This won't surprise you who know her, but Elli has fully embraced her role as older sister to Sienna. As anyone with an older sister knows, being the older sister also means acting like a second mother at times, and Elli loves mimicking how Heather and I discipline Sienna. This includes our efforts to teach Sienna the meaning of no. When Sienna gets into something she shouldn't or tries to play with light sockets or whatever, Heather and I firmly tell her no. Lately, Elli has followed our lead and will emphatically shout "Senna ... NO!" Heather and I often try to temper Elli's enthusiasm by telling her that we are the parents and we will take care of disciplining Sienna.
The other day, Elli surprised us with a response to our attempt to curb her disciplining enthusiasm. Sienna had just gotten into something, I can't remember what. Heather told Sienna no, and Elli backed her up with her own energetic no. Heather then said, "Elli, I am the mommy." Elli then thought for a moment, and replied with a huge smile on her face, "I'm Elli!"
We laughed really hard. We love our girls!
2 comments:
Hahaha!! That's our Elli! She's a smart one! Love, Mom (Christine)
LOL! I love it when they come up with their own perfectly logical snappy comebacks!
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