ella dresses herself

so every morning elenora dresses herself before i see her.  i never know quite what she'll end up in.  one time she came up in her (footed fleece) pajamas with her favorite turquoise pants over the top.  sometimes she comes up with tutus and skirts on over her otherwise normal-looking clothing.

one morning she came up and i noticed she had on her swimming suit shirt with her turquoise pants (yes, they are her favorite pants) and her turquoise jacket (yes, turquoise is the color of choice--she just loves it).  since elenora had to go to school that morning and j. is the one who gets her ready for school after i leave for work, i decided to help him out by changing her into a regular shirt.  i wasn't quite sure he'd notice that she was wearing her swimming shirt and change her before school.  i picked her up from school later and brought her home, and as we sat on the couch talking about her day she said "mommy, look what i wore to school!" and she pulled her turquoise pants down just slightly--enough to reveal that she'd worn the swimming suit bottoms all morning.

so much for being on top of things.

here's a photo of one of ella's outfits.  notice the capris pants, and the winter boots, and the gloves.

here's another outfit (notice the gloves again and all the necklaces), and elenora is singing my version of a frances song from "best friends for frances."  i think this video is so precious (notice that she sings "ear-ly clambakes" instead of "yearly clambakes").