Mommy's Smart

Ella calls the remote a "me-mope" and is obsessed with chapstick, which she calls "mips." She's become quite the little pickpocket for it. She means lips, but she absolutely can't say it with an L. She can say her name and other things with L just fine, but you can say it over and over to her and she just repeats "mips." It's funny because she's usually pretty particular with how she enunciates things, but she can't seem to get these two down. We don't usually try to correct her on these things, though, because we think it's cute.

I was always very confused by another of Ella's favorite random sayings: "There's a stink in my poop." I didn't really know where she learned it, but I thought it was funny nonetheless. She said it again today and Tanner repeated it back, only he said, "There's a snake in my boot." Hmm, apparently that's what she's been meaning this whole time.

Cute

Alex: "Mom, I can hear the thunder and Lightning McQueen! Go thunder and Lightning McQueen!"

Toilet Talk

Alex is in this stage where he likes to talk like an adult. If someone isn't talking, he gets nervous and starts trying to think of things to say to keep the conversation going. He sounds so funny cause he tries to sound so grown up, but the things he says are pretty funny. We're also all on a first-name basis.

Today I was cleaning the toilet. He and Ella were hovering over me, so I told them to leave so I could clean it without them licking it or drinking the Lysol or something like that. He said, "No, I can watch, Stace." I relented and let him stay. I flushed the toilet and he said (very grown-up-like), "Ew, that was a good flush, Stace!"....Thanks. A little while later he said, "I really like your toilet, Stacy!"....Thanks again. I'm so proud I'm a good flusher and have a likeable toilet.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Our American friends had a Cinco de Mayo party tonight that was a lot of fun. I scored this stylin' sombrero for winning the salsa cook-off and now Alex thinks he has a hat "like Woody's." Alex loves playing with friends. He gets so excited and a little out of control whenever other kids are around. We had the party at a park and he just kept running around yelling, "This is the best...day...EVER!!!" I realized later he must've learned that from "Tangled."


Unfortunately, Ella fell off the top of the playground (over 5 feet) and landed on her face. Luckily I wasn't there to see it or I would've hyperventilated for her. You can see the scratches on her face a little better in the bottom picture, but it really looks a lot worse than that. It was so sad! The summer bumps and bruises begin! She makes a pretty cute little senorita though!


(Yes, she's wearing winter jammies with snowflakes and it was 83 degrees when I put her to bed. Time for some more summer PJs!)

Random Stuff

I couldn't wait for Ella to be big enough to start wearing nightgowns. I always wore them when I was a little girl. I spotted this on the clearance rack at Target and had to get it. It's our favorite. Tanner puts her in it every night cause he loves it so much. Love those teeth!


This was at Kite Day this year. Unfortunately it was in the upper 80s and there was pretty much no wind. Most of the kids were running to get their kites in the air, but then of course there were those die-hard kite-flying adults with home-improved kites who were also running full speed to get their kites to fly. (The same adults playing in the splash pad with all the little kids.) They're so cool.


This was on Easter Sunday. My parents came down to visit so we had 3 total Easter egg hunts--Nana and Papa's, the Easter Bunny's, and the scripture egg hunt. Alex is getting smarter in his old age and dubbed Nana and Papa's the favorite because he got money. Guess he's starting to get what's important in life. He's been carrying around that $4 since they left.


Look familiar? Nope, I didn't post the same picture twice, and I didn't post a picture of Ella in her nightgown in the future. This is Alex wearing Ella's nightgown (which he wears pretty much whenever she isn't). He's started to demand we call him either Princess or Ella when he wears it and he spins around singing, "I'm a princess!" Tanner came home from work the first time and tried to get him to put on his Transformers costume with no luck. Guess he's got the figure for it.