5 on Friday

1. Probably the biggest news of the week: Nick’s Dad was hit by a car on Monday while walking across the street. Luckily he only suffered a broken collar bone, broken ribs and one other broken bone that I always forget. He will be staying with us for a while as he recovers a little.

2. Ellie seems to like having Grandpa visit. She enjoys him tickling her toes during dinner and has to blow him a kiss before bed.

3. Ellie is now sleeping on a cot at day-care during nap-time. No more crib at day-care for that big girl! I guess she has done pretty well. Maybe day-care can train her so when we are ready to move her to a big girl bed she stays in it.

4. Speaking of Ellie growing-up… she went potty in her big girl potty two times last weekend! I was in the bathroom getting ready and she was trying to sit on the potty with her clothes on. I asked if she had to go potty and wanted to take her diaper off--- she nodded. Sure enough, in less than 5 minutes she had gone potty and was ‘all-done’. I think Mommy was more excited than her. I know she is really young to potty train, but those two times saved us two diapers! We are not pushing the training, but if she wants to sit on it she can.

5. Ellie’s new favorite song is “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” or “row” as she calls it. She loves to sing it, or have you sing it, over and over again. It is really cute.