Kids Say The Darndest Things!

My day started out at about 4:45am when Josh's alarm went off. He was working 6am-2pm today - and I laid in bed until 6:30 - never falling back asleep but hoping I would! I finally got up and got in the shower and got ready, got Ella ready, and then we headed off to the grocery store. Well we are walking into Kroger and there is a man walking in behind us. He was older and just kind of shaggy looking. Ella pointed at him and started saying, "bad man" over and over! I didn't know what to do but to just talk to her loudly, get her to stop pointing, and hope that he thought she was saying, "batman!" :) I asked Josh later if he has ever pointed out a "bad man" - he said no...so where that came from...I'm really not sure!

And then last night at dinner...I told Ella she couldn't eat her sweet potatoes yet that they needed to cool, and she said, "yes ma'am." Wow! The sitter is teaching them some manners! And sure enough...she said it again numerous times today. I thought that was so funny - it completely took me off guard last night!

This afternoon, I did some good cleaning. Vacuumed everything! Did 4 loads of laundry. Swiffered the floors and polished them. Cleaned the bathroom. And even wiped down all the doors - to get any paw prints off the doors - those puppies sometimes can make a mess!

Annnnd....we moved Ella to a big girl bed...first night is tonight! We'll see how it goes. Our friends gave us one to use for a while...I really wasn't quite ready for it - she's been doing just fine in her crib...but Josh was ready for her to go to the bed. And Ella was ecstatic about it!

We're about an hour into it...and so far so good. She hasn't made a peep. We put safety knobs on the door knobs that will prevent her from being able to open the door. And the baby gate is going right outside her door. Just to be on the safe side!

Our little girl is getting so big!

We went to dinner with our friends tonight who loaned us the bed. Ella ate a huge piece of pizza (almost the entire thing), a few fries, and a few chips. How healthy! But she did eat grapes and quiche for lunch. That helped balance it!

Well I need to go shred the pork for BBQ this week for Josh. It's easier for me to make things ahead for the week on the weekends.