Curious Valentine

Valentine's day one of the local bookstores had storytime with Curious George. So, we decided to take Ella Catherine as she is a big fan of Curious George. I was a little concerned about how she would like seeing a life size curious george. My experience working with kids is that life sized characters scare them to death. They are used to seeing them small on the TV and in books and in person with a costume they are larger than life. Well, my concerns were warranted. When she saw George she started shouting "GEORGE" and was soooo excited! However, the closer we got in line for the photo op, the more I knew the photo op wasn't going to happen. Matt decided to try to take her up to see him and stand with her for the picture. Well, you can see how well that went below.
After storytime we went out to lunch and then to the park. Matt has found a group of men that train their hunting dogs on the weekends. It is a family affair. They all bring their children and their wives. The men train the dogs and the women and children take walks in the parks and the kids play etc.. Unfortunatly, it was a little cold Saturday and so the kids didn't get to play much. We watched the dogs from inside the truck. It didn't stop Ella Catherine from having a ball. She loves dogs and would cheer for them when they picked up the dummy and then say, "run dog run". We all had a lot of fun and I know we will enjoy these outings as the weather warms up.
Sunday we were supposed to meet up with Sarah Ella And Roger Cole for brunch, but unfortunately they had to leave town early. We had a sitter already and so Matt and I went out and enjoyed a nice lunch and some fun adult time. When we got home, Matt and Ella Catherine made homemade salsa. She loves to help cook and is always in the kitchen with one of us helping to cook dinner or breakfast. She obviously had a big weekend because we caught her in a rare moment curled up on the sofa Sunday evening.

Ella Catherine LOVED curious George from a distance but not so much up close.

Still keeping her eye on George!

Helping daddy make some yummy salsa

Pooped after a long day.