Ella and I had a great day today. We went to My Gym in the morning. While we were at My Gym, during “separation time” (where the kids play with each other and the parents sit off to the side) there were these puppet/stuffed animals all over for the kids to play with. Ella was playing with the instruments and the animals and she really took a liking to this frog puppet. It was time to clean up and Ella helped clean everything up, but she wouldn’t take her finger out of the frog puppet. I had to bring her into the room where they stored the stuff in order to get her to give it up. I also had to promise her that we would look for a frog just like that one after lunch. I have to start paying attention to what I say now that Ella is not only completely verbal but she also remembers everything. After My Gym, we had lunch along the water. When Ella finished her lunch, she looked at me and said, “Mama, I’m finished with my grilled cheese and french fries – now it’s time to go to the store to find the frog”. Oy…so we hopped on a train and went downtown to Jeffrey’s toy store. We found not one, but 2 little froggies. Ella was in the store, holding them and said, “I want to take these home”. I told her that we were going to buy them and take them home”. She began to cry and said, “I don’t want to buy them, I want to take them home”. I tried to explain the whole concept of buying to Ella, but that’s not so smart when a child is crying, so I just dropped it. We walked home from the place and the froggies never left her fingers. When we came home, it was time for Ella’s nap, but the nap never happened. Ella did lay down for a few minutes but then she made her announcement, “MAMA, I’M AWAKE!” Thanks for letting me know Ella. Mommy came home from work and we had dinner at Helen and Ron’s. The girls had a really great time. None of them were really into eating, but they played really well together while the 4 of us ate. Ella fell asleep at 9:00 tonight – early for her.
Here are 2 videos. One is from the other day when she was doing her version of ballet in her little white outfit, and the other movie is from today. It’s of Ella singing her interpretation of “Part Of Your World” from the Little Mermaid. She learned the song all by herself from watching the movie which is really impressive. If you know the song, you’ll appreciate the video.