After taking her baby for a walk, Ellen wanted to go visit our neighbor, Grace. She loves to sit in the chairs in front of Grace's house. Sometimes, she'll just wander over and sit in the chairs whether Grace is there or not.

Cooking rice. Ellen loves playing with her kitchen and usually says that she is cooking rice.

Saturday Ellen and I went to Naples and Fort Meyers with my friend Janet. We stopped at the Edison and Ford museum where they have a 400 ft. (spread out--not height) Banyan tree. Ellen liked climbing on part of it (even though she wasn't supposed to--try reasoning with a 1 1/2 year old about that!) She thought she was a monkey.

Ellen is very interested in going to the bathroom. She has not actually gone yet but she wants to sit on her Dora seat and go, "Pee pee potty like Nikole." Nikole is the oldest one at her daycare. She just turned three this weekend. Ellen went to her birthday party on Sunday. She had so much fun jumping in the bouncy house and climbing on the playground. Ellen has absolutely no problem keeping up with the bigger kids.