I have been wanting to dress Ella up in her penguin outfit all winter long to do this photo shoot and i finally got around to actually doing it today. She was confused as to why i set her down and started snapping photos but i was surprised that she didn't try to take her cap off the whole time. she normally hates wearing any type of hat. Perhaps the snow just mesmerized her. this was perhaps the second time that she has just sat in it and had an opportunity to touch it.

chocolate fix

i love chocolate. Not as much as i love Carl and Ella but i really love chocolate. Unfortunately, that means that i eat chocolate frequently, and being the mess that i am i sometimes drop pieces of my chocolate snacks into the deep abyss of the sofa cushions. on the rare occasions, such as this morning, that i decide to clean between the sofa cushions i am surprised at what i find. Well, this morning it wasn't me who found lost pieces of chocolate, it was Ella.
i had stripped the cushions off the sofa and was taking my time at cleaning while i let Ella climb around the cushions onto the bare sofa. my attention was diverted to some coupons i wanted to clip and Ella was being so self-sufficient at entertaining herself that i lost focus of her as i clipped. when i finally did turn towards her to see how/what she was doing i found her face covered in something. At first i thought that she was bleeding but that didn't seem right as i went closer to her and noticed that the stuff on her face was thicker and darker than blood. it was then that i smelled chocolate. Chocolate? i was confused. where did she find chocolate? the only answer to this mystery was that she found it in the mess beneath the cushions.
i must say that Ella was not only happy but she seemed downright proud of her find. Well, she won this time as it was too late to do anything about the chocolate expect for wiping the remainder off of her face and brushing her teeth.
i have been so careful about keeping junk food away from her since there is no need for her to have such things at this age. makes me laugh though. i must always be one step ahead of her or things like this will happen. actually this wasn't all that bad...expect i wonder how long that chocolate had sat in between the cushions?