The things they say...

Molly is really growing up. She is very independent and talking up a storm. She insists on doing everything herself, and I understand that it is important to give her a chance to try things on her own. So I usually give her an honest go, but after about 10 minutes of watching her try unsuccessfully to button the buttons on the BACK of her dress, I usually take over. Sometimes I have to explain to her that she is only two- and sometimes Mommy's need to help. Her new argument is- "I not two, I 'free'!!" I'm not even sure how to respond to that. "Okay. Whatever." Is usually all I come up with.
Ella initiated a conversation on the topic of boys and girls the other day in the car. She proceeded to tell me who all is a boy, and who all is a girl. When she announced that Molly was a girl, Molly just laughed and said- I not a girl. I a moose. For those of you who know her nickname, that was pretty funny. I think she's really internalized it. On Friday I told her she was being a crazy animal, and she said, "I not an animal. I a moose." I said- "Oh, you're a crazy moose?" Molly- "No, I a happy moose!"
Ella has also picked up a few words in her vocabulary. Unfortunately, they are rarely used in the right context, and when they are, I'm pretty sure its by accident. The words are: disgusting, boring, and shocking (my personal favorite). Whenever we ask her to do something that she doesn't want to do she says- "That's boring and shocking!" Usually any time Molly is bothering her, it's disgusting. We tried to explain to her what the words meant, and she responded by saying- "shocking".
Last night in the bath Ella was being a total grump, and she defended herself by saying that she hasn't gotten enough sleep lately because Molly keeps waking her up. Todd said- Um, the other day before work I came into your room and you were the one trying to wake up your sister. Ella said- "Well, I had to wake her up to tell her not to wake me up any more!"
Gotta love it!