Ellie-ism

Ellie said a couple of funny things today, but the first needs a little explanation.

So here is the obvious – Ellie lives with caucasian parents, is Chinese, and is about to have a little sister from Africa.  Everyday, when she is busy coloring or drawing, she picks out the appropriate crayon color depending on her subject’s ethnicity: peach, tan, or brown.  It has become very important lately to her lately to define this in all her artwork.

Today she saw a picture of brown eggs in a basket.  Evidently she has never seen anything other than white eggs before.  She said, “Mom!  I think those eggs are from African chickens!”

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Tonight at dinner, Ellie said, “I think Daddy finished his pizza first because he has the biggest mouth.”

Daddy was not impressed by this declaration.   (But Mom thought it was hilarious.)