I really want to write something thoughtful and meaningful. I have a zillion thoughts, ideas, questions, insights, observations, etc. buzzing through the channels of my brain, but Ugh, I am to tired to contain and express them in a logical manner. SO- here are some pictures!

Now that I think of it, I am suprised that Chad had no reservations about dressing Ella up as a cheerleader, with his strong opinions about that activity! How could he have resisted this though! I did not get a picture of Thomas with this camera to post, we put him into bed to fast when we got home. He was a little yellow duck, or chicken. Somekind of baby bird. He looked cute. We went with another family, who have children ages 2 and 1. Ella and Ian (2yr old) were fun to watch. I am glad we took them together- they enjoyed each other too. After we got done going through the neighborhood, we came back and frosted sugar cookies-(I only ate 1/2 of a sugar cookie, no candy,- for those of you wondering about the South Beach progress-) This is Ella's final result- lots of cruchy sprinkles- and yesterday- Ella insisted on wearing two dresses, and her "bronco" shoes again. Today she wanted two shirts and a jacket- apparently she is into the layered look right now! Chad's 10 year college reunion is this weekend. We had plans to have dinner with some friend tonight, but Ella woke up this morning with a high fever, so I will stay home with her and Thomas. Hopefully I can go to the luncheon tomorrow afternoon - we'll see. Chad has been looking forward to this weekend for a long time, and getting to see old friends. Now I am going to go eat my cucumbers, hummus and edamame. Not too excited about it-