Tuning the Fine Motor Skills

With the short days and cold weather, Ella has been spending more and more time inside the apartment, working on her various masterpieces.

It's What Separates Us From the Animals

Ella has quite a talent for accessorizing. She is starting to have strong opinions about which shoes (or her favorite, boots) go with which outfit and which tights go with which dress. It makes dressing her a little more challenging. Sometimes her fashion sense doesn't take the weather or occasion into account.

Halloween

We took Ella trick or treating at the US Embassy on the 31st, but we weren't allowed to bring our camera, so I'm posting these which were taken a few weeks ago at the Prokrovsky Hills Halloween.
Ella went as a kangaroo. She was really excited about having a baby and a tail.

Thanks to the economic downturn, Andrew was able to help Ella with her trick or treating. She really liked all the free candy.