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Ella and Mia

We went to a great playground with a splash pad this morning. All Ella did was fill up her bucket and dump it out. 

St. Patty's Day Art

The kiddos were stamping potatoes to make shamrocks and having fun with green paint, thanks to Jana, a very creative and motivated mom in our play group.

Ella and Mom

Here we are "driving" in the Little People play area.

Pretty Peacock

We went to the zoo Sunday and saw this peacock just hanging out on the path. I have no idea why it wasn't in a cage!

Play group at the Park

Here are Ella and her friend, Santiago, playing in the sand. Santiago is a very sweet, quiet boy like Ella, so maybe they'll grow to be good friends:)

Swimming!

Ella is in her bathing suit ready to go to the pool and reading her Christmas book. (Dugan girls-recognize the bathing suit?)

Ella loved being in the pool and kept saying, "I swimming!"

BFFs

I already posted this on FB, but I couldn't resist. These two are so cute together! They love to play with each other and give each other hugs. I hope they are our neighbors for a long time!

Playing at Cave Creek

Phil's parents came to babysit Ella Saturday night while we went to Phil's awards dinner. This morning, we all went to our new favorite hiking place that we went to with my parents last weekend. Ella loves playing with the rocks in the water and seeing the "horsies" go by. Cousin Grace would love to ride a horse on these trails!