Lawnmower Diva and Diets

Ella is such a funny and interesting little girl. Our pediatrician says she is well-rounded because she likes cars, trains, cooking and dollhouses. She really doesn't prefer one thing over another and isn't into one particular thing. Recently, she got a new doll as a gift and decided that she didn't want it. She decided she wanted a lawnmower instead...yes, a lawnmower. So, we returned the doll for a lawnmower, and now we have a little mowing DIVA. We did convince her to buy a pink mower, so that kind of made it all even, I guess. Check out the picture of her and her #1 man cutting the grass together.


I started a diet on Monday and am already going through carb withdrawl. I'm not sure how long this will last, but I'm really trying. I had planned to start a diet anyway but decided to do it sooner than planned when this happened: Ella climbed on my leg to ride the "horse". I said, "Climb on the horse," and she responded with, "No, mama, you're the cow." So, there you go. The diet started Monday!

I'll end on one little funny thing that Ella said. We were watching an animal show that featured flamingos. I told her that they had strange necks and that it looked funny the way they looped around. She said, "Don't worry, mama, that's just not normal."