This little girl is just growing up so fast.
She loves to be read to by her daddy and it is part of her bedtime routine. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Nelson for the books. She loves the Train to Timbuctoo, Baby Farm Animals, and The Belly Button Book. Ella also loves to go on walks. Thankfully, the weather has finally cooled down enough to stroll up and down the street in the evenings. It feels so nice to be outside and spend family time together, and we now know many more of our neighbors.
Eloise loves to help mommy with chores including laundry and dishes. Usually I fold the laundry and she is right there beside me to unfold it for me. As for the dishes, she would prefer to just lick them clean.
Last month during my birthday week, Brian and I decided to dig up some of the dead patches of grass that had been scorched by the sun in the summer, and plant some trees. It certainly was a lot more work than anticipated. Brian dug out the grass on Mon, I picked out some trees at a local nursery on Tues which Brian purchased on his way home from work and then we planted them that night. We chose a Chinese Pistache because it will grow very fast (3-4ft a year) to become a nice shade tree and it does well in clay and drought. The other tree is a holly that will prosper in the shade of the big one. We went to home depot on Wed and purchased some stones, sand and mulch. Once home, we unloaded the stones and I prepared the ground using a hand tamper to flatten it. I finished the leveling and sand on Thursday and that night we laid the stone and called it a day. There was just enough time for a shower and then off to Outback for tasty birthday dinner. Yum.
I like the end result, but maybe in the spring I'll add some more soil and plant flowers around the trees.
Halloween pictures to follow at the end of the month.
