Pittsburgh Trip

*****UPDATED*****

The Lindahl family at the 2nd Reds game...it was a hot one!

 Ella playing baseball on Thursday before the weekend! T-ball is starting soon for her so we need to start practicing.

 I was at work so who knows what she was doing? :o) Silly girl!

 Ice cream...yummy treat on a hot day!

 Eva's on 1st...I'm on 2nd..and Ella was on 3rd!

                                                              The girls in the dug-out!

Eva over-tired in the car...she gets a little goofy!

Us at Church-Brew Works!  A church that was turned into a brewery!

                  It was very cool but felt so not right! The angels in the church were holding beers!

                                                                The brewery tanks!

 Eva cheesin..the girls were tired of sitting bc we went straight there after our 3-hr. drive there.

                                         Daddy was extremely happy....he loves his beer!

                                                         Us in the front of the brewery!

                                                            The outside of the Brewery!

The girls checkin out the view from a hotel window!

                                                      The girls swimming....they loved it!

                                                                 We were site-seeing!

                                                          Evan was a runner of Steel!

                                             Little Eva in front of the beautiful downtown!

                                                  Ready for the 2nd day of swimming!

                                                                    Just floatin along!

            Ella went to get lunch with daddy while Eva and stayed back for a nap at the hotel. They went to a Pittsburgh favorite...Primanti Brothers..they specialize in big sandwhiches that come with coleslaw and french fries on the sandwhich. Wasn't my favorite but now we can say we tried it2

 The Reds were staying at our hotel and we just happen to catch Joey Votto (Evan's fav. player) leaving the hotel to go to the stadium for the game.

                    Evan didn't get a pic of him signing Eva's hat..but he did! We were all pumped!

                                                                        Taxi Ride

                        We went up the mountain in a cable car...pretty cool and great views!

                               A panaramic view of the city from the top! From east to west!

                                                                        North

                                                                      West

                                            Ella was tired so was taking a break by herself!

                                                  Go Reds...from the top of the mountain!

                                                     Ella holding the signed hat! :o)

                                                   daddy and Ella on the way down!

                                                          The girls riding a little train!

 Mommy and Eva at the game...we went early for batting practice so we could get a ball....SUCCESS, the Reds pitcher Chapman threw us a ball! :o)

 The hill you have to go through to get to Pittsburgh! It's so beautiful...once you drive through the tunnel you go on the bridge and you see Pittsburgh's skyline.

                                           The girls' enjoying our boat ride to the game!

 Fountain time..it went to music and was lots of fun for the girls...they didn't even get that wet...impressive!

                                              One of the girls' favorite parts of the game!

                                                           The girls enjoying the game!

 Another favorite part of the game for the girls' and the reason we stayed the entire game...but it was worth it. They were wonderful!

             We made signs for daddy but unfortunately he didnt see us...we saw him though!

He was happy to see the posters when we met up with him after the marathon.

 Our hotel lobby...this is hotel number 2 where the Reds were staying. We stayed at another one the night before bc we weren't planning on going to nights. But Ella said she liked this one better because is was prettier but she did like the pool in the other one.

 Us on the bridge on the way over to the game...they close this bridge during baseball games.

                                  The girls with a giant Perogie...another Pittsburgh staple! We did not have any  other those though.

Our view from way up high....it was hot the last day so we stayed under the shade!

We had a wonderful weekend in the city of Pittsburgh. We left Friday afternoon and spent the the evening eating and swimming. The next day was spent touring the city..mostly by foot. We took a taxi once and we held the girls alot, my muscles are feeling it today! Which is why I can't understand how Evan ran the marathon...we were busy all day Saturday walking around with 2 little ones in our hands and then he did an awesome job the next day at the 1/2 marathon. His time was 2:03, his best time ever! Especially thrilled b/c his training was limited and there was lots of hills but it didn't stop him. We were so proud of him! Then after the race we went to another Reds game...didn't stay as long bc it was hot, the girls were tired, and we still had to drive home! Ella and Eva's favorite part of the weekend was the pool and fireworks! They had lots of fun but were so happy to get home and play with their toys.

Ella's 4yr. pics

My friend Susan took Ella's pics last week. I haven't recieved all of them but these are some are her favorites. The ones with Eva didn't turn out the best because she had just gotten up from a nap so didnt really want to smile but still wanted to be in the pics, look at that innocent face!

Happy 4th Birthday Ella

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Happy 4th Birthday Ella, nothing better than a double choc. donut to start the day!

                                                  Ella's puppy cake pops for school!

                       This little lady is 4, it says on her shirt..She's playing with all her balloons.

The girls playing at Magic Mountain, a playground/arcade fun area. Ella's wish for her birthday!

                                                                    Ella in the balls!

                                      Eva climbed up into the tubes and found a space ship!

                          The girls riding motorcycle...we did an awful job...daddy's much better.

                       Ella wearing daddy's hat while he hit some baseballs in the batting cage.

Ella and daddy at dinner time...Uno Chicago's.

Ella and Eva got these balls for Ella's birthday, they love them but not only for bouncing on, They hit each other...so far play style but I can see it turning bad.

We went to the zoo on Sunday with some friends for her birthday. It was beautiful and we had a great time.

                                                       The girls looking at the rhino!

                               Ella petting a snake. Ewwww! She actually wasn't scared at all!

                                                              All the girls at the zoo!

                                                   Ella and Eva following the sting ray.

                                                                       Carasoul time!

                                            Ella's friends Bella and Abby met us at the zoo.

                                          All the little girls sitting on the bench...except Eva.

                            Eva tried to join the girls but it tipped over so she was left stranded!

                                                                Ella was getting tired!

                      Another cake made for Ella! Puppy head with puppy paw cupcakes!

                                                                      Ella and Abby!

                                            Happy Birthday to Ella, Happy Birthday to you!

Present time!

We can't believe Ella is 4 already! Well she is happy to be 4 and celebrating a birthday, although she did tell me "mom I don't feel 4". Too cute! We had a fun week preparing, planning, and celebrating her birthday. You think we would be all caked out but we are still enjoying it even now. Last week we did go to the library because it was the last week of storytime of storytime until June. Another major event happened last week when the girls were playing outside, I was getting ready upstairs in my bathroom and they decided it was a great idea to bring a dead mole into the house and show me. I was a little frightened and told the girls to never play with dead animals. Ella quickly replied, "Can we play with live animals." Silly girl! Ella's birthday week was great, full of puppies, friends, cake, and presents. What more could a 4yr. old want?

Potty Trained

Eva is officially potty-trained!

 The girls had a sleepover with daddy on Friday night, they unsuccessfully fell asleep.

 Daddy with Belle. He likes her more than he says.

Ella has been in heaven this week, a puppy just her size has been visiting.

Well not that much happened last week well at least we didn't capture much. We went to visit with our friends that live an hour away. We don't get to see them much and spent Monday with them. Tuesday we went to the library for storytime..Eva sure enjoys that now. Ella is used to actitivies like that at school so isn't always enthused about going. She is still thoughourly enjoying school though. She has made lots of friends there, even boyfriends she tells me. :o) Daddy can work from home 2 days a week now so its nice to see him a bit more. He usually get Ella off the bus those days so he likes that. I worked my normal shifts this week and the weekend was spent playing with the puppy, walking the puppy, following the puppy around. I am so excited to get rid of her today. She is wonderful but the girls wont leave her alone. I feel bad for her, as badly as Ella wants one I now realize its too early. Eva has uncontrollable hands and isnt always nice to her and Ella cant yet pick up poop, so until then a dog is gonna have to wait. :o) We had a birthday party on Saturday and spent Sunday shopping for presents for Ella's 4th bithday on the 26th. We hadn't yet got her anything because at her age she wants everything well she does tell us she wants a puppy, a real puppy. But, since that isn't gonna happen we had to come up with other presents. Hopefully she likes them. We will post pics of her party and celebrations next week. I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Potty Training!

We borrowed a battery from the neighbor to make sure that was the problem wrong with our broken car and it was...The girls had fun and Ella sure needs lessons. She's gonna kill someone!

Mrs fix- its

Slam dunk

Movie Day!

Well the Easter bunny brought Eva tangled panties so that meant she had to start peeing in the potty and boy does she loves those panties. We are on our way to successful potty training although with it being so nice outside she goes out and doesn't want to come back in for anything so accidents happen. We will soon get there but I'm so proud of her thus far! Acutally the other morning she was screaming for me to get out of bed and when I finally came downstair she said she peed and I got a little nervous but she showed me the pee in the potty so she had gone all by herself. Big girl! We had a great week last week, had a few playdates and went to the bounce house one day. We kept busy thats for sure! On saturday we had a lazy day bc I had worked both thur. and Friday nights and the girls had developed a cold overnight so were kind of feeling down. So it became a movie/popcorn night which was fun for us and the girls! Sunday we went over to a friends house to help her prepare for her baby in June. The girls played with Sammy and then we had a BBQ so we had a good day. Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend!