Ellie's first party

I was talking to B on the phone and turned around to see "friends" in the chairs and the table "set" with table cloth and all.  More preschool play coming on line :-)


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Ellie Speak

I have to say...I'm totally digging on the third year of life so far.  Being able to fully communicate is really wonderful and makes parenting so much easier.   Not that parenting is easy but it's nice knowing that your little person is fully aware of what you are directing to do (or not to do).  I can hold her more accountable because I "know" she knows what we are saying.

But on the more light hearted side, it's also fun to see how her brain is processing grammar at this stage.  Ellie definitely has "Ellie Speak".  I've been jotting down some of the funny/interesting/cute phrasing she's used in the last month.

• Big "Sleep" = Big Bed
• "Happy Birthday" = Ice Cream and/or Cake
• "Walking man hiding in the hand" =  Our Pedestrian Signals are a combined Hand/Walking Man.  So she observed that the walking man was hiding behind the orange hand when looking at the lit hand.
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• I'll be righhhht back.
• Just one minute
• Momma says "Where are you Ellie?" She replys "Here am me"

She's loosing the heavy accent and I find people are starting to understand her better.  Although she seems to be lispy or has a way of pushing her tongue forward making "thhh" sounds instead of the correct sound.  Ahhhh...the joys of learning a language.  Something that's not very easy at all....coming from the person who's been trying to learn Spanish my entire adult life :)

Ellie's Frog

There's a statue of a frog at Ellie's school and she loves seeing it at the end of most days.  She used to just touch it but now she climbs it.  Oh to be a toddler :-)