Don't Say Goodbye To These

So, generally the end of the bath is signalled by the ringing of the kitchen timer, after a negotiation that almost always results in "5 more minutes" (given the chance between getting out of the bathtub now or in 5 minutes).

The moment she hears the timer go off, Ella frantically starts gathering all of the toys under her protective grasp, saying, "Don't say goodbye to these!" (I normally transition to the bath endgame by saying goodbye to her bath toys one by one).

However, lately this saying has been the subject of word play... and now just as often it's:
"Don't say goodbye to bees..."
or "Don't say goodbye to cheese"
or "Don't say goodbye to fleas"
or "Don't say goodbye to sneeze"

Holding

Ella loves to hold Lucy. Like any toddler, she wants to hold her all the time. It's so sweet, when it's not annoying :-)
I have the feeling that we will be posting many pictures of Ella holding Lucy.




I just dig Lucy's hair. It's kind of like Elvis with a mohawk.

Mustang Ella

There's too much joy going on to even try to think of some caption that adds more.