My Little Pony, LIVE!!

Ella with her new pony, "sweetberry"

Okay, so Ella love horsies, ponies, donkeys, etc. She seems to love most animals but I'm sensing a special draw to horses. I have no idea why, neither Daddy nor I have an affinity for anything equestrian. Although, her Godfather does...hmmm....


Anyway, on a whim I picked up a DVD of "My Little Pony." The "ponies" with their catchy theme song, didn't come out until 1983, I kind of missed the bandwagon on that one, already becoming interested in other things. But I thought it would be a nice change for my Thomas/Wiggles loving little girl. We've had to ban all Disney movies because I think they were giving her nightmares. And to think, I'm pretty sure I saw Jaws in the theater when I wasn't much older than her. Maybe that's why I can't sleep!!


Ella smiled and laughed as the ponies took the stage...

Anyway, she loved the ponies. And while it is a bit saccharine for me, it teaches good lessons about kindness and having a loving, adventurous nature.

So, when I found out "My Little Pony, Live, The World's Biggest Tea Party" was coming to a a theater in town, I snagged up three tickets, taking Grams along for the adventure as Daddy was out of town.



It was a girly girls event but Ella had a great time. She watched nearly all of the 90 minute show, melting down a bit only at the end because she didn't understand why she couldn't go up and pet and ride the ponies.

But the production was done very, very well and I think Grams had a as much fun as Ella. A nice girls evening out.

Froggie in the Flowers

We found a nice toad resting on the edge of our planter on the back deck the other day. Ella was fascinated...and at the same time a little bit afraid to touch him.

We talked about all the animals coming out of their long winter rest and warming up in the sun. We told her the frog probably lived in Mommy's pansies and we could not take him inside, he preferred to be outdoors.

With a little encouragement, and after Mommy went first, she touched frog and observed, "he's sticky!"

Springtime Walk

Ella and I enjoyed the recent warm springtime weather by striking out for a walk on a nearby nature trail.

Here's a bit of what we found...

Ducks in the pond

Big old logs for resting on

A nice long bridge

Cotton to be picked

Easter Poo...

You read that right, Easter Poo, not Easter POOH. This is not a story about a honey loving bear.

I know we're several weeks away from Easter now but I keep forgetting to blog about this memorable, albeit gross, happening.

On the Saturday before Easter we enjoyed a nice Easter egg hunt complete with snacks, jumpy houses, pony rides and a petting zoo. (see previous blog entry).

After that we went back to Babci and Granddad's house for dinner and yet another egg hunt.
When we arrived I changed Ella's diaper, it was soaked from all the juice she drank out in the warm sun. I, forgetful mommy, did not bring a change of clothes for her so she had to hike the pinestraw hills of her grandparents' back yard in her lovely easter frock.

A couple of hours pass and it's time for Matt's sister and her crew to head out as cousin Zach has a t-ball game.

Granddad scoops up Ella and we head out to the front steps to wave our goodbyes. Granddad...trying to be tactful...waits until the car pulls away and then turns to me, "is she not wearing a diaper?" "Yes, I changed her right when we got home." Gengerly he moved his hand a bit as she was in his arms, "No, I'm pretty sure there's no diaper on here." I yanked up her skirt to see her....Merry Christmas!!

Ella's dress did not come with those pretty little diaper covers so once I changed her and turned away, she must have ripped that sucker off, preferring the nice spring breeze beneath her billowing dress.

I immediately searched the house for a little pee spot. After all, she's been leaving them all over our house, before going to the potty, after going to the potty, before and after bath time, any time she has an opportunity to run like the wind.

NO PEE anywhere....

So a few more hours pass and it's time for us to leave. I start collecting the bubbles, candy, stuffed bunnies and other thing she got from Granddad and Babci...

That's when I noticed a little ball she had gotten resting under the patio table. I walked over to pick it up and stopped in my tracks. I must have looked funny because everyone stopped and gathered around....

"Is that a turd?" I exclaimed.

"Yes," said Granddad as he reached under the table with bare hands, scooped up Ella's present and threw it off in to the hundred acre woods...Easter Poo...