The other night we got home late after a superbowl party and I was putting Ella to bed. We were snuggling after we'd done all the steps of the bedtime routine and had this conversation.
E: Mom do you know about yebayee?
Me: What?
E: Yebayee. From my school?
Me: what?? (this went back and forth for a LONG time)
E: yebayee and justice.
Me: what are you saying ella?
E: yebayee and justice for all!!
Me: (slowly wheels turn in my head...first recognition...then surprise...then shock...) Wait, "liberty and justice for all"? Do you know the pledge of allegiance???
I'm staring at Ella in disbelief at this point and sitting up in the chair where she'd been laying on me and this is what she said....(actually this is what she said after I screamed for Chris to come and bring the camera)...
I almost cried I was so proud and she was so cute. Apparently they say it at school every day but I had no idea! Since when does the 2yr old class at a preschool recite the pledge? I just didn't expect it! There's something wonderful and awful about your kid being old enough to learn things without you. Oh and excuse her slight slurring, it was about 10pm and she usually goes to bed at 7pm so she was a little out of it :-) Beautiful to a mommy's ears nonetheless.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Artsy-Craftsy
We've been rather crafty lately. We made necklaces at a new bead place in town today, puppets yesterday, and lots of play doh this week. I'm hoping to continue with this trend because we both really enjoy these projects so it's good bonding time.
A couple days ago when we were playing with play doh we were making animals and Ella was putting each one on a circle on the placemats we were using and calling it our "zoo." I just kept cranking out the animals and giving them to her until I noticed the zoo was getting smaller not larger. I asked her what she was doing and she explained that she was squishing all of the animals now to make dumplings. I had never heard her talk about dumplings before but I asked some questions and eventually found out that she learned how to make them from "Yeh-Yeh" (the grandpa) one of her favorite shows "NiHao Kai Lan." We talked about how Aunt Ping is from China just like Kai Lan and she agreed that Ping makes very good dumplings too. We spent about 30 minutes having our "dumpling party" with her play doh creations. That girl cracks me up!
A couple days ago when we were playing with play doh we were making animals and Ella was putting each one on a circle on the placemats we were using and calling it our "zoo." I just kept cranking out the animals and giving them to her until I noticed the zoo was getting smaller not larger. I asked her what she was doing and she explained that she was squishing all of the animals now to make dumplings. I had never heard her talk about dumplings before but I asked some questions and eventually found out that she learned how to make them from "Yeh-Yeh" (the grandpa) one of her favorite shows "NiHao Kai Lan." We talked about how Aunt Ping is from China just like Kai Lan and she agreed that Ping makes very good dumplings too. We spent about 30 minutes having our "dumpling party" with her play doh creations. That girl cracks me up!
Playdate at Jen's
I realized I've never blogged about our lovely playdates at Jen's house. Jen is one of those lovely people who is welcoming and generous and doesn't mind kids making messes or climbing all over her things (within reason). Jen has 2 beautiful little girls (L is Ella's age and C is 8 months) and they have mountains of toys that are different from ours (Jen is quite the creative toy buyer) so Ella always has a blast with L getting into everything. On this occasion Amy was sick so we took Hannah with us and the three girls played for HOURS with only a few fires for us to put out (figurative ones of course). Thanks for letting us come wreck your house Jen! We love you! (and we'll be there to do it again tomorrow!)
Jen and baby C
The girls snuck into C's crib and were in the midst of a full fledged game of "Animal Hospital" when we found them.
And of course with 3 little girls, dress up ensued.
My little disco princess diva in full costume. She walks shockingly well in heels. Oh teenage years...stay away...
Jen and baby C
The girls snuck into C's crib and were in the midst of a full fledged game of "Animal Hospital" when we found them.
And of course with 3 little girls, dress up ensued.
My little disco princess diva in full costume. She walks shockingly well in heels. Oh teenage years...stay away...
Ella at 3
I really need to record what Ella is doing developmentally and what she's like at this age since I'm bound to forget. So, at 3 and 3months...here's the deal...
Physical:
*Ella is now in the 75th percentile for height and weight (first time she's been over 50!) at 34 lbs and 38 inches
*She is jumping and running with no problem but hasn't quite mastered walking up/down stairs alternating feet (possibly because we have no stairs in our house!)
*She has started to hold pens and crayons correctly rather than "fisting" them but still does both
*Ella has been completely day potty trained since about September but still wears a pull-up at night. I'm not really concerned about it. When her pull ups are dry in the morning she can switch to underwear. Or when she's too big for pull ups :-)
*Ella's "schedule" is much less stringent than when she was younger but basically she wakes up at 7:45 am (she almost always woke up about an hour later than that until she went into a big girl bed-weird) and has rest time (in her room with books and toys for an hour) mid afternoon and goes to sleep between 7pm and 8pm depending on the day/other commitments.
Social/Emotional
*Ella does get in skirmishes with kids when playing but it's never constant or serious. She doesn't always stop the first time I tell her to but she's much more likely to disobey me than hit/grab from another kid at this point in life. She tends to be motherly with other kids-hugging them, guiding them on the back as they walk, wanting to hold their hand, especially if they're younger than her.
*Ella easily identifies her emotions when we ask her-sad, mad, happy, or frustrated. When she's angry she tends to growl to herself-it's kind of funny and kind of disturbing.
*She's easily scared by "scary" looking or mean characters in books or on TV so we're very careful about what she sees.
*We can take her to a restaurant with about a 65% chance of it being without incident (this is MUCH better than 6 months or a year ago). She still really struggles to stay in her seat at meal times (because she doesn't care about food) so we're working on that a lot at home so hopefully it'll translate to when we're out.
Food
*Ella is still uber-picky. She will ALWAYS eat any kind of cracker or chip or bread or popcorn. And will ALWAY drink pretty much anything you offer her (especially milk). She usually eats pb&j sandwiches, pb & honey sandwiches, chicken (often in nugget form), green beans, olives, cheese, mandarin oranges, peaches, and peas pretty reliably. She will sometimes eat hot dogs, ground beef (like taco meat), broccoli, tomatoes, bananas. She is resistant to try anything new but we're trying to get her to at least try a bite of new things. She generally eats very small amounts but surprises us every now and then. Usually what she eats probably amounts to about 1 cup of food per meal or less. It's not unusual for her to eat a few bites of a sandwich and 3 green beans and be done. My latest plan has been to not let her snack so she'll eat more at her meals and it seems to help but she just has a very small stomach I guess!
Likes/Dislikes
*Ella is obsessed with pink (clothes, hair accessories, backpacks, shoes, everything) but recently said light blue is also her favorite color and has stuck with it for a couple weeks
*Ella is REALLY into Cinderella (it's the only appropriate Disney movie we own) and all princesses
*Ella loves to paint with watercolors but rarely is interested in drawing or coloring
*She still enjoys playdough and it usually turns into pretend play
*As much as I got excited about her interest in dress up clothes, she rarely plays with them lately :-(
*Ella's favorite possessions are 1)her enormous disney storybooks
2)her pink sparkly shoes
3)her light green "blankey"
4)videos
5)board games
Physical:
*Ella is now in the 75th percentile for height and weight (first time she's been over 50!) at 34 lbs and 38 inches
*She is jumping and running with no problem but hasn't quite mastered walking up/down stairs alternating feet (possibly because we have no stairs in our house!)
*She has started to hold pens and crayons correctly rather than "fisting" them but still does both
*Ella has been completely day potty trained since about September but still wears a pull-up at night. I'm not really concerned about it. When her pull ups are dry in the morning she can switch to underwear. Or when she's too big for pull ups :-)
*Ella's "schedule" is much less stringent than when she was younger but basically she wakes up at 7:45 am (she almost always woke up about an hour later than that until she went into a big girl bed-weird) and has rest time (in her room with books and toys for an hour) mid afternoon and goes to sleep between 7pm and 8pm depending on the day/other commitments.
Social/Emotional
*Ella does get in skirmishes with kids when playing but it's never constant or serious. She doesn't always stop the first time I tell her to but she's much more likely to disobey me than hit/grab from another kid at this point in life. She tends to be motherly with other kids-hugging them, guiding them on the back as they walk, wanting to hold their hand, especially if they're younger than her.
*Ella easily identifies her emotions when we ask her-sad, mad, happy, or frustrated. When she's angry she tends to growl to herself-it's kind of funny and kind of disturbing.
*She's easily scared by "scary" looking or mean characters in books or on TV so we're very careful about what she sees.
*We can take her to a restaurant with about a 65% chance of it being without incident (this is MUCH better than 6 months or a year ago). She still really struggles to stay in her seat at meal times (because she doesn't care about food) so we're working on that a lot at home so hopefully it'll translate to when we're out.
Food
*Ella is still uber-picky. She will ALWAYS eat any kind of cracker or chip or bread or popcorn. And will ALWAY drink pretty much anything you offer her (especially milk). She usually eats pb&j sandwiches, pb & honey sandwiches, chicken (often in nugget form), green beans, olives, cheese, mandarin oranges, peaches, and peas pretty reliably. She will sometimes eat hot dogs, ground beef (like taco meat), broccoli, tomatoes, bananas. She is resistant to try anything new but we're trying to get her to at least try a bite of new things. She generally eats very small amounts but surprises us every now and then. Usually what she eats probably amounts to about 1 cup of food per meal or less. It's not unusual for her to eat a few bites of a sandwich and 3 green beans and be done. My latest plan has been to not let her snack so she'll eat more at her meals and it seems to help but she just has a very small stomach I guess!
Likes/Dislikes
*Ella is obsessed with pink (clothes, hair accessories, backpacks, shoes, everything) but recently said light blue is also her favorite color and has stuck with it for a couple weeks
*Ella is REALLY into Cinderella (it's the only appropriate Disney movie we own) and all princesses
*Ella loves to paint with watercolors but rarely is interested in drawing or coloring
*She still enjoys playdough and it usually turns into pretend play
*As much as I got excited about her interest in dress up clothes, she rarely plays with them lately :-(
*Ella's favorite possessions are 1)her enormous disney storybooks
2)her pink sparkly shoes
3)her light green "blankey"
4)videos
5)board games
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Snow Day at Aunt BooBoo's
Yesterday was Martin Luther King's Bday and we planned to meet Marissa at a museum downtown that was having kids stuff all day but then...IT SNOWED! I am obsessively in love with snow for anyone who doesn't know. OBESSESSSSSED. I was jumping around and screaming when it started and I'm still sad that it didn't stick at our house :-( Anyway, we ended up just going down to Marissa's house and hanging out for the afternoon because it was actually snowing HARD there and sticking. We had a great time-thanks for having us over Marissa!
Marissa got rid of her bed frame and now has this big loungey bed on the floor with lots of blankets and pillows. Ella was in heaven. She giggled uncontrollably and wanted to play in the bed for a LONG time. Gizmo, Marissa's roommate's dog got in on the action too.
Next we made cookies and matzo ball soup. Ella helped some and then watched some Curious George while we finished up.
Then we took Gizmo out on a walk and played around in the snow. See! It really snowed!
We warmed up with a wild game of Zingo which Ella promptly lost interest in as soon as she lost (I won!). Fun day!
Marissa got rid of her bed frame and now has this big loungey bed on the floor with lots of blankets and pillows. Ella was in heaven. She giggled uncontrollably and wanted to play in the bed for a LONG time. Gizmo, Marissa's roommate's dog got in on the action too.
Next we made cookies and matzo ball soup. Ella helped some and then watched some Curious George while we finished up.
Then we took Gizmo out on a walk and played around in the snow. See! It really snowed!
We warmed up with a wild game of Zingo which Ella promptly lost interest in as soon as she lost (I won!). Fun day!
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