Yesterday was Ella's special day. We really haven't spent any time alone with her since Lily was born, so we left Lily with her grammy and took Ella out for the day. We went to the library first to pick out some books. She was really excited to do that until she spotted the toys that were there and then it was left up to mommy and daddy to pick out the books. After the library we went out for supper at a big girl restaurant (ie. NOT McDonalds) and then headed to the Santa Claus parade. Luckily we were smart enough to take a couple of chairs along with us because it was a very cold, slightly rainy hour-and-a-half long parade. Ella loved every single minute of it. She got to have treats, stay up late, and was very excited to see every single character in the parade, including Santa. Sadly, I didn't get any photos of her at the parade because of the rain, but I promise that she loved it. After the parade we did a bit of shopping and then Ella passed out on the way home. We all had a really great day.
Since I didn't get any photos on our outing, I'll post a couple of Ella working on her letter to Santa to take to the parade. She was very excited that daddy was going to help her write it. She called him her "big helper buddy".
Here she is with daddy writing her letter.
Working very hard to draw Santa a beautiful picture. 
Working very hard to draw Santa a beautiful picture. This is her finished letter. She couldn't decide on exactly what to ask for, so she just asked for surprised. Four to be exact. Oh, and she was kind enough to ask for three surprises for her little sister too :)
Check out this E that she wrote all by herself! I was very proud of her, since I have never taught her how to do this. She has been able to recognize the letters in her name for a while now, but I was surprised to see that she could put her "E" on paper all by herself. Proud mommy moment!
Oh, and check back tomorrow when I will {hopefully} have a few photos ready from our semi-failed Christmas photo shoot today. Let's just say that my kids may never ever look at the camera at the same time!
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