AK

Minutes ago

Me: "Do you know what kind of work AK does?"

Ellie:"No, what?"

Me:"She is a policewomen. She helps protect us."

Ellie: "Protect us? From what. . . . Poop?"

-EM

Christmas Photos

Thanks to Nans for the beautiful Christmas dress.

A belated Merry Christmas...

...to you all! We're doing well. Just busy, I guess. Ellie had a great time opening gifts. That said, I don't know that any gift in particular stands out. She seems to go through cycles of appreciating one gift over another. I guess that's a good thing. Thanks to all who contributed. I would list names, but I don't want to chance leaving someone out by accident. So, again, thanks to all and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as we did. Best wishes!

-ED

Antlers

Last month I made mention of some reindeer antlers Ellie received. The backstory is as follows. Shortly before the Christmas parade, we started reading "Olive, the Other Reindeer" to Ellie. As a result, she decided she wanted her own set of antlers for Christmas. Nanny, being the awesome Nanny she is, obliged but couldn't resist giving them to her any later than the day of the parade. The photos that follow, taken from that day, also reveal that Nanny couldn't stop at just one set of antlers.

-ED

Not that I needed the reminder...

...but as I was preparing our departure from nanny daycare today, the little one could be heard saying "Daddy, don't forget me!"

-ED

Queen Contrary

Ellie is in a phase, or at least I hope it is a phase, where she likes to disagree with us. It's not so bad except it usually manifests itself when she is cranky, and so it comes across as whining or fussing or something like that. Anyhow, the other morning she was doing this as we were headed out the door to "nanny daycare." In the midst of this particular episode, I said "You are so argumentative, aren't you?" Her response: "No, I'm not." All I could do was laugh. That's my girl.

-ED