Ellingson Family

Our Little Explorers preschool group had a play date at the park September 25th and celebrated September birthdays with cupcakes.

Davey turned 3,

...Ezra turned 2,

...Ainsley turned 4,

...and Lydia turned 3!

besties Amelia and Clara

playing at our park

We celebrated Gabby and baby girl Avery with a Sprinkle Shower September 27th.

Gabby loves her blardigan (part blanket, part cardigan) sweater and it looks awesome on her. Thanks to my blog friend Sheaffer over at Pinterest Told Me To for recommending it! I love it too!

Clara's drawings <3

Melissa's baby shower with our small group girls September 29th! We squeaked it in just in time because Melissa had baby Cohen less than 2 days later!

So Cohen made the 4th baby boy born in our small group in less than 4 months!

The daddies and kiddos played at the park while us girls were at the shower.

my baby boy

These ballet besties could barely stop hugging and holding hands long enough to dance that day! Love them!

Davey LOVES our neighbor boy Kellen! They were catching crickets.

Harvest Festival 2015

Davey making his selection.

Clara found the biggest pumpkin she could!

My cute hubby and his little helpers!

my little loves

love my pretty girl

Notice Clara holding Davey's hand, making sure he made it to the top ok. She's always trying to take care of him and is such a good big sis.

We love taking our kiddos to these festivals at The Country Apple Orchard!

Davey loved going down the biggest slide there with all the kiddos twice his size.

I could not believe Clara was brave enough to try the jump onto the giant ball obstacle course! The ball bounced her right off. ;)

Look at that face! :) Daddy had to go rescue him.

We had Davey's 3rd birthday party September 19th (pictures HERE), then the next day was his actual birthday! Grandma and Grandpa Ellingson stayed over the night of his party and spent his birthday with us. We had a relaxing morning then headed to the Country Apple Orchard for Apple Festival at noon. Apple Festival is a favorite tradition of ours and we had a great time with our birthday boy. Grandma and Grandpa stayed in a hotel that night so we got to take the kids swimming and Grandma got everyone pizza. It was a great day!

There are so many things I love about David and not a day goes by that I don't have a moment where I'm just so in awe and grateful that he is my son and I get to be his mama. Davey is super sweet, so funny and silly, and all boy! He is constantly climbing and being adventurous. He super snuggly and gives the best kisses. He loves playing outside, playing baseball, reading books, and playing with his superheroes and Hot Wheels. He adores Clara and calls her "sissy" or "sis" 99.9% of the time. He loves being rough and wrestling with Daddy. Most of the time he thinks he's really big. I called him "sweet baby" recently and he responded, "Mama, I'm not a baby anymore, I'm a big boy." But then if he's tired or doesn't want to do something he'll tell me he's "still little." ;) If he's "reading" a book by himself or to us he says "and then..." as he turns each page. He often starts his sentences with "well..." And I think my favorite thing he says is he calls cookies "tookies." Oh, I love this sweet boy!

I interviewed him on his birthday and here are his responses:

How old are you? holds up 3 fingers
What is your favorite color? "red and blue and white"
What is your favorite animal? "zebra, giraffe, lion, grasshopper, frog"
What is your favorite book? "Hulk books"
What is your favorite tv show? "Team Umizoomi"
What is your favorite movie? "Cars"
What is your favorite song? "Jesus Loves Me"
What is your favorite food? "cheeseburgers, hamburgers, broccoli, carrots"
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? "donuts"
What is your favorite drink? "water and orange juice"
What is your favorite game? "monsters, chutes and ladders, hungry, hungry hippos"
What is your favorite toy? "race cars, Mack, Lightning, Iron Man, Hulk, monster trucks"
Who is your best friend? Kellen (6-year-old neighbor) and Sissy
What is your favorite thing to do? "color ABCs and numbers, play outside at the park"
What is your favorite holiday? "Christmas"
What do you sleep with? "monkey and bear"
Where is your favorite place to go? "the forest (camping), tractor pull (Apple Orchard), to the park"
What do you want to be when you grow up? "play baseball with Dada at a baseball field, drive a dump truck"