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First Day of Preschool

Deb Ellsworth — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:46:29 +0000

Hannah’s first day was yesterday. She had a blast and can’t wait to go back!

Last year for comparison:

I think I need to make marks on the pavement and garage door so I always take the same perspective.

Colin wasn’t able to help drop her off, but they still managed a silly picture:

First Day of Kindergarten

Deb Ellsworth — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:22:01 +0000

Today was Colin’s first day of preschool. It was a soggy morning which had the added benefit of being able to bring the kids directly into their classrooms instead of watching them walk into the building independently. They can do the independent thing tomorrow when the sun is out.

Colin started his first day off right by telling his teacher he had already learned to read. I can’t wait for him to discover all that he has yet to learn.

Here’s our garage door shot, more pictures can be found on Flickr, including the one that might help you understand why he fell over the first time he put his backpack on.

For comparison here is the first day of 4 year old preschool:

And the first day of 3 year old preschool:

Happy Easter!

Deb Ellsworth — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:58:00 +0000

More photos on Flickr!

New shark toy

Deb Ellsworth — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:14:52 +0000

Coney Island

Boots and Tutu part 2

Deb Ellsworth — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:04:27 +0000

More fun with Hipstamatic.

Tutu and Snow Boots

Deb Ellsworth — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:54:55 +0000

Fun with Hipstamatic

Lazy Day

Deb Ellsworth — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:24:03 +0000

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ells dot me

Matt Ellsworth — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:47:11 +0000

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that while ellsworthlink.net will continue to exist — and Deb will be posting to it still — I am going through a bit of an online “re-brand” around ells.me / ELLSdotME / ellsDOTme / ells-dot-me / whatever… So you can follow that madness by clicking over to ells.me or by subscribing to the RSS feed.

Five-Years-Old…

Matt Ellsworth — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:47:20 +0000

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Colin’s 5th Birthday

Matt Ellsworth — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:43:53 +0000

Colin’s 5th Birthday, a set on Flickr.

Colin’s birthday was a while ago now, but we thought we’d post the rest of the photos…

Happy 5th Birthday Colin!

Deb Ellsworth — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:55:07 +0000

We celebrated Colin’s 5th birthday a bit early with a balloon and bike Star Wars Halloween party. Everyone had a blast!

More pictures in the flickr feed.

First Day of School

Deb Ellsworth — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:06:06 +0000

3 months into school and we are uploading the pictures. Better late than never I say.

Same time last year, notice how much he has grown:

The experienced older brother showing the little sister the ropes:

The rest of the photos are on Flickr.

Halloween 2010

Deb Ellsworth — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:32:50 +0000

It was a Star Wars themed Halloween this year. Check out our flickr stream for more pictures!

Singing Star Wars

Deb Ellsworth — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:52:51 +0000

If you are at 143 Oakview these days then this is probably what can be heard through out the day:

Water monitor

Deb Ellsworth — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:47:49 +0000

Hannah spent a long time hanging out with the water monitor at the liberty science center.

Nap Time

Deb Ellsworth — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:57:39 +0000

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4×400 Meter Relay (in 1992) aka “I used to be a runner…”

Matt Ellsworth — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:25:44 +0000

A hundred years ago (or 18-ish) I used to be a competitive runner. And I used to run with a good group of guys — Ryan Thorn, Jason Brunette, Jay Lillie — in the 4×400 and some other folks in the 4×800 in high school. Loved my experience at Northwestern University, but kind of wish I could have built on the high school successes… Whatevs. Fun to watch two decades later. Even Colin thought it was cool… (“Again!”)

Yeah, that’s me anchoring.
1: Ryan Thorn
2: Jason Brunette
3: Jay Lillie
4: Moi…

Thanks to my lil’ brother for turning this VHS tape into a DVD a couple (more?) years back that I finally uncovered and turned into 1′s and 0′s I could upload to YouTube…

“Fun Day” @ Swim Class

Matt Ellsworth — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:42:13 +0000

Colin had a great time at Swim Class today at the Maplewood Community Pool. A big benefit of joining is the free swim lessons (just for Colin; Hannah can do them next year) that are building on his classes from the Summit YMCA. Anyway, check out the video of his first jump off a diving board (!)… No fear. Love it!

Strawberry Bikini

Deb Ellsworth — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:12:14 +0000

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Hooray for Summer

Deb Ellsworth — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:01:15 +0000

Hanging out at the neighbor’s pool.

Resourceful

Deb Ellsworth — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:08:57 +0000

Four cones, two bungee cords and a two creative four year olds=fire fighter hoses (or lunch, depending on which kid you ask).

Big Girl Hannah

Deb Ellsworth — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:58:49 +0000

Hannah eating some dinner after a pretty successful day of potty training!

And yes, this is exactly what I looked like when I was little.

KP Duty

Deb Ellsworth — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:53:37 +0000

He is old enough to peel potatoes!

Hair After the Leia Look

Deb Ellsworth — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:16:54 +0000

Hannah’s hair after it has been up like Leia’s is pretty impressive.

Princess Leia

Deb Ellsworth — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:31:17 +0000

Since Hannah was singing the Star Wars theme song Colin’s preschool teacher Mrs Illingworth suggested we should do Hannah’s hair like Princess Leia’s. I think it works on her.