Baskets
So last night, we got to have a fairly unique experience. We'll get to that.
We went to the Denver Nuggets game last night, and had a fun time watching Denver get beat by the Houston Rockets (that part wasn't fun).
In the end, we had a really good time.
When we got outside, this was waiting for us:
We crawled home in the snow, and Ella was pretty quiet. We asked if she had a good time, and she told us that she was sad that she never made a basket. I guess we'll have to try this again sometime.
We went to the Denver Nuggets game last night, and had a fun time watching Denver get beat by the Houston Rockets (that part wasn't fun).
Somehow, nearly every time we go, there is some funny act doing the halftime show. A couple of times ago, we saw Chubby Checker, and we did the twist with him. This year, Tag Team was there, and they performed their hit "Whoomp! There it is!" As it turns out, I still know nearly all the words.
Ella also got to meet Rocky, the mascot. She was pumped.
After the game, we got to head down to the floor. We had to wait for them to clean up (Guess how they clean all of the junk off the floor? With brooms! The place stunk of beer...), watched a brief Fox News postgame show, and signed a bunch of waivers. Ella made friends with some girls behind us, and had a good time chatting with them.
After that, we headed to the court! They divided us into a kids group and an adults group (we kept Ella with us), and we quickly found that we wouldn't really be playing a lot of basketball. There were something like 60 people there, with 11 basketballs. Fun times. We tried for a few minutes to stand on the adults end, and then decided to see if we could shoot a few shots on the kids end. We got a few rebounds and put them in Ella's hands.
As you can see, I'm not quite as tall as Grandpa S., so I was unsuccessful in getting her high enough to get the ball in the basket. Plus there were a lot of kids shooting baskets (or waiting to shoot baskets), so I felt bad taking too much of their time on the court.
After a while, we went back to the "adult" end of the court, and tried a few shots of our own. As it turns out, an NBA court doesn't make you a better player. It makes you even more embarrassed for being sucky. :) I got a few shots in, but not until the end of the night. Meredith did pretty well in a game of Knockout, but it never really ended, so we didn't see how well she'd do overall (she never got knocked out).
In the end, we had a really good time.
When we got outside, this was waiting for us:
We crawled home in the snow, and Ella was pretty quiet. We asked if she had a good time, and she told us that she was sad that she never made a basket. I guess we'll have to try this again sometime. 
Disney on Ice
It was Steve's idea and it was Awesome!
We surprised Ella with tickets to Disney on Ice. She had no idea and even when we started to say, it's a surprise it is....Ella would yell NOOOO don't tell me. So cute!
About half way into the program she turned to me and said, "I Love this Surprise!" That made it all worth it, a magical lovely evening.
About half way into the program she turned to me and said, "I Love this Surprise!" That made it all worth it, a magical lovely evening.
The Nutcracker
I think I might be one of those moms, you know the ones who want to be involved in every little thing and who vicariously lives through her child. Well maybe I'm not that bad but I've been so excited for today.
First off, Ella has been in Ballet for a little while now and seems to really love it. We decided to sign her up for The Nutcracker and tonight was her performance. There have been many, many practices and today we spent a majority of our day at practices, finally resulting in the big performance. I am so proud of Ella. She has come a long way, she is listening better and for now has stopped chasing, tickling, and tackling. Ballerinas don't do such things we have been told and she has been working hard on it. For the past month she has been such a good listener and doing great. She is a sweet angel.
Ella, mommy and daddy are so proud of you and love you so much!
Amy and Kimberly came to see Ella dance
(here is Ella with her teacher Ms. Chris)
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.
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!
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