Ellie: “When I grow up I want to be an elephant in the circus.”
Category: Ellie Grace
Today Ellie used three new words correctly and in context I have never heard her say before.
-Large: “Mama! Look at this large french fry.” and “Look at that large, blue truck.”
-Bloomed: We were reading a book with flowers in the background. “Those flowers haven’t bloomed-ded yet.”
-Hero: “That Mommy is the hero for the baby.” (After reading another book.)
Of course, WHY is beginning to emerge and be ever-present. I had to explain everything at least three times to her while Hannah was at the dentist today.
Wow!
I packed the girls bag today for our trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa (otherwise known as “Kam-ma” and “Kamp-pa” in 3 year-old speak). They needed to try on a couple of different of swimming suits to see which fit best.
They both paraded in their suits for awhile, but alas the December chill set in. They next thing I knew they were back in their clothes.
When they stripped down for their bath I found that they had been wearing their suits under their clothes all evening.
Let’s just say, all of us are looking forward to this next warm and sunny adventure.
Ellie is 30 pounds soaking wet. She is petite and all muscles. She is a healthy eater but loves to have a sweetsie.
Right now she must be on one serious growth spurt! Yesterday, she ate breakfast, a snack, a sucker and two lunches, fell asleep for an hour and a half and immediately upon waking ate a snack. Just the nap was enough to cue me in that something was up…Today it was a 3 hour nap and I had to wake her when our friends arrived for dinner.
She is raiding the pantry very often and it’s a sorry sight if she has to wait very long. I can’t blame her, she probably has nothing on reserve while that little engine is running.
As for the naps, I am going to enjoy them.
Hannah popped some popcorn and we all huddled together under the blankets to watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on Wednesday night. About halfway through the show, Ellie started talking about Bambi walking all alone without his friends…quickly I realized she had Bambi and Rudolph mixed up…
Sort of reminds me of the time we took Hannah to see Shrek 2 when she was about the same age. She sat happily on my lap – munching popcorn – the entire movie. As soon as the movie was over, she looked up at me and said, “So, who’s Fiona?”
A couple of days ago, I stopped by a nutrition store to purchase some ginger for our cruise. It is said to help with motion sickness. I took some on our first cruise a couple of years ago and wanted some again – just in case.
I told Ellie we were going to run into a store to pick something up for my cruise. Her face lit up, “Oh, are you getting some new earrings?” Not sure where that came from, but continuing the chit-chat I said no, but, gee, I would like to get a new outfit before I leave on the trip.
She said, “I know! You should get a pirate outfit. A Mommy pirate outfit for your cruise.”
Some days I just shake my head.
This is a fantastic movie. The other day my girls were playing the portion of the movie where Will and “County” come around asking for work so they can earn some food. Hannah got the point from the movie that they worked first and ate second after they earned it. That is a good point to get.
Ellie is “County” who in the movie always had a hat down low over his eyes. Hannah made up another name besides “Will” since we know that 8 year-old girls do not play boy parts!
We were having a quick bite to eat tonight. Ellie was being helpful and wanted to get out the bowls for our mac and cheese, corn, and salad. She didn’t believe me at first that this divided plate is really just like a bowl. She cracked up and walked around for several minutes saying, “Is it a bowl or is it a plate?”
Maybe in the spirit of the “spork” we can call this handy invention a plowl??? blate??? Hmmmm.
goofy
Adjective
[goofier, goofiest] Informal silly or ridiculous
My girls are enjoying playing together and being together a lot these days. My sister is only two years older than me and most of my childhood memories involve she and I being together. I always liked being the tag-a-long behind my two older siblings (not sure if they were so wild about it). I am seeing this beautiful bond form as my girls are not only sisters because we say so, but because they love each other and enjoy one another’s company.
This is book is a family tradition – it has been in my family since I was very little. Recently, on one of the last nice weather days, I thought the girls were outside playing on the swing set or in the woods. If found them snuggled in on the front porch reading our collection of Thanksgiving books. To Hannah (and hopefully Ellie) books are a treasure and she loves it when the fall books come out for the season.
I find them snuggled in somewhere at least once a day enjoying a good book together. Hannah is very sweet to read to Ellie so much. Her love of books will translate to Ellie as she makes this investment of time with her little sister.
They are pretending that Ellie is a baby bird and has just hatched from her egg (the blankets). Hannah, the Mommy Bird, feeds her baby worms and is so happy she has finally hatched. Seriously, Ellie cannot get enough of this game.