I need for you to know that I LOVE my child and I love my dog. However, for the last hour I have listened to non-stop screaming and barking. Beemer barks because that's what she does... unfortunately. I'm thinking about investing in a top-o-the-line bark collar because nothing seems to work. Either that or a pet psychic! Ella is screaming for a number of reasons. Reason #1 - she hates to "potty". Don't read CAN'T potty, read HATES to potty. I've decided that she doesn't like it. She will go as long as she possibly can in between potty visits. AAAGGGHHH. To the best of my recollection it has been 3 days. She cries and complains, we sit on the potty, we stand up. Instead of trying, she tries to prevent! Reason #2 - she wanted to take a bath instead of a shower. Unfortunately in ...
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Random Tuesday
Here is Ella cooking "breakfast" for dinner tonight for sweet Daddy. ...
Fancy Supper & a Weekend Update
I have the bad habit of making totally unhealthy junk-filled suppers while Josh is out of town. I really try to make healthy dinners, especially for Ella because I want her to be a better eater than I am. Unfortunately, when Josh is traveling it is really hard to do the nightly housework, bath & bedtime routine, blog and cook dinner (notice, I'm giving up dinner over blogging)! Anyway, tonight I was feeling frisky and decided to grill some chicken, make homemade mashed potatoes and fried squash. Not that is it terribly healthy, but it sure is yummy. While dealing with this... I was trying to deal with this. GRRR. Not only did she want me to watch and take pictures, but I had to make a few minor repairs to her high heels and jewelry and I had to rescue the necklace after it got ...
My favorite
This is what we do. Every day. Sometimes more than once. We watch the Jungle Book. Predominantly the elephants. Ella makes the elephant sound and sings the song. Precious. I attempted to watch 101 Dalmatians on Saturday, she yelled. We ONLY watch the Jungle Book. ...
One more time
It just means you might not get one tomorrow. I was going to put this photo in the hopper and save it for another day, but I can't wait. Josh & I were sitting on the couch watching Survivor and we heard loud footsteps. This is what we saw. Precious, no? She walks in them about as well as I do. I'm not sure if that is good or bad... I'm pretty clumsy! Have you noticed how Bunny is in virtually every photograph of Ella that I take? I'm working on a time line of Bunny's appearances that I'm hoping to share in the next few days. I thought it might be fun to see the many places she's been! ...
I’m a Big Girl Now!
No, we aren't potty trained. BUT, we are a very big girl. We learned to do a few things this week that we've been working on. We learned how to pull stickers off of a page and put them on our coloring sheets. She's been really frustrated with this and I've been showing her how to "bend the page and take them off". On Sunday, she said, "Look Mommy, I can, I can... I can do stickers!" Then that same day she asked to take a shower. This is huge. She screams at the mere mention of the S word. So, I put her in with me and she loved it. Here are a few silly girl pictures from tonight's shower. That second one I call "devious". Enjoy! ...
Just like mommy
Forgive me for not posting much this week, it has been a little intense (see Monday's post). Last night I didn't make it to the final night of revival because I am SICK. Instead, I nursed my sick self, ordered new business cards, folded laundry, bathed Ella, crafted, cleaned and paid bills. Other than reading my favorite blogs for the day, the only bright spot in the evening was this precious thing. When she got out of the bathtub she said, "Do my towel like Mommy." She got a real kick out of seeing herself in the mirror like this. Adorable, no? ...
Tea Party
Well, I'm sick and too tired for words. Instead here are sweet pictures of a tea party taking place in my living room. She had to have 2 spoons, 2 plates & 2 muffins. She's singing, "Coming round the mountain when she comes, yeehaw!" ...