Commentary from Ellie while she watched Go Diego!:

That's Medina. She's so beautiful. I'm beautiful, too.

No self image issues here yet. :-)

Ellie and I have been "discussing" that she cannot take my stuff. (I realize this discussion may continue for a few years ( Read more... )

Ellie donated 10 inches of her hair to locks of love today. I told her it was her choice if she wanted to get a haircut and if she did, it would grow longer near her birthday. (It was a wild guess.) We watched haircut videos on Youtube, so she would know what was going to happen ( Read more... )

"Ellie, you need to go to sleep. Look at those sleepy eyes."
"No, I'm just dying. Just kidding. I'm awake!!!!"

So, what are you eating? Nuts? Can I see 'em? Yuck. Are those for eating? But the ones on the ground are not for eatin', right?

Ellie visited me in the kitchen while I was loading the dishwasher.
"Do you remember those cookies we bought in this morning?"
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"So, what's that crabby look for?" she asked casually.
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"Okay, bye!" and ran off.

It was REALLY hard not to laugh.

We had Chanukkah dinner at my sister's house tonight. Ellie didn't eat much. She had a good reason, but you don't need to know about it. Anyway, when we got home Ellie was hungry. I told her I was going to tuck in Alexander, then I would get her some food. She said she wanted some chicken. We don't have any. She wanted "mac-a-monie and ( Read more... )

SO, you know how you're going through a store and your kid says they want something and you say maybe you'll get it for Chanukkah, assuming she'll forget by then? Well, she didn't ( Read more... )

Ellie was once again too busy to go to bed...which is why I was surprised that all of a sudden it was quiet ( Read more... )

As Alexander looked outside into his first (that he remembers) snow ever, he excitedly exclaimed, "BUBBLES ( Read more... )