Ella's sleeptalk

"He's licking my caramel without my permission."

"You're on my team, Dummy."

Being God

A friend asked Ella and Erin what they wanted to be when they grew up.
Ella promptly replied, "I want to be an artist and a teacher."
Erin replied, "I want to be God."
While Mom and Friend laughed and fumbled for a reply, Erin insisted, "But I DO want to be God!"
Ella said, "Erin, we ALL want to be God."

Birthday Plans

Erin asked me if she could go to Bounceland for her birthday.  I, of course, replied, "No."  So, casually, she asked, "Can we go to Disneyland then?"

God Has a Plan

Ella:  "God has a plan for your life, Erin."
Erin:  "I know."
Ella:  "What do you think God's plan is for you?"
Erin:  "Not to eat too much sugar."

Looking Back

Old posts from another blog that I want to keep here:

Date:	2007-05-13 22:12
Subject:	The sky

The girls and I lay on a blanket outside in the sun, and Ella flips up her dress. I see the sky above me - the blue, blue sky scattered with flecks of white, patchy clouds. Ella's underwear ARE the sky.

Ella had awoke that morning with excitement in her voice - "Mamma! I didn't know I had SKY underwear!" They used to be blue, but I accidentally bleached "clouds" all over them...I suppose mistakes don't always end up for the worse.

Date:	2007-04-11 08:44
Subject:	A Note from Ella

yaac ("That spells yak.") 1234567890 (My 1-2-3's")

azxqe ("That's a funny word.")
ella ("My name") rtghnjj ("Fruit Loop in Spanish")
cef ("The last letter in BSF") ykkjnhgtrz ("That means Fish in Spanish")

Date:	2007-01-24 19:20
Subject:	Dreaming...

Ella: "I had a camera dream. I had a spilled peanuts dream. And I had a girl dream."

Date:	2007-01-24 19:16
Subject:	growing up

Daddy: "It's tough growing up, isn't it?"

Ella: "Yes, it is... Actually, I don't know yet."

Date:	2007-01-23 15:44
Subject:	Ella's looking forward to school

"There are different ways you can go to school. You can walk. You can ride your bike. You can take the bus. You can ride a camel."

Date:	2006-11-08 09:32
Subject:	Ella

Ella looked outside and said, "This is a gray day that God made...God makes yellow days and gray days."

Date:	2006-11-07 22:29
Subject:	Erin

Erin's talking more and more. Every time she sees an animal or a picture of an animal, she perks up and says, "MOOOOOOOOO!!!!" I love her! She just adds so much to life.

Date:	2006-10-04 08:46
Subject:	Ella-nitions

full: when you grow up

Bible: the word of God's life
pumpkin: it has a seed on it and it's round and it has stripes and eyes and a nose and it's for halloween
car: if they're little and pretend, they grow up into real cars
pretzel: a shape like a pretzel
life: the whole meaning of Christmas
death: the meaning of life
swimsuit: if you put the swimsuit on, you pretend like you're swimming

Date:	2006-09-26 23:08
Subject:	Ella

I strap Ella into her car seat, and, instead of saying goodbye to a friend, she says, "I have three swimsuits."

A week later. Ella steps out of the car. "Hippos really do swim."
Do you see a correlation?

Date:	2006-09-19 15:29
Subject:	Ella's bound to be either very smart or terribly confused

Ella asked, "Daddy, can I watch a movie?

Daddy said, "Well, technologically speaking, we have the capacity."

Date:	2006-09-05 23:07
Subject:	Yo, Kids

Erin:

Lines up four bottles of Elmers glue.
"Taaaaaw" (A mother's interpretation: "I built a tower.")
Knocks them down.
"Aaah dow." (A mother's interpretation: "I made them all fall down!")
Squeals.

Ella (In the restroom at a gas station):
"I peed, Mom!"
Hears someone toot two stalls down.
"What's that noise, Mom?"
Mom does not answer.
"Did you hear that noise, Mom?"
Mom does not answer and tries not to laugh.
"It was like pppppppppppp."
Mom stoops down and profusely tries to shush her.
"Like pppp pp p ppppp pppp." (starts singing and pppp'ing with her lips)
Mom starts laughing. Can't hold back any more.

Date:	2006-03-22 13:38
Subject:	More "Ella-isms"

Ella: "Don't sing, Mommy."

Mom: "Why don't you want me to sing? Singing makes me happy."
Ella: "No, Mommy. Cows make you happy."

Ella: "Can I have a bite?" (of my sugar-free chocolate bar, renown for causing gas if you eat too much)
Mom: "No, Ella. It will make you toot." (such wisdom)
Ella: "I can toot all by myself, Mommy. Can I have a bite?" (even more wisdom)

Date:	2005-11-28 20:34
Subject:	Ella-phrases
Security:	Public

"I need some cowsmetics." And she brought me a stuffed cow.

"I am tired. I need to pretend to take a nap."

"No, don't wash my hair." I leave. "Mama! Come wash my hair."

Date:	2005-10-03 17:47
Subject:	Crawling Around

I think I can say it's official. Erin's crawling now. She's chased a piece of paper around the room - she finds it, slimes it, I move it away, she finds it again, slimes it again, and the process continues. What fun.

In Other Words

Today, Erin called salted cucumbers "sugared pickles," and Ella called her liver "larva."

Bouncy Balls

Ella and Erin named their bouncy balls Coco and Pachria.

Buddies

Erin just called my love handles my "buddies."

Ella's 1st Grade Class List

proud of the diversity:

Isaiah

Marquis

Hayden

Tewinin

Xander

Jebraylin

Makhi

Ella

Alyssa

Johanna

Josie

Destanie

Neyiana

Adrianna

Jacob

Jose

Seth

Tyler

Annointing

I just overheard Ella in the bathtub say to Erin, "Would you like to be annointed?"

hmmmmm....

Dream Jar

I read a story today that has a solution for bad dreams: Decorate a jar and fill it with slips of paper describing good and funny things to think about. Keep it close to your bed. Then, when the bad dream comes, pull out a paper and read it. Transform your bad dream to good.

So....Ella gave me a list of ideas...happy thoughts to turn around her bad dreams.

12 Ideas for my Drem jar

1. play spy

2. prtending I can be magick with a magick wond

3. prtending the hol wrold is pink

4. I prtend I have a lot of things I pout on my Crismis

5. pritty culrs

6. nise cats

7. if my Burbe dalls wuld dans

8. if my blangcy was magick

9. if Josie (neighbor friend) lived with me

10. if I wr spelled atI (her example for this: atI went to the mall.)

Sneezex and the chocolate moon

Erin called a Kleenex a "Sneezex."

Ella sang a song while eating a chocolate ice cream bar, "This is what the moon would taste like, if it were made of chocolate."

Ella posted the following secret note facing outward on our picture window:

"From:  Ella  To:  a Fare

I wod wot too

have a fare

cum too my

hows tooniyt.

Sta Forevr.

Put sum pixe

Dust on my!

cum with me

evre tim I

go."

Interpretation (in case you have trouble reading):

"From:  Ella  To: A Fairy

I would want to have a fairy come to my house tonight.

Stay forever.  Put some pixie dust on me!

Come with me every time I go."

Play button

Ella: "Erin, the play button is the one with one arrow pointing toward the hand that makes a backwards L"

Edamame

Erin and Ella enjoyed eating their edamame...while stuck to the palms of their hands with mashed potatoes.

FLARP

Erin slept last night with FLARP (translation: greenish yellow slimey substance).

You can guess the results...

Pain in the Butt

Ella said, "That was a pain in the butt."

Mom said, "Ella, that's not polite."

Ella said, "Is that because someone who has a pain in their butt might be offended?"

Erin & the Barbies

Barbie in yellow dress:  "I'm so sad."

Snow White barbie:  "Why?"

Barbie in yellow dress:  "Because my prince likes me, and I don't like my prince!"

Blankie

Erin said, "I want to keep my blanket forever. Even after I die, I want to keep my blanket."

Yum Boogers

I caught Ella eating a booger and said, "Yuck.  Why do you eat your boogers?"

"They taste good," she replied.  "They taste like apples."