first train ride

this morning i took ella on her first train ride. s. and aurora met us at the station and we rode the line 2 stops, sat at the newburyport station and ate a snack, then reboarded the train and came back to our town. it was terribly fun.

here's ella outside of our house with her snowman (who is quickly melting away).

this afternoon we went to target and got a new bookcase for ella's room. her 6 foot tall bookcase is full, and the toy box has become a place to stack books on top of. but the books have started to overflow onto the floor. so it was time to get rid of the toy box and replace it with a bookcase.

she is still insisting on being called frances. the first thing she wanted me to do when i got her up this morning was to take "ella" out of the crib, too. then she put "ella" next to her on the changing table and made sure i wiped "ella" as well. she even picked out a sweater for "ella" to wear, and walked about the house either carrying her or holding her hand.

it's very elaborate. i think it's adorable.