A Pox Upon Our House!!!

Sounds good - very . . Shakespeare. Anyway - we (by we I mean Ellery) have the pox (by pox I mean the chicken variety).

How on EARTH the child got chicken pox is beyond me. Dr. C said they're either chicken pox or some kind of virus - if she got more then they're probably pox. Well. . . she got more between Wednesday (when she saw Dr. C) and yesterday. SO. . the pox it is.

Now of course I have mommy guilt coursing fast and furious through me. You see, John and I chose (with ME as the driving force of course) for Ellery NOT to receive the chicken pox vaccination. It didn't make sense to me to give her a vaccine for something like chicken pox when she was getting SO much other stuff injected in her (at her 12 or 15 month appointment. . can't remember which). PLUS it needs to be boostered at LEAST once and many kids who've had the shot get the pox anyway - AT any rate - John and I decided that if she didn't somehow contract them before going to school she could get it then. Well. . . guess I got what I wanted LOL.

Clearly I don't like her being sick - but I am kind of glad she's got it LOL Especially since it's not slowing her down or bothering her in the least!

She seems to have a very mild case - she only has about 8-10 spots . . .

anyone want to come over for a playdate?

hehe

Our day at the farm!

Yesterday we went to Parlee Farms with Laura, Eamonn and Michael! It was a beautiful day and we had a great time!!

We got there at 10am which turned out to be good - less crowded and it was getting really HOT by the time we left.

Ellery and Michael had a lot of fun checking out the animals at Annie's Animal Barns - they had goats, chickens, bunnies and sheep to look at, touch and feed. Ellery got VERY into it (as the pictures will show!!!)

After that we took a walk over to their pick your own flower fields - which was VERY neat (we'd never been to Parlee but Laura has!). We got a bucket and shears and got to make our own bouquets. I got a beautiful bunch of Zinnias for like $4.00!!! Can't beat that!

Once we were done with that we went into the farm store and bought some blueberries and kettle corn. . YUM!!!!

Next year I think we'll have to pick our own blueberries - I think Ellery will get a kick out of that.

I can't wait to go back in the fall for apples, pumpkins etc.!!!

Here are the pics!

Body part-a-palooza (and my 200th post)

After I had Ellery a wonderful friend sent us a selection of Karen Katz books. If you've never heard of her (like me) you HAVE to check her out. Anyway - Ellery LOVES them. Her current favorite is Toes, Ears, and Nose. It has all kinds of flaps that cover body parts.

ANYWAY - it goes something like this "Inside my gloves i have.." (lift the flap) FINGERS"

SO the other day we were reading and I noticed Ellery was touching the appropriate parts when it said....I thought it was a fluke.....so I "quizzed" her.

Well she now knows where her:

ears
eyes
mouth
tummy
back
toes
nose
teeth
tongue

are!!

she does have a problem with the last 2 - she just opens her mouth ROFL

she also said "oh no" today for the first time and yesterday busted out with "it's a book"

And it's Monday again!!!

HOW does that happen??! I mean seriously - LOL

Anyway - wanted to post a quick little update with some Ellery info and new pics (of course)

Ellery's Words to date:

hi
bye
Mom (mommy, mamma etc)
Daddy
Nana
kitty
book
me
okay
uh oh
ummmm
wow
cheese
yeah
no (!!!!)ball
potty

she's also stringing words together. . .I adore the way she says "ball" it's so cute. . so I find them in books and point and say "what's that" yesterday I did it and she said "it's a ball"

:)

not sure if she's in the midst of a growth spurt (lord above ROFL) because she's sleeping an awful lot. . . we shall see i guess.

here are some recent pics: