First Day

We've been anticipating Ella's first day for weeks . . . planning curriculum - selecting toys - hoping the house would be ready.  As first days go, I'd say this one was pretty great.  Ella came bounding in, full of enthusiasm.  She was up for anything.

We made chocolate chip cookies . . .

Ella made friends with Sammy . . .

The dining room became our art studio . . .

We found fairies, and silk scarves, and flocked animals, and shells to add to our summer nature table . . .

We played Pretty, Pretty Princess (and while Ella seemed to enjoy the actual game she much preferred having all of us dress up with the "accessories") . . .

We did a lot of other things, too.  Except nap.  Working on that :)