Ellie's First Bike Ride!

Ellie's 3rd Birthday party

We had a pizza party for Ellie's birthday with family and friends. Aunt Lisa, Uncle Brian, Josh, Grammy, Aunt Maureen, Uncle Tony, Milissa, Craig, Madeline, Sydney, and Ellie's best friend Raiden, her parents Paula and Joe. What a terrific afternoon of chasing around the two of them we had! Ellie's big treat was her tricycle - she couldn't wait to ride, including her helmet and knee pads! On Sunday morning, we rode all the way over to Papa's house!

Florida Vacation 2009

Here's our Top 10 Best of Vacation List

10) Dinner at Down the Hatch - watching Ellie dance to the live music
9) Grits for Breakfast at the diner by the river
8) Laughing so much our sides ached ....
7) Ellie swimming in the pool for hours ('all by myself')
6) Papa not bring Uncle Pat's reading glasses down to the pool (WHAT?)
5) Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with friends, Dick & Bonnie
4) Ellie and Papa feeding the birds every morning on the beach
3) Everyone having a crush on someone... c'mon Uncle Pat, it's ok to talk about
2) Not having to eat Sauerbraten for a second time (its all yours Lisa!)
1) Spending a week with Papa & Uncle Pat - it was the 'BEST vacation ever'!

I'm posting a few shots of the trip here. To view the complete vacation album of photos - please go to our Shutterfly site: http://fricano.shutterfly.com/action

Its easiest to click on the Vacation album and then slideshow .. enjoy!

It was a wonderful trip - we can't wait until next year!

It's the BIG GIRL Bed ...

She loves her new bedding, and her new room!

Looking like she's all grown up ..

Who'd have thought she was only going on 3 .. sometimes she looks at least 5, and sounds like she's 13! Yikes! She was very excited to get dressed up for church last night, her favorite part is the tights ... GRRRR ... I won't burst her bubble that she may have a lifetime of stockings, I'll enjoy this while I can. She was an 'angel' in church belting out the Our Father with a huge "AMEN" at the end, even though we don't say it then. Dinner at Friendly's was a whole other story - maybe it was too many snacks in church, maybe she really just wanted the Happy Ending sundae! In any event, we were happy to get out of there, home and settled into a quiet Saturday evening!