My little mermaid

The things this girl wouldn't do to play in the water.
After some really hot days, I decided to clean up and set up Ellie's pool. She loves being in the water and would shower or bathe everyday if I would let her. Now I only filled the pool with hose water but she stayed in it for over an hour. The video shows a few things she likes to do.

After I took her out and dried her off, she decided that while my back was turned making dinner she was going back in but without clothes because she couldn't put back on her swimsuit by herself. I caught her and told her after dinner we could go back out. Of course she remembered and we were back out. At one point I stepped inside to grab something and came back out. She told me to sit down on my chair. I sat down in a wet chair because she thought it was funny to get the seat wet while I was inside.  She stayed so long this time and it was so cool at 7:30 at night in that cold water, that her teeth started chattering. She turned to me and said, "Look mommy. My teeth are dancing." ha ha
Next day, first thing in the morning, she wanted to get back in. It was a cool start to the day (around 60) so I told her after nap. The minute she woke up, she asked to go out. I think I will be spending a lot of time by the pool.

Ellie's Antics

Ellie must be at that age of hilariousness or she really wants attention after the baby getting so much. Here are a few of her sayings and adventures.

She likes hiding in things. Can you tell?

On nice days, she likes to sit on her chair on the patio with her sunglasses and a drink to watch the baseball games.

• After doing something the other day, Ellie told me, "Good job mommy. High Five."
• We have been watching VeggieTales. One of Ellie's favorite's is the Silly songs video. Ellie calls them the Cucumber Songs. She wanted to watch them one day so I told her to ask Daddy as he was watching one of his shows. She said, "We watch the cucumber song. Daddy loves it."
• Apparently she really wants to play outside the house. One Saturday she put on her baseball hat, grabbed mine and put it on me, grabbed a softball, and said we needed to get mitts to go play catch.
• I called up Jake's family to chat on Skype and Cassie and the girls were heading out to ride on a boat with Cassie's dad. Ellie heard me say this and asked to ride on the boat. Of course, we had her ask my parents the next time we spoke.
• One of the VeggieTales silly songs is about a water buffalo. We went to the zoo with some friends and happened to walk past the water buffalo, at which point Ellie says, "Water buffalo, like the cucumber song that daddy loves."
• She is a great big sister and loves learning about how Sammi will learn to do things. Some times she just looks at her and says, "Oh baby Sammi. She's so cute."
• She has become interested in eye and hair color. Mommy and daddy have brown eyes and hair. Ellie has blue eyes and white hair like Grandma and Poppy has gray hair.
• While inspecting my eyes one day, she noticed that there were "breaks" in my eyes. After a few seconds I realized she was seeing the blood vessels and that my eyes were cracked. (Yes, I am a little low on sleep.) I told her they were called blood vessels. She turned and told Daddy that I had red vessels in my eyes.
• On our recent visit to Utah, we stayed with Rob and Kris. They have a trampoline. Sunday morning, I get this text from Stef saying Good morning Ellie. I then realized Ellie had played with my phone and sent Stef about 5 texts, mostly blank. As we were getting ready to head to church, we could find Ellie. Turns out she had let herself out of the house and was jumping all by herself. (Parent of the year award right here.)
• My favorite saying; Jake asked me to look up an address for directions. As I pulled it up on the computer, Ellie walked over and saw the map. She got excited about the map and asked what is was for so I told her daddy needed some directions. At this point, she replied, "Oh, rections for daddy. Daddy has rections." hahahaha

What will this girl think of next?