A few funny things happened tonight. First, we were having dinner with friends and one of them had a boy who was about 3 1/2. The mom was taking him out her car for a minute and Ella wanted to go. Sunny wanted her to stay in the restaurant and Ella was not listening. Sunny said (in a stern voice)…”Ella, do not go outside”. Ella said, “But I want to” over and over and over. Then Sunny said, “I know that you want to but you need to stay here right now. Please come over her.” “Ella says, “I don’t want to” Sunny says, “Come over here.” This went on for a minute or so and then Ella looked at Sunny and said, “If you keep saying ‘come over here’, they are going to kick us out of the restaurant. Sunny turned away so she wouldn’t laugh. Instead she started counting. Ella then said, “If you start counting in the restaurant, they are going to kick you out”. Pretty funny stuff. We all went back to Blush and met up with the Kim/Arenas. The people who work there are super sweet and they always give the kids cups filled with gummy worms and tiny gummy bears. The kids had a feast and were pretty wired after dessert. It was pretty late when we came home (late for Ella is anywhere past 8 because it takes her at least an hour to fall asleep). She went up, brushed her teeth, put on her nightgown and then wanted to listen to a book called “Skippy John Jones”. She likes to act the book out. At one point, skippy john jones is jumping on his bed. I told Ella that she could jump on her bed when Skippy John Jones did, but Ella’s plan was to jump during the whole story. Since jumping makes Ella even more happy and excited, I had to squash her plan. Then she decided that she wanted to take this box off of her shelf that had some seashells and incense in it. I told her that she could not get the box because it was bed time. She told me that she didn’t like my answer no and that it made no sense. I wanted her to get a little clarity, so I said, “If you were at school and it was time to do something like nap time or art time and you asked Ms. Alicia if you could do something else and she said no, what would you say? She looked at me and said, “I would say, OK”. She realized what she said and told me, “Mama, you don’t make sense.” Oh well, what are you gonna do? Ella asked me to do something else and I said, “No”. She then told me that I needed to work on saying yes instead of no. I told her that we would have to work together on it. We are in so much trouble when Ella is 10 or 11.
These are a few photos that were taken on Sunday by the babysitter of one of Ella’s classmates. She is getting her masters at the Academy of Art in photography and was looking for kids to photograph to represent the cycle of life. She’s going to give me the whole disc next week so stand by. Goodnight everyone.
What gorgeous pictures! As to the “working on things” talk, what a challenge a bright child is! Ella needs an answer and explanation for everything, and unfortunately there isn’t always one. Love you. Mom