a little of this, a little of that

this post is an ode to my eldest ...ok ok that sounds insanely old and like i might have really important things to say, which i really don't...and a note-to-self.
ella wakes up around 7am everyday. her favorite thing to do is watch toons in the morning, which is fine by me...especially since i feed captain twice a night and am a little sleepy at 7. why so sleepy panda bear? (haha) well, while i only feed the captain twice, he usually wakes around 6am for a cry fest. it's the strangest thing, and something i definitely hopes he stops soon immediately! back to the point. well i got smell dressed and ready to go and for some reason this morning she was calm. so i took this as my opportunity to seize some pictures of my eldest without her obnoxiously shouting cheese and NOT looking at the camera and/or jumping up and down in the process :)

she'll be three and a half on march 4th...which in turn also means captain will be one month. holy cow does time fly by. she wants to know how captain drinks milk without a cup and how i feed him out my elbow. she loves knock knock jokes and is constantly repeating quotes from toons or books. her favorite book is the berenstain bears get the gimmies and she doesn't so much as have the gimmies, but wants to buy things from the store with her own money. hmmm. she loves to tell me when captain is crying and will repeat what i tell him in this funny voice, aka she's inadvertently making fun of my baby talk without knowing it. she loves play school and everyday when i ask her what she did at play school, she replies 'i played.' she can sing the abc's while enunciating every letter. she makes up these ridiculous stories whenever she sees a fire truck, police car, or ambulance. someone is always hurt or she'll tell me about the time she saw the bad guys in jail. she would eat mac and cheese for every meal and panera is still a fav. along with jamba juicies and starbuck's cake pops which she pronounces fake pops. she still runs laps daily and falls hard core at least 2-3 during the course of her pre-olympic training. she loves to play cinderella or teacher and i like this too cause she actually listens and does exactly what i boss her around to do. she knows how to say her prayers but usually refuses and delegates the duty to whomever she chooses. she loves to play outside and go to the park. lately she's been dying to go to the zoo. probably because she's been a zoo-goer since the young age of 8 months. whose mom takes them to the zoo at 8 months?? hey, it's all about the experiences in life alright. and all about babygap :) she's lived in more houses than she is years old and is obsessed with captain's toys, dogs, and making lists (more like scribbles).
can you believe she's almost three and a half?
now to the note to self...

thank you etsy for the inspiration, not that our house is exploding with decor, and thank you god for the time i spent anticipating captain's arrival giving me the nervous energy to complete a few projects.
♥