NO DINNER!!

Ella's favorite meal of the day is Breakfast! She is obsessed with rice crispy cereal, and I am happy about this because she doesn't even realize that it would be better with sugar. I think its great to start her out with fruit and a bowl of her favorite cereal rather than load her up with sugar to start the day!




Well When she finished her breakfast today I asked her if she wanted to help me with dinner. she looked at me with a blank dumb stare. I let her keep eating and pulled out the potatoes that I needed to peel and chop up. Yummy potato and cheese casserole, It smells good already! I love my crock pot! once Ella was done eating she let me know by yelling "done done down now down now.. PLEEEEESE" so I cleaned her up and brought a chair over the counter. I asked her again, "Ella do you want to help mommy with dinner?" her reply was:

"NO DINNER ME FULL!" "NO DINNER, NO DINNER!"

Needless to say my cute little girl was very worried about why I thought we should be making dinner the minute we were done with breakfast. Some day she will understand that the funny looking red bowl that plugs in has to cook for 8-10 hours. I get a kick out of the new things she says and does each day.

Our Big Girl

This update is on our precious 20 month old, I can't believe how close her two year old birthday is approaching! She is getting so big, well sort of.. She is very small for her age, only in the tenth percentile for height and weight. But she is talking so much! I was so proud of her when her pediatrician informed me that a lot of kids her age only say 10 or so words, our little smartie pants is saying more like 50+ and putting together sentences! She also comprehends so much, every day she is surprising us with new things we didn't know she knew! some of my favorite, words and phrases she says:
"bye bye, see you!" followed with a blown kiss
"luv you more" "dramas flowers" (code for grandma's flower shop)
"daddy doing?" (what you doing daddy) "I want to eat" "I want up" "snacks please" "bapple" (apple) "go outside" "my toys play funny"

She says so much more but those ones our some of the funny/cute ones I can think of right now.. She is very excited for her baby sister to come, or at least she thinks she is. She gives my tummy hugs and kisses all the time and says in a very high pitched voice "hi baby, luv you"

Ella is also working on potty training, sort of... I thought we had her trained for a few days and then she got sick.. so we back tracked, but she is still young and I am going to let her do it on her own time..