Letters to Uncle Brett

Hi Brett,
I love you, Brett. Do you know I go in CTR now? And I miss you. And um, I like to play with cars. I got a horsey named black beauty flower for Christmas. I like that it's black and that it has a blanket. And I got Wall-E too. I did the flag holder in Preschool and sometimes I do the weather bear or the line-leader. The teacher's name is Miss Jenny. I like it cause it's just fun. And I love my friends in there.
Bye Bye. I love you
love, Ella


Hi Brett,
I love you. Um, I got juice, and Daddy comed home. (How is he gonna get this letter, mom?) I got a new baby and the jammies are so cute. And she has a dress and I have the same dress as her. And they are red and they a little white. He likes gatorade. Um, preschool is fun, the weather bear is what I like. I like to being the snack bag, too. I love you, goodbye.
Love, Rory.

Ella's self portraits

Rory Takes Pictures

Hold still, I'm going to take your picture, mommy.

Smile!

Firestation

Ella: Um, the firetruck I went in it, um, I saw it. I didn't drive it, I sat in it. It looked like work things. The firefighters were nice. They let us saw the things. The firemans help people.

Rory: I still need to eat my booties. (aka PIRATES BOOTY) I was a little scared, cause I was a little tired, that why. (talking about the fire truck.)

Ella: the fireman gave me a fire hat and a stamp and a pencil and a sticker and a necklace. I liked those things.

Rory: The fireman didn't give me a necklace, so mommy made me a neck-a-lace with a dog. A firedog.

Random thoughts on a Saturday

Um, Jesus loves us. And he helps us. And he, um, helps people that are sick, and he's good. And he helps us. And Nancy too. That's all. I learned that at church. And at home. And I sing about it.

I just want two posts. I'll show you the pictures, I won't read it. (She is talking about the Sneetches and Other Stories book). He's scared cause the pants are right there, cause he has the pants. I'm showing you all the pictures. I don't know why there's no body in the pants.

Um, and Jesus blesses us when we're up in heaven. Monsters bite. And they not nice. I'll tell you about cars. Cars drive and people are in them. I like them cause they look like real cars.

Movies and Bikes

Rory: I like elephants, that why they squirt water out and keep theirself clean. Um, um and dey eat lots of food. But there's an elephant right there (points to Hudson's toy). I will get my phone and talk to the elephant. Can you find a phone for me so that I can talk to the elephant.

Ella: I like Spirit (the horse from the Disney movie) He's mean and then he doesn't be mean. The bad man's get him, they try to get him but he's too fast. I want to be a horse. I want to have a friend that's a horse, they play together and sometimes there's Indians. The Indians were good, cause they liked that horse. And he went up a big mountain then he flyed. That's all.

Rory: The Cabin is good, it's good. And swinging, and climbing up, and swim and swim and swim and swim, and ride our bikes and stay outside for a long time.

Ella: We rode the trolley. No that's California. It was our bikes we rode.

Ella and Rory Talk about stuff.

Ella: I hit it in the window, i'm talking like a dinosaur, my thumb. Then daddy was gonna put ice on my thumb. Then, then, it was a long drive home. We went to the doctor, the doctor she put a big pink band-aid on and Rory said it's big and pink.

Rory: I said it's big and fat, that's what I sayed. That's lots of letters, mama. I'm tired of laying down.

Ella: I still have some more words. We're going on a trip to Cali-fornia

Rory: Are there going to be lots and lots of windows?

Ella: there's going to be lots and lots of toys and stuff. We gonna sleep at (whispers to me, where we gonna sleep at?) uh at the hotel. And sleep in lots of bedrooms. And on our trip it's gonna be fun.

Rory: oh, I like the hotel.