well, ellen's birthweek is coming to a close. the one drawback to this plan, as i was telling jill and anne, is that i'm a tad worried she's going to think that this is how everyday goes from now on. after all, we've had presents and happy birthday things for about 4 or 5 days and that's eternity for a two year old. she's having a wonderful time playing with all of her new toys and has been looking at her new clothes and telling me they're cute. (everything is "cute" right now.) she's been doing a lot of cooking and blowing bubbles and being a rockstar with her new guitar. playdoh is also a big hit and her windup fish go in the tub everynight. it rained today, but hopefully soon we'll get enough sun to go outside with the elmo sprinkler. ellen's also been reading her new books to herself and showing them to isaiah. she also received her very own set of car keys with an alarm that she thinks is a bug. anyway, i can't possibly list everything she got (i don't think there are any toys left to buy her!) but thank you everybody. we all had a good time. two year old birthdays are fun.