cast call & a fly on the wall

The other day, Ella was leading me in one of her make believe games. I forget which characters we were meant to be but it required four parts and we were only playing with three (me, Ella and Simon.) Her only solution to this dilemma was this:

"Mom, I think you need to grow another baby."

I love how little minds work!

In other news, I overheard Ella playing with an educational toy in her room today. It's a toy that asks a question and then you push a button when you're ready to answer and the toy records you and plays back your answer. So the question came, "What would you say if you were a mommy?" I was expecting Ella to answer something like "I looove you!" or maybe "be careful". I was a little bummed out to hear her answer:

"OBEY."

I must sound like such a broken record to this girl. Bah.