Ella's "New Best Friend".

A couple of weeks ago we headed to our favorite park. When we arrived a little girl ran up, put her face in Ella's and said "HI!". Ella immediately introduced her herself and the two ran off to play. The little girl is named Hailey and is only three months older than Ella. She's the first child we've found who's as outgoing as Ella. We met at the park a couple of night later because Hailey and her mother drove by and when Hailey saw Ella she started yelling "My friend! my friend!" Her mother was forced to stop. It's a good thing because the two nights between their meetings Ella talked about Hailey and pouted every time she wasn't in the park. As we headed home the girls gave each other hugs and Ella declared that Hailey was "My new best friend."

Well, Hailey is here tonight. When Ella heard she was coming over she started jumping up and down, clapping and yelling "My friend! My friend! YEAH!!"

So far they've run around in tutus and fairy wings, fought over a broom and tickled each other. It's pretty funny to watch them together. They do pretty we most of the time.

Trouble with a capital "T"...




















On Safari...














Drama Queens...

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers!!

Rob left at 0530 today for a couple of days so last night he had Ella sign a card for me. I was waiting in her room to read her books and she comes in and our conversation went something like this ...

Ella: "Mama, I bought you a present. It's Tinkerbell! Happy Birthday!!"
Me: "Tinkerbell?"
Ella: "Yeah Mama! I made it for your Birthday. Happy Birthday!"

It seems that all presents are for Birthdays. So, when I woke up today I got to open my singing Tinkerbell card from Ella and my singing monkey card from Rob. I can't seem to get "Put the Lime in the Coconut" out of my head. Thanks Rob!!

Ella and I had an almost perfect day! We woke up, went to 'nastics, came home, took an early nap together, went to the beach, couldn't seem to drag ourselves out of the water and are going to take the dogs for a walk when it cools down a bit. If Daddy had been here it would been perfect.

Ella's Supermodel pose...

Hamming it up at 'nastics...

Drama Queen..

Right now EVERYTHING is a HUGE deal!

Ella has a new best friend every 5 minutes. She hurls herself on the ground at the drop of a hat. She can even manage to force out REAL tears. It's quite impressive. My jokingly asked if she was bipolar. My response was, "No, she's just a two year-old GIRL!!"

'Nastics

Every weekend either Rob or I takes Ella to gymnastics. This weekend we took her together. BIG mistake! HUGE mistake! She was OUT OF CONTROL. It was actually pretty funny. She wouldn't follow directions. She wouldn't let me take the photos while she played with Daddy. She REFUSED to leave the Hula Hoops on the ground so the kids could jump through them. "Coach" thinks she's incredibly high energy. I just think she's a ham who enjoys playing to a crowd.

Update and "weedness"

A couple of night ago I was being my usual, silly, slightly hyper self as I danced (badly) and sang (more badly, I know J.J., not really English) around the kitchen. Ella usually laughs. Instead she looked at me like I was a bit off and said, "Mama you weed." I (very confused) asked, "I'm a weed?" She STRIDENTLY replied, "NO! YOU WEE-UD!" Me, getting it, asked in disbelief,
"I'm weird?" Ella, with a massive grin, says, "YES! YOU WEE-UD!" My response was "You ain't seen nothin' yet baby! Wait until you're 13!"

What two and a half year old calls their mama weird?

Here are some photos of Ella with her NON WEE-UD parent!