i first learned of her when finn told me he "was sad he couldn't bring her home."
he explained that she goes home with a different student in his class every friday for the weekend.
i assured him his name would eventually come up and he'd get to bring her home.
it did.
ellie came home with finn just before christmas break and he was thrilled.
we had a conversation that went something like this:
finn: i'm 'supposed' to take her somewhere special mom
me: really? what did you have in mind?
finn: the science museum. ellie will love it and i haven't been there in a long time
me: *grin* ok buddy, i think we can make a visit there this weekend
finn: YAY. oh and you are supposed to take pictures of her so i can put in the journal.
me: um, ok, i can take some photos of her.
next he showed me the journal that came home with ellie.
there were simple notes written by kids and some hand-drawn pictures.
a few entries even had a photo. so very cute.
finn got his special day out with ellie the elephant and had a great time.
i'm guessing we spent a good 3.5 hours at the museum (much too long for me)
and even still it was tough getting him to leave.
he loves that place and is totally obsessed with science right now.
so much that i felt it necessary to get season passes for the family and the summer nanny
which we will need when school is out this summer.
{christi, are you interested in coming back to san diego?}
here is a picture of finn and ellie - taken outside the museum.
he included this photo in the ellie journal with a handwritten note about their day.
i'm bummed i forgot to photograph his entry - it was precious.
i sure love this little boy.
