A visit from great friends

This weekend we had a long awaited visit from the Sturtz family. We all look forward to their visits; Ellie especially looks forward to having Sully over to spend the night. I think she planned a repeat of the last time because she had so much fun.

They arrived on Saturday just after naptime and the house buzzed with excitement. After a bit of an initial hide when they walked it, as is typical for Ellie when she really likes someone, Ellie didn’t take long to warm up. Everyone had fun catching up, playing, and having a nice big pasta dinner. Max even ate his first meatballs.

After dinner we took a walk to the playground to stretch and let the kids be kids. We had lots of fun at the little neighborhood park. On the way down, Ellie and Sully were riding on their dad’s shoulders as Tanya and I walked in front. Ellie decided to announce that Tanya looks very small. As is normal, Ellie can throw some one liners at us. We proceeded to tell a few stories about a few other one liners that, as Howdy put it, “from the mouth of babes” is always an honest observation. This age is so precious.

On the way back from the park Ellie lost a flower she had picked and was in desperate need for picking another. As we passed a mailbox I noticed something that at first I thought was a weed, so I allowed her to pick it. Just as I realized it was indeed a flower (which there was many others), everyone starts saying let’s go… Here comes Ellie having pulled half the plant out of the ground and very proud!

Once back at the house, it was 8pm and Max was done. I quickly ushered him to bed and served the kids some brownie sundaes. Millar and Hazel arrived home to have desert with us. Everyone was enjoying the night. We followed it up with another showing of Jungle Book. Ellie was excited to sit by Sully on the couch. Sully wasn’t so sure… I think the quote for the photo below was something along the lines of, “I’m not sure if I can trust her.” As he looked at her from across the couch and Ellie wanting to nearly cuddle him.

Sully on the other hand only wanted to get close when he wanted to talk with her and she was looking the other direction. He expects eye contact when speak, which I think is very cute.

We all got to bed just before 11pm, including Ellie. She was a tired little girl. We had a fun family night!