this is ellie. she's just been legally adopted by her mom, and her brother is working on getting adopted with her. i have the absolute delight of being ellie's friend.

ellie always reminds me when i ask her if i'm pushing the merry-go-round too fast that she never gets dizzy.
her very favorite thing is being push on the swing until her feet "tickle the sky."

she usually reminds me that she can only do two monkey bars, but today she is super concentrated instead.
here is the moment she realizes that she has stretched into unknown territory and reached the third monkey bar.
...and then she looked down. and proceeded to freak out.
thank you, beautiful ellie, for being my model. but mostly, for being my friend.