Out of the mouths of babes...

Poor little Ellie is sick. She started a fever Thurs. and it has only gone up and up (well, not WAY up). Long story, short, I took her in this morning about 99.9% sure she had an ear infection (yesterday she started complaining about her ear hurting...), only to find out that they weren't. Instead, the "walk-in care" doc (who I endearingly now refer to as "the yay-hoo") said he guesses she has a virus. It's such a bummer on a beautiful, warm summer day, to have a sick child. BUT, it could be worse...

And, thankfully, with a little ibuprofen in her, she's good to go for a couple of hours. It was during such a "good" time this afternoon, that she said and did just about the funniest thing I've ever heard or seen from one of my kids. She put one hand under the front of her bottom and the other hand under the back of her bottom, tried lifting her hands in her bottom and said, "Mommy, I'm carrying myself." She had to repeat if a couple of times before I actually understood what she was trying to say. And then, I just burst out laughing...I mean, laughing so hard that Hannah came sprinting from the other room to see what the commotion was about. After realizing that she had done something worthy of a lot of attention...perhaps, attention she didn't really feel like having (especially from her big sister) and, being the almost 3 year old that she is, Ellie quickly and so sweetly said, "I'm just kidding Mommy. I'm just kidding." Again, I had to laugh and give her a huge hug for just being sick and so funny at the same time. What a doll!