Elise's bed

Elise doesn't like sleeping in her bed and tries to sleep with us every chance she gets (almost always comes into our bed in the middle of the night).  Tonight I hear her say to Bry, "I want you to give my bed to someone else. Give my bed to someone who doesn't have beds."

She remembers when I told her about how some homeless people don't have beds to people.  :)

Little mermaid

Elise is watching Little Mermaid and she asks, "Why is she only wearing a bra?"

Fight

Elise is in timeout because she kept standing on the bench. Today is the first day back from Christmas break and she's in a rotten mood.  Bry goes into the room and says, "are you going to stop standing on the bench?"

And Elise replies, "I will keep standing on the bench and you won't put me in timeout!!!"

I was dying. 

Reading

Elise has really developed an interest in words and reading lately.  She keeps asking us to tell her what certain words say and she talks about how she wishes she could read.  Last night, she seemed really bummed and said, "I wish I could read so that I can read books all by myself".  What's funny is that she seems pretty frustrated that we can read and yet she cannot. 

Tomorrow is her birthday.  Can't believe she's turning 3.  She has requested that we go to "Panda Bear Restaurant" (Panda Express).  She has her Christmas concert tomorrow and we're all excited!

So Thoughtful

As I'm trying to get Elise to fall asleep:  "I have a booger-present for you, Dada.  You can put it in your nose."

Lipstick

Elise has been talking about lipstick and I think must have seen her teacher put some on because I never wear it.  Today I hear her talking herself and saying the word "lipstick" and the next thing I know, she comes out of our room holding a purple marker with purple lips.  Hahahaha...  Too bad I didn't get a good picture.

Peer Pressure

Elise: Leah wears a belt.
Me: She wears a belt?
Elise: Yeah, she wears a belt everyday.
Me: Ohhhh.
Elise: Her mama bought her a belt.  Can you buy me a belt?  I want a belt.  Can you buy me a belt please?

She was very insistent.  She actually doesn't ask for a lot of things and so when she does ask, I do seriously consider it.  She's lucky that her birthday/Christmas are right around the corner.  Today we went to a baby shower and they had cake pops.  She asked if we could have Daniel Tiger cake pops for her birthday party.  I tried to explain how that would be really hard and hopefully she'll just forget about it because the last time I made cake pops, it was a disaster.