Ella's imagination is just soaring. She still absolutely loves her books, but now she likes to read them like her teachers do at preschool, holding the pictures out for us to see. She also likes to "read" them herself, with her stories always starting with "Once upon a time..."
Ella loves preschool. She definitely loves her "stay home days," but she also really likes her teachers and the fun things they do at preschool. She is learning a lot. She loves to write. She can write some of her letters! She can also draw a pretty awesome, "Mat Man."
Her teacher sent home a list of ideas for how to help her practice writing. I find it hard to spend time on school stuff, though. She is only 3 1/2 and we like to spend time having dance parties, wrestling with Daddy and Parker, and snuggling while watching a movie. Ella adores her movies. We have to limit how much she can watch them. Her favorites are: Trucks (Cars), Snow White, Tangled, Bambi, Princess and the Frog, etc. I never thought my child would have a tv in their bedroom, but guess what? Ella now has a tv in her room. My parents had a tv that they weren't using so we decided to go for it.
Ella loves to play pretend. She likes to serve us food and drinks from her kitchen. She reminds me of when I was a little girl. Soon she will be following in my footsteps and playing waitress when we have company over, taking everyone's order on her notepad. One night, our Parents as Teachers program had a "Pretend & Play" event. Ella loved it. They had a post office, library, pizza shop, campout, fire station, grocery store, hospital, and some others. Ella enjoyed the hospital station...here she is giving her baby a shot.
She loved the grocery store. She went shopping and got to scan her items.
Ella has always been an emotional little girl, very in touch with her feelings and the feelings of others. She loves to talk about whether she is happy or not. She will say, "That makes me very happy" or "That does not make me happy." Everyone and everything is at some point her best friend, but then quickly not her best friend also. Ella is still so loving...running up to give us a hug or wrap her arms around our legs telling us she loves us or she is glad we are home. Out of the blue, she will say, "I love you." Love her. She asked her teacher today, "Do you love me?" :)
She is getting so big! We are buying 4T now and finding that many of her 3T shirts no longer fit. She still loves gymnastics and likes dance. I think gymnastics is still her favorite. We are not trying to spoil her; I'm just curious to see which one she will want to continue with. Plus, with Parker and Baby Riley getting older, they will have their own activities and she will have to limit her activities then.
The constant chatter and questioning has started. The "why" question has definitely found its place in her language. She loves to talk while we are driving. This morning, she was explaining to me that we could fly up to the sun and hang out on it if the sun would let us. She is fascinated that the sun, stars, and moon just seem to follow us as we drive.
Parker and Ella are true siblings. They love each other, but they do not always like each other. Ella definitely likes her space and Parker definitely likes to be in it! Sometimes the love between them is just so awesome to watch. Sometimes, though, they can get each other going like crazy.
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