Ella is definitely a two year old. She is going through all of the developmental stages that she’s supposed to be going through (lucky us!). One of the stages is establishing independence. Tonight, Sunny, Ella and I went out to dinner right by our place. As we were getting off the elevator, Ella looked at me and said, “No mama – you stay here. Don’t come.” I said, “OK – I’ll stay here”. Sunny felt bad for me and said, “I want mama to come with us – come on mama.” Ella then looked at both of us and said, “No mama, no mommy – don’t come with Ella.” We played along with her – we were like, “OK – we won’t come”. Ella took the house keys from us and proceeded to walk down the hall. When she was pretty far away from us, we heard her say, “I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you”. We took her cue, ran down the hall and got her. She loved it. Then I realized that I had my camera and I got some pretty good video of Ella trying to be independent. Then I got her by the elevator introducing herself…ballerina Ella…to the world.
So did she clean up Bug and Tobey’s poop? Quite an independent little girl you’ve got there. I love it. Love you. Mom