Thinking of Names

Elle is in deep thought here, one day last month at the Zoo's aquarium.

We've been in deep thought, too, over BABY NAMES. We have a few we like, but are having a hard time choosing, narrowing. And then we keep discovering new ones and adding them to the list.

We tried asking Elle what she wants to call the new baby, and she has two reponses:

"Baby Sister"

"Stacianna" (her best friend at school.)

Not much help.

How about you, any ideas? Post away!

Car Washin'

Elle, like many two and a half year olds, loves to help. With everything. EVERYTHING.



Even things you don't really need or want help with( showers, going to the bathroom, brushing teeth;-)



She really wanted to help Kyle wash our cars. I think she ended up washing everything but the cars: Kyle's leg, the driveway, the bushes, herself.



She paused to take a spin or two with the wash cloth and I managed to snap a pretty good picture.

7:18 am

One morning last month I had to frost a chocolate mocha cake I'd made the night before for a family birthday party. Elle was helping, as usual, and after I made finished whipping the frosting I remembered how my mother and grandmother used to always let me lick the beaters (like so many children, right?)

I looked at the clock: it was 7:18 am. Not the ideal time for a sugar fix, right?

Ah, what the hell.