Everything is a question

Ellis is a little parrot right now. He can he say pretty much everything and is not afraid to try! He even knows multiple words for one thing and speaks in pretty much complete sentences. My favorite thing that he does right now is when everything is a question. It is hard to capture without the audio but it is him basically repeating any statement he hears and asking it in a high pitched lilting question. Mac and cheese = Mach and chEESE? Cereal = ceREAL? It is too funny and cracks me up every single time.

Ellis is quite a pistol. And you basically know when he is going to go off. Like when it is time to eat. Or he has to be woken up from a nap. Or if a toy does not work. Or if you look at him funny. It is torture for all around. I really hope this phase stops soon because it is really annoying. He is lucky he is damn cute!

Clara has become such a sponge lately. Asking questions about everything and the Whys? never end. She is really into writing right now. She can write her own name, Ellis' name, Mommy, Daddy and Lola taught her how to write Lola and Lolo now. She is asking about so many things it is hard to keep up and sometimes I don't even know the answers. And she is not even FOUR yet! For her birthday, I am going to get her some chapter books so at least we will have something more interesting to read to her!

She is becoming more interested in what other people are doing. How they are different than her or why they do what they do. Her hair has become quite an issue. She wants to wear her hair down a lot now because she notices a lot of other girls do and she wants to do the same. But ever since she saw that one of the mermaids in Ariel's New Beginning has her hair up, I can all of a sudden put her hair up again! A side note on this movie. She loves it and tells EVERYONE that she has a new Ariel movie.

They are beginning to play more together which is so nice. And Clara is always willing to help him out if he needs it. Before school, their favorite thing to do is run in circles around the kitchen to foyer to librarium to dining room and over and over again. It gets their energy out and I can clean up lunch! So far no one has lost an eyeball to running into a piece of furniture.