Funny things

I'm recording our conversation right now:

Elise: I was sad at school today. 
Me: Why?
Elise: Luca and me were sad because we were just walking around doing sad things because we were so lonely.  Luca and me, we were walking around and holding hands like this with sad faces (mimics walking around with Luca was a sad face).
Me: Why can't be friends with Luca?
Elise: He can be my friend.  But Leah doesn't want to play with us because she keeps following, following, following us.
Me: Don't you want to be friends with Leah?
Elise: Yes, but she keeps walking around with Luca and me.
Me: She wants to be your friend.
Elise: I don't want to her friend.
Me: You said that you were lonely
Elise: No, Luca and me were BOTH lonely.
Me: What does lonely mean?
Elise: Sad things, not happy things.  Lonely means when you are sad.
Me: But WHY were you sad?
Elise: Because nobody else wanted to play with us.
Me: Like who?
Elise: (starts naming all of her friends)
Me: Didn't Leah want to play with you?
Elise: No, she kept following, following, following us.  

Earlier today:
Elise: I think ants are sad because they're just looking for their mommy and daddy.  They don't have a home.  We should share our house with the ants.  We shouldn't say that ants are gross.  We should say that ants are pretty. Oh little ant, you are so pretty!  We should say that.

We have to share our house with Nala (our neighbor cat), too.  Because she wants a house and she doesn't have a house. 

Silly Trick

Elise was begging Mar to turn on "Sofia the First," but Mar said no.

Elise said, "Do you want to see a silly trick?"  Mar replied, "Of course."

Elise:  "First you have to turn on the show!"

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."