A Sweet Moment.

[Notes explaining various things will appear at the end. I believe this is called "footnoting" but it's been a while since I've taken a research class.]

Around six o'clock this morning, Ella stompled* into our bedroom.

Ella: "I just this very second woke up."**

Kat, refering to the massive rat's nest in Ella's hair***: "That's great! You must have slept well--your hair is crazy!"

Ella: "Mama, I think that sometimes, I'm like you. We make the same faces or I act like you. And Ben is like Mommy sometimes."

Kat: "Why do you think that happens?"

Ella: "I think it has something to do with being connected by the cord.  It's like the person who cut the cord has a special connection to you."

Kat and Hannah, eyes meeting: "Awwwwww. You're pretty special, you know that?"

Then we started coming up with other cord-cutters that we felt special connections to, like GP probably cut my cord, and Granddaddy probably cut Kat's cord, etc. It was a sweet little moment in a crazy week.  Of course, by then we were all running late, and we had to throw her out of our bed and start our day.


Notes:

* I know that "stomple" is not a "real" word, but it really is the best word to describe how Ella moves about the house in the morning.  Stompling is sort of a running, thumping shuffle from her bed straight to ours. It's been worse since we moved her bedroom around, because now it's a straight shot to our bed.

** This is probably because yesterday, she woke up at "five zero five" and had to wait to come into our room.

***A massive tangle in the front of Ella's hair is always a good indicator that she humped herself to sleep the night before. Humping has always been a favorite pasttime of Ella's, and we try to be open about it so that she doesn't feel like she has to hide it or be ashamed. However, since she is now five and a "big girl" she is not supposed to hump in front of us/talk about humping anymore. BUT, we can ALWAYS tell.