Ella and the Look of Death

Number one Darling Daughter has just scrunched up her birth certificate and thrown it in the bin. That is her idea of helping me with paperwork. Don't think she was quite prepared for the reaction that got....



Anyway, Ella is just Ella - seems to have taken a move to the other side of the world completely in her stride. Still funny, stroppy, stubborn, smart and always right. (Don't go there...) The 'Look of Death', by the way, is the filthy look Ella gives you when she doesn't like what you are saying - which is often....

She is still refusing all attempts at toilet training. She can't see why she would want to interrupt her extremely busy life to sit on a cold toilet when she can just go in a nappy thank you very much - and yes, before you ask, we have tried removing the nappy and can in fact confirm that she is just as happy to go in her pants. She came to my room sheepishly with very wet trousers the other day and told me that it was OK cos she was only wet down one leg!

Conversation with Ella takes strange turns on a daily basis. Yesterday's ran like this
'Dad'
'Yes Ella'
'When can I have a pink Darth Vader?'
'Never, honey'
'Why?'
'Because Vader is Lord of the Dark Side and only comes in black'
'Why?'
'Because pink is bad for villains'
'Why?'
Because they prefer black'
'But I want a pink Darth Vader'
'Ella, Darth Vader only comes in black'
'Why?'
'OK, how about we put some pink dolly clothes on Darth Vader.... Don't tell the Galactic Empire...'


And the other day after a mammoth walk around Geelong, I made the fatal error of letting a snotty grumpy Will go in the back of the pram instead of Ella...
'WHY is Will in the pram???? That's MY pram!!! GET OUT OF MY PRAM WILL!!!'
Ella, Will is really not too well so we're going to let him have a little go in the pram while you walk for a bit
(Wailing) 'But it's MY pram and I want to go in it'
'Ella, I tell you what, how about we walk to the bakery up here and get a treat?'
(Will pipes up) 'I would like a treat'
'Will, don't you DARE talk!!! You are really NOT TOO WELL so be QUIET RIGHT NOW!'

Oh dear oh dear. That little girl is going to be trouble....

We sent over the kids' Leap Pads and Ella has taken over the My First LeapPad, which fortunately comes with Dora Susplora (as she is now called) - Ella's new best friend and mine too, since she keeps the Crazy One amused for hours. Ella now has Dora pants (pointless though that is), a Dora jigsaw, Dora books..... Seems like only 5 minutes since James was Dora daft (though he doesn't believe me about that) and littering his sentences with Spanish. Ella still loves Charlie and Lola and In the Night Garden too, and fortunately both are available here.

As you can see from the pictures, Ella has been in mummy's make-up too. This is her sporting a very fetching shade called Blushing Nude - Clinique mind - none of the cheap stuff for my girl. Unfortunately the effect is definitely more queen than princess, so clearly we will need to work on the application...