Paging Dr. Ellis

Did anyone call for a Doctor here?
Her scrubs said "Dr. Ellis"
She started to get the hang of it but at first she tried to give candy out of her bag to everyone instead of taking it.
Letting Mommy hold her. Being a doctor is exhausting.

Well, in case it isn't obvious, Ellis was a doctor for Halloween this year. Vimal jokingly said that since she was half-Indian she had to dress up as either a doctor or an engineer and since the costume is better for a doctor that's what we went with. I thought she looked too cute in her scrubs. Actually, Halloween is quite huge on our street and every year there are over 300 kids that come. This year was even more. I bought so much candy and still ran out well before everyone had come through! And Ellis was by far the best doctor on the street, if I must say so myself.

Anyways, we decided to let Ellis stay up a little later since the time was changing tonight anyways. We thought she would be so distracted by all the kids that she wouldn't get as tired, but when she laid her head on my shoulder at 7:30 and didn't want to pick it back up, we gave in and let her go to bed. Hope everyone had a great Halloween.

Music Class

Here is a video of Ellis with her friend Claire at music class. She loves class so much and especially loves dancing and playing the drums. Enjoy.

Dancing

Drumming

New Toys

Okay, so I'll admit it--I hate wintertime in Boston. I love the change of seasons, don't mind being cold, even enjoy a snow fall or two and all the hot chocolate that goes with it, but here in Boston it all just lasts way too long. And since having Ellis, my dislike for this season of cold has exponentially grown each year. I don't think I'm being unreasonable. Look at the date of this post and then think about the fact that it SNOWED yesterday. Our steps were slippery, our cars were covered, and it's October. Need I say more?!?

Anyways, in order to somewhat combat the impending doom (I'm being a little melodramatic here but did I say that it SNOWED in OCTOBER?), we have invested in some new toys for Ellis. I sold some of her old toys (sad) and we bought her a basketball goal, a table and chairs for tea parties, and Nonna got her a new kitchen. I am hoping that with the addition of these things, distractions for both of us, the fact that we can't go out to the park every day will not quite register for either of us.

So, I'm posting some videos and pictures of Ellis playing with her new toys. She loves the basketball goal and kitchen so much and I do too. Playing with her toys is kind of like being a kid again. And who knows, maybe seeing snow and playing in it with her will feel like being a kid again too. I doubt it, but what can I do but give it a try.

Old Kitchen
View of how small the old kitchen was
"What is happening here?"
Helping daddy put together the new kitchen
More help for daddy

Video of Ellis playing with the new kitchen


Here is Ellis playing basketball. "I did it!"