Some Elli Stories

I just love my girl.

Elli wanted to know how big the baby was so I showed her with my hands, about 6 inches.  She said, "Oh, that must be painful to be that small and have all your parts."

Elli asked me to tell her how much I loved her.  I usually say things like twenty million times around the moon and back or something along those lines.  Since we were in the car, I said, "If we drove in this car for the rest of our lives as far as we could go, over and over, it would still not be enough."  She replied, "That was weird mom, or odd, but could you just tell me in the usual way?"

Elli learned to tie her shoes today.  She is so very proud!

A couple weeks ago while watching birds in our backyard, we began a conversation about how God made males more colorful and why. That lead into many different species of animals, and how the males compete for females. It ended with a description of how female humans are actually more beautiful than the male humans, the male humans spy a female they want, then act crazy to get her to be his. You get the picture? Elli looked at daddy and said, "You are pretty sneaky, huh?"

Elli is gaining confidence in reading and doing more of it.  We are also enjoying reading The Magician's Nephew.

At dinner, Elli asked if we were going to the lake this year. Since we usually go Memorial Day weekend, I said, "Mommy will be very pregnant at that time." Elli said, "Awww, we will miss you."
Elli went to a class at church called Kids 101 tonight to talk about what it means to be a Christian.  Our children's pastor told me that Elli was very mature for her age and said she was able to articulate her love for Jesus and His love for her.  Thankful mommy moment.

There are countless stories from my sweet, funny little girl, but I cannot possibly even begin to write them all down.  She is witty and such a blessing.  Cannot wait to see what an awesome big sister she is going to be.