ella's first boat ride

saturday we took elenora to rockport and had a cookout with j. his daughter is now 10, so elenora was really fascinated and had a great time. ella's new favorite question is "what do big girls do?" and michaela told her that big girls hang out with their friends, text a lot, and read lots of books.

sounds like what i do.

after dinner it was nice to have michaela take ella inside and to just sit back and chat with j. and n. while elenora had fun with a "big girl."

then j. took us on his boat on the water, which was so fun. it was a hot day (90s), so being out on the water felt better than anything. at first when we went fast, elenora wasn't sure she liked it and kind of got a bit panicked. but then she realized that i had a hold of her and she started saying "yippee!" and "i feel like a feather!"

after the boat ride we stopped by j.'s ice cream shop. it was almost 9 pm by the time elenora was in bed, but who can turn down a boat ride and ice cream?

yesterday ella came down with a stomach bug, so we stuck around the house (close to the toilet) and i gave her pedialyte and sticky rice and bread and bananas. poor girl. she said "my bottom is tired."

but we had a good time before she went to bed just laughing and snuggling. she would say "look at me" and pull 2 chunks of her hair straight up towards the ceiling, and i would say "but look at me!" and i would pull my own hair up toward the ceiling. she laughed so hard she got the hiccups.

we're reading Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little now. She is so good to sit and listen to the chapter books, and she is really into them and asks for them.

sweet girl.