An Elly-Bean, a Popsicle, and an Elephant

If you ask Elise these days what she is, she will likely reply that she is either an Elly-Bean (her nickname), a Popsicle, or her latest - an elephant. She is quite insistent on her current status of elephant. She claims that she is a sister elephant, Zion is a baby elephant, I am a mommy elephant, and Daddy is a daddy elephant. I have mostly gone along with her game. I've even fed her peanuts and told her that broccoli is elephant food too.

While her imaginative play grows, in other areas she is entirely too literal. The other day we were riding in our car. I mentioned to Jeffrey that Zion was walking really well. Elise piped up from the back, "No Mommy. Zion is not walking. He's sitting right here in his car seat."

She is also quick to catch me if I slip up on the name of an item, or the quantity of items. We have a Mr. Potato Head set that consists of a potato head, a carrot, and a head of corn. When I suggested to Elise that we go and play potatoes, she quickly corrected me, "There are not potatoes Mommy, there is only one potato." I can't get away with anything around this girl.

We had a wonderful weekend spent with family at my cousin Andrew and Brenda's home. It was a mini reunion, including my aunt and uncle from California, my cousin Sarah from Yemen, and my grandparents from McMinnville, TN. Unfortunately we forgot our camera. So you will just have to imagine some of the highlights which included building a tower of blocks around Elise, Zion zooming up the stairs, lots of games, and my grandma's homemade blueberry pie.