Ellen Pompeo shares sweet photos of her kids while enjoying family holiday to Italy
She nearly lost her purse to a thief while holidaying in Florence with her children.
But Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo was still evidently enjoying her trip, sharing heartwarming Instagram photos of her children's culinary adventures.
On Wednesday, the 48-year-old posted a sweet snapshot of her youngest little tyke, one-year-old son Eli, having a bit of pasta at a local eatery.
Tuscan holiday: On Wednesday, Ellen Pompeo posted a sweet snapshot of her youngest little tyke, one-year-old son Eli, having a bit of pasta at a Florentine eatery
'Ciao Firenze.... we came we saw we conquered!' Ellen crowed in her caption, giving the photo credit to her pal Sam Hellman.
Earlier that day, Ellen had uploaded a photo of her three-year-old daughter Sienna holding an ice cream cone in one hand and raising the other defiantly.
'What people don't know is I took my bodyguard to Florence with me.... she's fierce and yes a legend and yes takes her gelato very seriously,' wrote Ellen by the photo.
Ellen, who in addition to Sienna and Eli shares eight-year-old daughter Stella with her music producer husband husband Chris Ivery, has been in Florence for some days.
'My bodyguard': Earlier that day, Ellen had uploaded a photo of her three-year-old daughter Sienna holding an ice cream cone in one hand and raising the other defiantly
'Grazia a polizia': Unfortunately for Ellen, her Florentine experience also happened to include having her purse snatched, she revealed in the caption of her photo of some local cops
On Thursday, she put up an Instagram photo of her daughters taking in a view of the sun setting over the Arno river, which cuts through the city.
That day, she also uploaded a dazzling image of Florence's iconic Duomo, managing to get a portion of Giotto's Tower into the frame as well.
Unfortunately for Ellen, her Florentine experience also happened to include having her purse snatched, she revealed in the caption of her photo of some local cops.
Breathtaking: On Thursday, she put up an Instagram photo of her daughters taking in a view of the sun setting over the Arno river, which cuts through the city
'Grazia a polizia Di Firenzia squadro volanti y resterante Frescobaldi my purse was stolen from right under my nose!! I blame the rose!!' she began, thanking Florentine police and a restaurant in the tourist-flypaper Piazza Della Signoria.
'But Grazia to who ever stole it for dropping it on the street exactly in tact. I was tracking my phone and chasing you down... had I caught you... it would not have ended well for you... I am nice but lets not forget my heritage... NAPOLITANO....'
She continued in self-confessed 'horrible Italian': 'hai furtuno y io hai destine,' apparently attempting to say: 'You have luck and I have destiny.'
Iconic: That day, she also uploaded a dazzling image of Florence's Duomo, managing to get a portion of Giotto's Tower into the frame as well
Ellen added: 'also I hope you were smiling because e Sarai catturato perche sei in macchina,' taunting him that he would have been caught because he was in a car.
Before her jaunt to Florence, Ellen had been in Britain, where she addressed the Oxford Union on the afternoon of last Tuesday.
As quoted on the Union's Twitter, Ellen discussed the #MeToo movement, saying of sexual misconduct: 'People need to understand that it will not be tolerated.
'But they also need to be educated. I don’t want to make excuses for these guys, but they’ve learned this behavior by watching role-models get away with it.