Ella: Ani, let’s pretend we’re sisters!
[long pause]
Ella: Actually we are sisters.
Ella: Name your favorite fruit.
Ani: Ice cream.
Ella: That’s not a fruit.
Ani: Oh. Let me try again.
Ani: Where’s mama?
Ella: She’s in her closet.
Ani: You in da closet, big mama?
Star is crying
Ella: Mom! Turn her toward me so she can see my soothing face.
Listening to my mom reading to her
Ella: There’s something I find troublesome about this book.
Ella: While you were in the bathroom, I opened the fridge and the bowl of cookie dough fell out.
Janssen: Oh, that happened to me earlier too. I don’t know why that bowl is falling out.
[A few minutes later]
Ella: I feel like now that we’ve both had that same experience, we’re even closer friends than we were before.
Sitting on the driveway in the bright sunshine
Ella: Whew! I’m sweating like a poodle in a fire pit.
Janssen: . . . .
While discussing what candy she is going to pick for a movie
Ella: I’m not going to get Raisinettes again.
Janssen: Did you not like them?
Ella: It’s just really disappointing when you think you’re getting a chocolate candy and then you find out it’s a raisin inside.
While I’m getting her dressed
Ani: This shirt has pockets!
[puts her hands in the pockets and then looks up at me with a disappointed face]
Ani: Oh, dees pockets not have no money in dem.
Ella: I don’t want you to have any more kids.
Janssen: Okay . . .
Ella: Because I am just DONE with you nursing.
P.S. Previous hilarity from Ella here. And this wooden Ferris Wheel is from A Summer Afternoon.
Landen says
Bwahahaha!!! I totally love these! Your girls are awesome! And hilarious!
Chrissie says
Oh my gosh, Ella is a riot. I love these posts!
Heather Holland says
Hahaha! These had me literally laughing out loud. Ella is so funny, and she seems so smart for her age! Must be all the books 😉
MommySizedHeart says
Ella is hilarious and Ani is catching up!
Kimberly F. says
These are my favorite posts. So fun to see what kids pick up on from adults and how they mangle it.
Pienkel says
These are the best! My 5yo frequently asks me to play "mom and dad" with him. Then I'll be the mom, and he's the kid… Fine with me 😉
Paige Flamm says
These are my favorite posts of yours! your girls are too funny!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
Kathleen Forbes says
Oh my GOSH these are AMAZING! Thank you so much for brightening my Monday.
himabindu says
My favorite kind of posts. You should always post them on Mondays.
kperantie says
I love the crazy analogies kids come up with. We just moved and we were sweeping out the garage at the old house. My 5 y.o. said "This garage is as empty as a microwave when no one's awake."
Natalie says
Raisinettes disappoint me, too. The struggle is real.
Carole says
you were an amusing toddler, but not like she is!
Melanie says
It's so hard for me to imagine Ani talking; she's still a baby in my mind!
Michelle says
I have to agree with her about the raisins and chocolate thing!
Jodi says
Ahh, love it. So fun now that you have another talker in the mix.
JoLee says
So funny. I'm totally going to pull out that "poodle in a fire pit" comment the next time I'm super hot.
Kayla says
I just spent a solid 1/2 hour going back and reading the posts with the "Ella Says" tag. Thank you very much for the ab workout.
Your blog has been one of my very favorite post-mission things to catch up on. And posts like this (and your reading recommendations) are exactly why.
Janssen says
Thank you! She is the best 🙂
Miriam Bucknell says
i just love reading these!!! you should seriously make them into a book they are priceless!!!