Hale Family Tales

Ellie’s play has been deep, deep into pretending and role playing.

Today she was a unicorn.  She went in to great detail about herself as the unicorn.  (I was sort of listening, but focused more on preparing a salad for dinner.)  I heard her say, amidst the endless chatter, that her leg was broken, but Mommy [...]

We were driving home a couple of days ago.  Ellie said, “Hey, Mama!”

She sounded really excited as if something had just occurred to her.

“I’m still 3!”

Now, I’ve been surprised by my age lately…but she doesn’t have anything to worry about!

Tonight at bedtime Ellie told me, “Jesus died on the cross.  That was bad news.”

I’m so glad it is Easter time – she will be so glad to hear the next part of the story!

Ellie was praying for her Daddy last night before bed.

“I pray that Daddy had a good dinner…pizza and salad….chicken and meat….banana bread…fruits and veggies….And he lived hapily ever after.  The end.”

At dawn this morning, Ellie was standing by the side of my bed asking for a bologna sandwich with ‘merican cheese.

Remember the “You be the mama polar bear and I’ll be the baby polar bear game”?

She hasn’t mentioned playing that game one time since our “little talk” several weeks back.

Hmmm.

My three year-old’s newest favorite adjective: disgusting.

Actually, it comes out more like, “It’s is-gussss-tig!”

She used it twice today in context, but since it was disgusting I will spare you the details.

Every article of clothing Ellie put on this morning was backwards upon further inspection.  Doesn’t bother her one bit!  She’s pretty cute with the satin bow that should be in the front of her pants actually on her rear.

when I saw Ellie licking the condensation off the window this morning.

I started to say, “Ellie, please don’t lick the windows.  That is yucky!”  But, I thought, gee, what a strange thing to have to say -  it would be my luck that the receptionist would click back over to me!