowing.<br />
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It was super easy and casual and Cadance had so much fun. <br />
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And now we're off to year 4. Crazy!The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-8707986133521164402013-09-16T12:23:00.000-07:002013-09-16T12:23:35.314-07:00Cadance and I have been VacationingA week and a half ago Cadance and I set out on a little trip. With a bag full of snacks and hours worth of toddler entertainment thanks to our local library we hit the road. "This is a long drive," Cadance pointed out a time or two, but luckily that was about the extent of the complaining!<br />
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Our first stop was Morgantown, WV. Home of WVU, the #1 party school in the US, also my super fabulous old roommate, whom I hadn't seen since Cadance was born. <br />
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We visited Cooper's Rock and this great view<br />
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Went swimming. <br />
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Thank you Katie for giving up your bed to your old roommate and your floor to her slightly crazy toddler <br />
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Next up PA. Luckily the next leg of our journey was slightly shorter. Too bad Cadance didn't fall asleep until the last 5 minutes of the trip. But, she was happy to be woken up at her cousins house!<br />
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Among other fun things we went to Chocolate World in Hershey. Steve and I went a few years ago, but we thought it would be fun to take Cadance. It definitely solidified in her mind that she likes chocolate. <br />
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Here are the three cuties waiting to go inside<br />
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And here they are again enjoying a post tour treat<br />
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The morning we left we took the cousins to a place called Let's Pretend. Cadance is still talking about it. <br />
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They did some painting<br />
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Here is Cadance's cousin taking our order at the diner<br />
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Cadance taking care of her baby.<br />
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And the day wouldn't be complete without a concert<br />
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I couldn't decide if Cadance was more hilarious in pink hair <br />
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Or a brown crop with pink hat<br />
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And here is a video of Cadance and the first time she's ever gotten a hold of a microphone<br />
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Thanks to my awesome brother and sister in law for letting us crash at their place. It was such a fun week!The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-57130565211294016382013-08-27T11:59:00.001-07:002013-08-27T11:59:28.062-07:00Richmond CultureRichmond is this weird mix between historical and new age culture. If you want some great civil war history, this is the place to be. But, Virginia is old, like John Smith and Pocahantas old. We go back to the beginning here.<br />
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In contrast, there are local artists everywhere. The city is a huge supporter of the arts. We enjoyed one of them this past weekend. Richmond, along with other generous people, commission artists from around the world to come and paint murals around the downtown area. <br />
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It's a way to reduce graffiti, etc. But, it's also just really cool. We took a tour of the news murals that were put up this summer. <br />
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Here is a small sampling<br />
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-12631541191565743292013-08-06T16:45:00.002-07:002013-08-06T16:45:44.710-07:00Toddlers, Flamingos, and Youtube<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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He's been a part of the family for a little over a year. It's amazing how a free party favor can become so much of a ... friend, obsession, favorite thing. <br />
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At first he was just there. A part of the mass of toys that she would play with on occasion, but with an imagination came lots of interaction. He often puts on a tutu and is a princess. She puts him down for a nap and feeds him on a regular basis. Today he had oatmeal and strawberries for breakfast. He also has a hole, which makes him sad, so I blow him up on a daily basis, which then makes him happy. <br />
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We also have questions. <br />
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Enter youtube. For a long time I didn't do youtube. It mostly seemed like this complete waste of time that had way too many conversations start with "have you seen this movie on youtube?" But then we bought a house and I needed to fix things and yay youtube. It's also great at answering toddlers questions, like "what do moose say?"<br />
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I can't remember what question sparked the flamingo youtube adventure, but this video is amazing. She asks to watch it regularly. There really isn't any way to describe it, you just have to watch. <br />
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<br />The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-82919247041991561232013-07-31T13:08:00.001-07:002013-07-31T13:08:05.777-07:00VisitorIt's been exciting this summer to receive visitors. We think Richmond is fabulous and we love sharing it and exploring it with those we love. This time is was Steve's mom, Cindy. <br />
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Cadance had an absolute blast with her "Grammie." I had an absolute blast not having to bear the whole burden of entertaining Cadance. Steve had an absolute blast because he didn't have to work on Saturday at all and could play with us all day. <br />
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Our adventures started at Chiles Peach Orchard, just west of Charlottesville. The hour and a half drive was equalized because of the gorgeous pastures and farm land we saw along the way. And, of course, the wonderful company. <br />
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And here we are at the orchard. This is the third time Cadance has gone to pick fruit since we've lived in Virginia. She loves it. Although I'm pretty sure she enjoyed strawberries more, simply because they easier to see, pick, and eat. </div>
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But, she was able to get to some of them, and luckily the peaches were easy enough to pluck from the tree. Here she is with Cindy. </div>
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And here she is enjoying the fruit of here labor. <br />
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Seriously, they had amazing peaches. Just look at this guy.<br />
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Afterwards we couldn't resist the peach ice cream. We may have also brought home peach donuts and peach syrup. <br />
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Instead of driving straight home we explored a little bit and found Greenwood's Gourmet Grocery. Seriously, super fun. I think I ate the best chicken salad sandwich I've ever had in my life. If you are headed to the Charlottesville area look them up. It's amazing. <br />
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We finished the evening by freezing about 15 lbs of peaches. I can now live through winter :)<br />
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Saturday we drove south to Pocahontas State Park. Seriously pretty. Here's a couple of the gorgeous things we saw. <br />
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Before we left we went inside a nature center and checked out a junior ranger pack. Mostly it seemed like the stuff was for someone older than her, but they had a pair of binoculars. Check out this explorer.</div>
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Also on this hike we were introduced to the coolest looking mushrooms I have ever seem, like neon orange. Probably would have made me sick if I ate it, but it was cool to look at. <br />
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After a long walk we thought it best to cool off in the water. Cadance agreed. <br />
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-62201129057779362312013-06-25T13:10:00.000-07:002013-06-25T13:10:14.950-07:00Some Garden Excitement!We have been super excited about our garden this year, and although I was hoping to do more of a play by play in the season, not having a computer for a month, etc got in the way. So, here's a little excitement in the back yard<br />
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First up, lettuce! This is the last head of lettuce. It will be gone soon. It was so thrilling eating salads made out of lettuce from our garden. <br />
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Then there's this little guy. It looks like other peppers are about to come, but so far only this one has started to grow. We received 4 pepper plants for free from a farmer's market so I figure anything we get is good. <br />
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Our bean plant is about 6 feet tall. It's out of control. Any advice anyone has about controlling those little vines would be fabulous. Hopefully we'll see more beans and less flowers soon. <br />
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And last but not least...our tomato. Well, we have 7 tomatoes growing, but only one is turning red. Granted, I'm hoping we get more than 7 tomatoes (I paid $10 for 2 plants), but seeing that it's actually working is so exciting. I look out of the kitchen window basically every time I'm in there to check on him. Steve and I are both chomping at the bit to eat him. <br />
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Sorry there's no picture, but Cadance's favorite part of the garden is the pink flower she picked out from Home Depot. I'm honestly surprised it's still alive. But, it's growing well. And, now that Cadance has a small pool in the backyard she pours buckets of water on them because, "they are hungry and need to eat." <br />
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On the not so good side we planted 6 watermelon seeds and 8 cucumber seeds and nothing even sprouted. We have almost an entire 4x4 foot square empty because it was meant for a watermelon plant. Oh well, we'll try again next year!<br />
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-86267871273410101392013-06-10T13:24:00.001-07:002013-06-10T13:24:32.933-07:00When My Parents Came to VisitRecently my parents came to visit. One fun day after another. Cadance was a trooper. She loved every minute of it. And, she still ends every day with, "another fun day," repeating what my mom would say to her every night. <br />
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Here are some highlights. <br />
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<strong>The Zoo</strong> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadance with the flamingos, which I would say is her favorite bird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This orangutan started chewing the plastic coating off of the fence and then spit it at us. I'm pretty sure she was bored more than mean, and it was pretty funny</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice the brown pellets of animal food. Cadance loved throwing "rocks" at all the animals and in the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dad trying to get the peacock to open his feathers, too bad it didn't work. Cadance called them pecans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice the red cheeks and sweaty hair. She loved every minute though</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So excited to ride the giraffe on the carousel. </td></tr>
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<strong> Belle Isle</strong> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous view of the James River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadance so excited because she knows what's coming</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going for a walk with Grandma</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the current of the water</td></tr>
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<strong> The Greek Festival</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving the dancing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not so much loving the food</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheesing it for the camera in the cathedral</td></tr>
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<strong>Maymont Park</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bubble fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Always love the flowers</td></tr>
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Thanks for the week mom and dad! Good food, good adventures, good conversation! The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-72695927206046245582013-04-25T12:58:00.001-07:002013-04-25T12:58:49.758-07:00PrincessThis conversation happened today.<br />
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While Cadance was wearing two different tutus at the same time.<br />
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And while she was running laps around her play room. <br />
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C: Princess Cadance<br />
M: You look more like ballerina Cadance<br />
C: No, princess Cadance<br />
M: Oh<br />
C: Mom is not a princess<br />
M: What, I can't be a princess<br />
C: Mom has no skirt<br />
M: I think princesses can wear pants<br />
C: No, I have a skirt (actually a tutu), tutu, and another skirt<br />
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6 months ago Cadance hadn't even heard the word princess; she is now apparently an expertThe Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-17011308421874023172013-04-18T13:37:00.000-07:002013-04-18T13:37:12.126-07:00Goose Induced Euphoria Before I delve into out goose adventure let me first explain that while living in Richmond I have been hard pressed to see ducks. They just don't seem to live around here. It's always such an odd thing. Geese, however, we have plenty of geese. <br />
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But geese are much trickier animals to deal with. Like they can be mean. So we haven't really gone out to feed the ducks (or geese) mostly in fear of them attacking my daughter. <br />
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Well, last Saturday we left pretty early in the morning for a walk around Maymont Park. Apparently it doesn't open until 10 am so we found ourselves with an hour to kill. Luckily right next to Maymont is Byrd Park. So, we drove over and figured we could hang out, get a couple pics, etc. <br />
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We parked right next to a grassy field with tons of geese. And let me tell you they had quite the impression on Cadance. <br />
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Can you see the look of excitement on her face. She was off and chased those poor geese everywhere. She really wanted to catch one.<br />
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Here's a video of her in action.<br />
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At some point, you can hear it in the video, the geese kind of went a little crazy. Some of them actually started heading in her direction and I was kind of afraid they were going to try and chase her away. But, luckily, they did not revolt in violence. <br />
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After the geese adventure we had a lot of fun enjoying a day of fabulous spring weather. Here are some pictures that we took.<br />
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We currently have 7 of the 32 squares of our garden filled. 2 carrots, 2 lettuce, radishes, onion, and bok choy. Bok choy? Bok choy. It's kind of a curve ball, but my parents sent it in an Easter package and well, why not? We like bok choy. </div>
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We've even started to see just a little bit of sprouting<br />
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Yes, I know it could be a weed as easily as it could be bibb lettuce, but here's to hoping.<div>
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-34915852602772660062013-04-15T12:38:00.000-07:002013-04-15T12:38:03.584-07:00Splash PadDue to some unusually warm weather last week I took Cadance to a local splash pad to cool off.<br />
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You should have seen the look on her face when I pulled out her bathing suit. It was like Christmas. "We're going swimming!", she declared. Not quite swimming, but good enough.<br />
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Here is a video of he first approaching the water. <br />
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And here she is running around. <br />
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<br />The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-69978117780650115672013-04-08T11:40:00.001-07:002013-04-08T11:40:26.060-07:00Cadance: Bed DesignerA couple weeks ago Cadance got really into building with blocks. She's built lots of things, but she went threw this bed phase. <br />
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She's obviously some sort of creative genius. <br />
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The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-66636148027468905322013-03-26T12:16:00.001-07:002013-03-26T12:16:22.819-07:00The Garden: Part 1One of the many joys of living in Virginia is that we can grow a garden. Things actually grow here. Sure, technically things grow in Texas, but it takes so much work and money and stress that it's hardly worth it. Last year we paid like .10 for a couple packets of veggies at a thrift store, did zero to the dirt and we still got some zucchini. The only thing I got to grow in Texas was okra. And okra is disgusting so that hardly counts. <br />
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But, one setback to our current situation is moisture. We have lots of it and it's still fairly cold and the soil is very clayey so in order to get a proper start we knew we needed to do some prep.<br />
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A couple weeks ago I set out a clear piece of plastic and let it sit and warm up the soil. Here it is being modeled by Cadance. <br />
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Then, when Steve was home on vacation he built a couple of these wood garden frames. Also modeled by Cadance.<br />
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We made 2 4x4 foot garden beds. First, we removed the grass and turned the first few inches of soil. See the trees in the background, we got a couples of roots sneaking in, so those also had to go. </div>
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<b>Wednesday</b><br />
We started his vacation off right by going to the Children's Museum of Richmond. So much fun.<br />
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Afterwards we went to lunch at The Boardwalk- a small hot dog place super close to our house. <br />
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It was fun to try their fun flavors and combinations- coleslaw, sauerkraut, mustard, pickle. Cadance mostly ate the bread. Oh, well.<br />
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<b>Thursday</b><br />
In great anticipation for spring and gardening we went on the longest trip to Home Depot ever. Steve made a couple of garden boxes and I wished that the day would get a lot warmer a lot faster, no go but that's okay.<br />
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<b>Friday</b><br />
Steve took his final board examination! Whoot! He was gone for most of the day, but Cadance and I enjoyed a little bit of time in our backyard. <br />
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This is the, hopefully, future sight of our garden.<br />
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Later that night Steve took me out to the awesome local candy store and soda bar. Think beer guru for Mormons-awesome. Then, we went down to the Belle Isle Bridge and watched the sun set almost over the James River. Super fun date. <br />
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<b>Saturday</b><br />
We left early in the morning and headed up to Washington D.C.<br />
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First, we walked around the Police Officers Memorial. It has every officer ever killed in the line of duty ever. Never knew.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadance loved the lions, but wasn't so excited to sit next to them</td></tr>
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Then, we went across the street to the National Building Museum. We were hoping to meet up with Steve's brother's family, but due to unforeseen crazy marathon road blocks and traffic we didn't meet up until lunch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She would have stood and watched this fountain all day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By far the coolest thing ever- we built that</td></tr>
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The arch stood up for a little bit, and the coolest thing was this lady said she comes to the museum about twice a week and she's never seen anyone complete it successfully. Confidence builder.<br />
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We went on the tour of the museum. Here's a picture of the great hall from the 4th floor. <br />
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After lunch we headed over to the International Spy Museum.<br />
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Unfortunately, photography isn't allowed in the museum, but it was super cool to see all the Spy stuff, like pen guns, disguises, and button cameras. I learned that the MI6 crest is top secret and that people stuffed themselves behind the grill in a car to escape East Berlin. We practiced spy stuff, like looking for signals and unusual behavior, identifying images on satellite, and finding someone in disguise. <br />
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The big high light was the 50 Years of James Bond Villains exhibit. Super cool. Of all the cool things we saw, my favorite tidbit of information was the fact that when Ian Fleming saw the name James Bond for the first time we thought it was the most boring name ever. It was he reasoning for naming his character. <br />
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Cadance also enjoyed the museum, but strollers also aren't allowed, so by the end of the day this picture sums things up well<br />
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She'd never been more okay with sitting in her stroller. Another fun day in D.C.<br />
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<b>Monday</b><br />
We woke up with patches of icy snow on the ground. It was cold, wet, and windy the entire day. Not the best for vacations, but we spent a wonderful day at home.<br />
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<b>Tuesday</b><br />
The morning was also cold, but at 11:30 the sun broke through and in within 30 minutes the temperature was up like 20 degrees and it was fabulous. We went to the park for lunch and let Cadance play. So much fun.<br />
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We also did a photo shoot of her prayer animals. She was way into it and posed them a couple different ways.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She made these in nursery with a poem," the owl is flying in the air, please tell him shh...it's time for prayer, etc."</td></tr>
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<br />We pulled out the grill for the first time and had dinner out on the driveway. We almost tricked ourselves into thinking it was really spring. <br /><br />
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<br />The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-85189744000239846492013-02-21T17:23:00.000-08:002013-02-21T17:23:03.451-08:00All Around the HouseCadance and I spend a lot of time at home. So, I thought I would share some things that have gone on at home the last couple of weeks<br />
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<br />The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-37648658796420474712013-02-15T11:01:00.000-08:002013-02-15T11:02:53.032-08:00Our V-Day PartyValentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays. I get really excited about it. The day before V-day Steve told me about one guy he works with that hates valentine's because it's so commercialized and it forces people to do something romantic, when really romance should be for every day. My retort: is he romantic the other days? Honestly, I think we all need a good <strike>kick in the butt</strike> reminder to love those around us.<br />
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So, this year, I had two plans for Valentine's day. <br />
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Plan one, take Cadance around to a nursing home with some cards we'd made previously and give them to some of the residents. I wouldn't say it was the most super fun experience, but old people really love little kids and it was so nice to bring a smile to someone's face, especially when they may not get a lot of visitors. Cadance did really well, and especially liked handing the cards out. <br />
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Plan two, family party. <br />
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I even decorated. I loved when Cadance walked into the room. She stopped in her tracks and said, "Ooo...decorations." <br />
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We made heart shaped pizzas and opened gifts/read cards while they baked. <br />
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I also made strawberry lemonade, and look at this cute kid who was super excited to get something other than water and milk.<br />
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It was a super fun night, but unfortunately we ended the festivities early when Cadance threw a huge fit and vomited strawberry lemonade all over me and her. It was super disgusting. Oh, well, it was so much fun to celebrate and remember how much I love my family. <br />
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<br />The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-81700530838611022842013-01-18T11:57:00.000-08:002013-01-18T11:57:58.024-08:00Snow!When we moved to Virginia we had lots of low downs on the weather. Everyone wanted to make sure we knew how things go on here climate wise. So far we haven't been disappointed. Most people have been very accurate about the weather. Last night we could check one more thing off our list: snow. Supposedly it snows once a year. Sometime in January. Really cold winters there may be one or two more, but count on one. <br />
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And it happened. <br />
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Just like they said. Snow is always so magical. Especially the first snow. So, I'm thinking Virginia will be the perfect place because every time it snows I will think it's magical. I will never get sick of it. Here's to hoping. <br />
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The only downside to the snowfall was that we had 4 days of rain preceding it. Our yards are so muddy and gross. But, you can really only be excited when you have this cute girl shouting, "snow!" every few minutes. <br />
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And, since she isn't crazy, we had a good ten minute play in the snow. She tramped around, threw a few snow balls. Laughed when I threw them at her. Then, she declared herself cold and we went inside. Perfect!The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-77096387711073540222012-12-26T11:06:00.001-08:002012-12-26T11:06:38.986-08:00An Ellsworth ChristmasOur little family was blessed to have a wonderful Christmas yesterday. <br />
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Here is our Christmas tree. For some reason I particularly liked the lights on this year.<br />
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I wanted to make sure we captured Cadance's expression when we came down the stairs. I know it's not much, but we could tell she knew something was going on.<br />
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Growing up, my siblings and I took an official picture every year with out stockings. We are continuing the tradition. Here it is<br />
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<br />After a fabulous breakfast of sausage bread and fruit salad we got on those gifts! I'm still a little surprised at how good Cadance is at this stuff. I loved how she turned her stocking upside down. It's apparently the best method for removing gifts.<div>
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And here she is looking at the photo album I gave her. I filled it with family members pictures and then we added basically every other 4x6 photo we had in the house that wasn't already in an album. She loved it.<br />
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Steve opening the clapper light system. I know it's kind of an old person thing, but if you understood the electrical system of our house, you would understand just how amazing this makes our life now.<br />
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And just so you can get in on the action, I took a video of Cadance opening a gift. <br />
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After all the presents were unwrapped we took Cadance upstairs to show her her final gift. She walked right up to it, exclaimed, "table!" and then sat down and went to work. It's so nice having a table for her upstairs. And I love that it's blue. <br />
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We spent the morning painting with watercolors. (courtesy of Santa)<br />
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And then we decorated the easiest gingerbread house known to man. It quickly turned into the ugliest gingerbread house, but that's okay. It was also the most frustrating thing in the world for Cadance. Decorating with candy is not an easy task for a toddler.<br />
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After a fantastic ham dinner we took a tacky lights tour around Richmond. Definitely a tradition. These people are intense. They have websites. They can register to become an official tacky lights house. Get excited. But, some of my favorite decorations weren't from the tacky houses, like this little gem of a snowman.<br />
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He actually freezes. And then this was the most hilarious one. <br />
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It was set up next to this house. This house was the ultimate. Visitors from 93 countries. Over 600 homemade decorations. 170,000+ lights. Ummm...yes, that's amazing. This picture only captures about a third of what they put up.<br />
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I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and good luck this coming year! Now onto Texas for our vacation. We head to the airport in 2.5 hours. Better start packing!</div>
The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-35274188900495565852012-12-07T19:17:00.001-08:002012-12-07T19:17:19.188-08:00Some Thoughts for the WeekOn Monday Cadance and I walked into a grocery store to pick up a few things. There was an employee also walking in. He greeted us by saying, "have fun!" "Yes," I thought, "I will have fun." Seriously, if every grocery store was built around the premise that shopping should be fun and we all went grocery shopping thinking that it will be fun, how great would life be? Really great.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon Cadance and I went into the backyard to collect sticks to turn into wands. We made a ribbon wand. She only liked it for about 10 seconds, but that's a different story. In this story, Cadance successfully blew the white billowy stuff from a dandelion for the first time. I'm not sure why I felt like this moment was noteworthy, but she looked at it and said, "broken." I guess I was the only one excited about white billows being blown in the wind.<br />
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Last night Steve told me one of the most amazing things ever. He said that when he gets really bored dictating for hours he starts to use a Texas accent. How amazing is that? I love it! <br />
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Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-50118840173624808112012-11-23T14:23:00.004-08:002012-11-23T14:23:52.258-08:00THANKSGIVING!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It's amazing that so much fun could happen in under 48 hours, but it did. Steve's brother, his wife, and their two girls come down from PA for the Thanksgiving holiday. This was kind of a momentous event because all three girls could play together for the first time. And boy did they play together. </div>
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Thanksgiving morning started off right with pumpkin coffee cake. I know the dinner is the main event, but I have this crazy need to have delicious pastries Thanksgiving morning. <br />
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<br />The dads took the girls to the park, which they loved. <br /><br />
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Here is the dinner round up. We ate well. <br />
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Friday, in order to exhaust the girls before heading up to PA we went to Maymont Park to take a light walk. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadance heading into the Italian Garden</td></tr>
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The light walk turned into an adventure as we wound our way down the steps of the Italian garden into the bamboo thickets of the Japanese Garden. <br />
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The walk ended in three exhausted little girls who were in need to food. Thank you Pizza Hut buffet. Mabel was particularly ecstatic about mass amounts of food being brought to her.<br />
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It was a great couple of days. <br /><br />The Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-31743088424735024362012-11-08T12:54:00.001-08:002012-11-08T12:54:14.629-08:00Stew FestivalLast Saturday we ventured into downtown Richmond for our first "Richmond" event, the annual Brunswick stew festival. Apparently brunswick is a type of stew. <br />
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The festival was held at the 17th street market. We've heard they have a farmer's market every weekend and host lots of events, so it was exciting to finally go to one.<br />
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We had a really good time sampling all the different stews, especially since it was about 50 degrees outside<br />
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Just to give you an idea about how serious this is, most entries cook their stew in something beastly like this<br />
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After eating lots of stew we headed back to the doughnut food truck. We're really glad we did<br />
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Cadance was also there, but was very happy sitting in her stroller looking around, listening to music, and eating saltine crackers. She definitely missed out on some good food, although the doughnut got her pretty excited. Yea! for Richmond!<br />
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Just in case anyone hasn't said, "oh my gosh, she is growing up so fast!" in a long timeThe Ellsieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14347933459681565689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995797328154763825.post-10866415296428683932012-10-19T12:31:00.001-07:002012-10-19T12:31:19.991-07:00Pumpkin PatchToday our church play group went to the pumpkin patch. Ever since we picked apples Cadance talks about "picking apples," so I was excited for her to "pick pumpkins."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the hayride to the pumpkin field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tromping through the pumpkin field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our small pumpkins look surprisingly big in her arms</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were literally in the field where they grew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadance felt right at home and walked all over the place looking at pumpkins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the pumpkin patch. </td></tr>
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