We have a couple of funny stories from Ellie from this past weekend.
The first one is about my food processor. I love that little appliance, but it makes a very loud noise when I run it. So loud, that I usually close doors to the office when Martin is working. Or, I announce I am going to run the noisy beast. Martin and Ellie were in the other room when I announced "I am running the food processor." I then turned it on. Poor little Ellie was scared. She put her hands over her ears and repeated a few times; "it's okay, it's okay."
The second story is about cars. Ellie loves cars. While she and Papa were walking through the grocery store, they came across a back to school display with cars pictured. Ellie spies it way ahead of Papa, and takes him over to look at it. There was a Nascar and a Lotus. Ellie points to the Lotus and says, "Nice."
I have a friend, Karen, who grew up in England. When she went home to visit her family, she came back with teacups for me. She brought back all four of the "Brambly Hedge" Season teacups. One for each of my daughters. She was very generous! They are based on the children's books of "Brambly Hedge" by Jill Barklem. These are stories of field mice and their adventures with beautiful illustrations. This is the autumn teacup and storybook.
