No Crying, Big Girl!

We had another busy week this week.
Wednesday Ella, Chris, Dad and I went to the pool. This is Ella sporting her itty bitty, teeny weeny, red polka dot bikini, that she wore for the first time today (aka last Wednesday).

Thursday night Jann, Mom and I all got pedicures. Friday morning, someone felt a little left out without a fresh pedicure, so she decided to take matters into her own hands! I found her just before the hallway carpet was about to be painted "ye-oh!" (translation: yellow -everything is yellow) Notice also the streak of black across her forehead! :) Love this girl!

When she noticed that she'd gotten paint on her arm she started to cry. :(

The Sprugel family reunion was this Saturday. Aren't these kids cute? That is my Grandma Allie (second from the left) with all of her siblings.

Those adorable children grew up and had adorable children of their own,

and those adorable children had these adorable children and grandchildren.

Here are the Sprugel relatives (with only a few missing) at our reunion last weekend.

Other photos from the reunion:

Alice's girls: granddaughter Amy, great-granddaughter Ella, daughters Jann and Diane, and granddaughter Rachel.

Ella went for a ride on the tractor with Daddy and cousin Sam.

We had to take Jann back to the airport on Sunday. We miss her already!

This week before Ella's dance class we talked about what was going to happen.
Me: Do you want to go to dance today?
Ella: Yeah, tutu on!
Me: Can Mommy dance too?
Ella: No, window.
Me: That's right, mommies have to sit outside and watch through the window.
Ella: No crying, big girl.
Me: That's right, you are a big girl!
When we got to the studio Ella walked right in, ready to dance, no tears. The teacher left the door open, just in case. A few minutes into class the other little girl in Ella's class (who had also not let her mother out of the room until that night) announced that she was going to close the door. I thought this would send Ella back into tears, but she looked at the window (which is one way, so she only sees a reflection of herself) and turns back to listen to the teacher. Yay Ella!!! That was a big step!

Ella is the one on the right. She listens to everything the teacher says, but doesn't do much of it in class, she's too busy taking it all in. But then randomly during the following week, she will out of the blue do something from class, proof she actually is listening. :)