Walking is overrated...

... especially compared to the coolness of riding a horse... all by yourself! Ella had a blast riding Slow Joe at the county fair.

Lately I've been spending a good chunk of my time with Ella in character; she asks "Can you pretend to be Pooh and I'll pretend to be Piglet?" or Marlin and Nemo, or Steve and Blue (Blue's Clues). Luckily, she doesn't give me too much grief over my really poor Pooh imitation (it's hard... just try it sometime).

It's not just fatherhood, it's an education in improvisational theater.