Waiting for the Ball

I took these photos on the last warm day in November and thought it would be nice to get a few more pics of Gabriella in her costume.
Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Mamie!

Today is Mamie's birthday, so Ella sang her a song. The song is "Thank you for the music", originally sung by ABBA, but this one is sung by Amanda Seyfried on the Mamma Mia soundtrack.



We felt, however, that her best performance was her first. After filming this one, we found out that our digital camera has a setting to not record sound while the zoom function is being used. Ha ha! That was a new one. Anyhoo, here's the "outtake" one.

Made my Day

Today I came home to a special gift. I had just gotten home from an activity complete with a nice headache and sore feet when Ella ran up to me and gave me a paper with mommy written on it, one of the first written all by herself. I can't express the joy I felt when I got this sweet little paper. I remember giving my own mom numerous gifts of mugs, boxes, and trinkets with the word MOMMY stamped on. Now it's my turn and I love it!