Thursday, December 26, 2013

Practicing for sisterhood

Things Eleanor has said to her baby doll within the first 24 hours of her owning a baby doll:

Oh, baby, iss BERY cold ousside. You need a hat.


Here is your bed, baby. You lie down and have a little rest.


Who's my big little baby? You're sooooo heaby.


Don't stand up inna cart, baby. Iss not safe.


And then, in a surprising departure from Things I Often Say To Her:

Do you like some ice cream, baby? Oh, I do, I do!

I am currently taking name suggestions for the baby. 'Baby' isn't cutting it for me.

5 comments:

blackbird said...

I am flooded with ideas but, for some reason, Prune strikes me as an excellent name.
Or Beatrice, as I'm sure Eleanor will have a dickens of a time with Beatrice.

I LOVE YOU ELEANOR.

blackbird said...

Do you tell her that, from time to time?
Do you?
Do you say: Bird loves you Eleanor?
Sheesh.

Reading Rambo said...

...I've totally come to think of her as ElSec.

I LOVE BEATRICE AS A NAME SO MUCH. Esp paired with Eleanor. Except "Bea" is the worst. "Bee," weirdly enough, is fine. ALSO JOSEPHINE.

http://www.baby2see.com/names/1890s.html

Rebekah Joy Plett said...

There is only Zuul.

Amanda said...

The best/worst is when they start disciplining their babies. Hearing my Eleanor yell, "DON'T EVER TOUCH THAT!" at her baby doll was both pretty hilarious and a little heartbreaking. Children are an unforgiving mirror.