The latest Elliism by Jim

While driving down the road Ellie saw a lady driving a car next to us with two dogs poking their heads out of the windows. After giggling at the dogs for a bit Ellie asked me "Daddy, why do some people take their dogs everywhere they go?" I replied "I don't know honey." Ellie then thought for a second and stated "I guess they do it because they don't have a boyfriend!"

Halloween

So Halloween was a blast this year! Every year my mom likes to have a Halloween party and this year we did it on All Hallows Eve! I even dressed up this year. Take a look!

Ok, so I was trying to be Punky Brewster. For those of you who don't know who that is, look it up! Anyway, at the end of the evening, I realized I was flashing gang colors all night(see the bandannas). Way to go!

Here is my little bat girl. She is showing off her knee with the band aid because before we left for the party I noticed that there was a tiny hole in her costume. Well to remedy that, Ellie decided to put a band aid on it and in her words, " I covered the hole up so you can't see it." Makes sense.

Here is my vampire. Be careful at my house!


Miss Auti's first Halloween. The trick or treat bag is almost bigger than her!

All in all we had a great night. It was good to see all the trick or treaters out on our street. I really don't like the trunk or treats and the mall sponsored stuff on Halloween. I know people gravitate towards those type of functions because of safety but I feel if you take the time to know the people in your neighborhood it should be safe. I want my children to have the types of experiences that I grew up having with the Holidays. Especially when they are trying to take them away at school.

I will get off my soap box now! Update on the election. Cheyenne ran a clean campaign, gave a wonderful speech and was cheered by all. Unfortunately, she did not win. I feel she should have by the amount of cheers received compared to the other candidates but what do I know. Cheyenne was unfazed by not winning. I am so proud of her for trying. I never in a million years would have done what she did.

Update - for September!

What happened to September? It went by so quick that I did not get a chance to update my blog. So what happened last month? Well.............

Ellie dressed herself for bed. Pippi Longstockings eat your heart out!











Autumn ransacked the videos. (For the thousandth time!)












And the most exciting thing that happened in September was Cheyenne getting her ears pierced!

Cheyenne's surprised look as I tell her that she can get her ear's pierced. Yes we premeditated this surprise!











Here we are picking out earrings. There was so many to choose from!












Getting our ears pierced. We maybe just a little bit nervous!












The end result! I know we can't see her newly pierced ears but you can tell she is pleased!


I will be updating my blog for October pretty soon. We are anxiously awaiting an important election. The presidential race. No, not the national one! The one for student council! It seems we have a politician on our hands! Stay tuned!

The First Day of School 2008

Monday, August 25 was the girls first day of school. Ellie started Kindergarten and Cheyenne started 5th grade (yikes! only one year until junior high!) Cheyenne loves her new teacher, Mrs. Reynolds and is so excited about the upcoming year. Ellie had a rough first day. She kept telling us that she was nervous. I guess that translated into her not eating enough at lunch and then having low blood sugar. on the way home from school, she burst into tears and said that she got into trouble and the teacher "yelled" at her. Well, after getting a snack in her, the true story came out. The teacher asked the kids to be quiet and it scared Ellie and so she cried. Long story short, she went back the next day and has been great about school since. Homework is another story!Nayeli and Brianna leaving for school. Dyanne and I just wanted to cry!

First day of school pictures. We will see how much they have grown through the year by taking pictures at the end of the year.

Love the faces. I think this represents how the girls really felt about the first day of school. Notice Cheyenne's confident smile. She is growing up too fast. Enough said about Ellie's face!

Have you seen this movie?

Grandma: "Have you seen any movies lately?"

Ellie: "Yeah, the Olympics"

LOOKOUT! POTATO THIEF ON THE LOOSE!

I thought it would be my civic responsibility to notify everyone that there has been a potato thief spotted in the vicinity of my kitchen. The thief's M.O. is unbearable cuteness and an uncanny ability to stop you in your tracks with just one giggle! Should be considered armed and huggable!

Elliisms (pronounced Ellie isms)

So I am compiling a list of sayings that Ellie has said. If you have been around her for any amount of time you know that she has this uncanny ability to say the funniest things! She is always crackin us up. Some things she says just make you wonder what is going on in that mind of hers! I would love to write a children's book about her silly sayings(not the bad words of course!) If you have experienced any of Ellie's Elliisms please leave a comment and let me know. I will add it to the list.