Ella

Ella, Ella, Ella.  What can I say.  She is one heck of a kid.  Ella is 7 years old and in the second grade.  She is doing great in school and her teacher only had one complaint about her.  She said that Ella needs to speak up in class, she is too quiet.  Rick and I paused a very long time at this news.  You see, Ella is the loudest child EVER.  She has this high pitched voice that permeates the house.  She says she has to speak loud otherwise we do not answer her ( when she is talking over all the other people).  She is partly correct.  Being the third child has instilled a survival trait in her, so she is so loud.  When it comes to school, well, I have no idea what to do.  How do I tell her to speak up when all I do at home is tell her to speak softer?  Such quandaries?
Ella has started the piano this year, and also Girl Scouts.  She is making new friends and bossing the other friends around.  Oh, she isn't that bad, but she does rule the roost.  I find myself teaching Zachary how to stand up to her, he is too nice and she is ruthless.
Ella is all girl and loves jewelry and pretty clothes.  She was a tad agitated a few months ago when she got some food caught in her long tresses, so she decided that waiting around for help was just asking too much, so she cut her own hair.  Ella has a cute short bob now!
Just today Ella and I went on a Mommy and Ella date to see Tangled.  It was a great movie and I love my alone time with Miss Ella.  She has a ton of questions, and she has even more ideas on how to do things.
Ella is enjoying crafts more and more, which makes me happy.  She likes to be creative and I look forward to helping her.  At the beginning of the year Ella was huge into jump rope and now is enjoying the monkey bars at school.  She loves silly bands, but I think the thrill of the trade is really what she enjoys.  Ella also thought she was going to be a cheerleader when she got older.  She would practice at school with the other girls, so I enrolled her in a one day clinic to get it out of her system.  After the performance, I asked her if her dream was still to cheer, she said it was too much work.  No tears were shed on my end.
Ella also has a great imagination, she and Todd play great together, and she has a crush on a boy in the second grade.  I have my hands full...but I am the luckiest Mom ever.