Phone conversations

After picking up Ellie from daycare last week I asked her if she wanted to go jump on balloons. Boy did that get her excited.

Ellie: Jump! Jump! Boons!
Mommy: Ok, we need to go home and eat first.

When we got home, she ran up to Daddy and exclaimed:
Ellie: Jump! Jump! Boons! Boons!

We told her she had to eat lots of food to go jump on balloons, and she was so excited that she could barely contain herself. However, she did eat TONS of food (which says a lot since she typically doesn't eat for us).

Ellie: Boons! Jump Jump! Boons! (long thoughtful silence) Bue! Bue boons!

Apparently she decided she wanted to jump on blue balloons.

Ok, I'm sure you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about. We decided to go to Bounce Town, which is filled with a bunch of those inflatable air castles. How else would you describe that to a little girl who has never seen one? Big balloons seemed to be the best way to go.

Once there it wasn't certain if Ellie liked the big balloons. I don't think she liked the feeling of being out of control when she walked across them. In the end, she really enjoyed the slides and was willing to walk across a big balloon as long as we were either holding her hand or carrying her. Let me tell you that it's not easy to carry 25 pounds while going across one of those things.

Anyway, we didn't think that the evening was a huge hit like we were hoping it would be. Boy were we wrong.

On the way home, we called Uncle David to wish him a happy birthday and from the back seat, Ellie insisted "Ma tuurn! Davie! Ma tuurn!" so we handed her the phone.

Ellie: Ba ha ma ma ma ma wa mwa da goa me da moa BOONS!
David: (silence... I don't think he knew how to handle a conversation with her)
Ellie: Ba ma ha da ma ma wada go madsa mo RUN!
David: Uhh...
Ellie: Bma ma dhas ma ma wa wa wa wa da SOCKS!
David: Ummm...
Ellie: Ma ma wa wa wa sad sah ma wah wana JUMP!
David: Oh yeah?
Ellie: Bye!

The conversation lasted a good long few minutes and afterwards she wanted more. So we called Pappy, Nana, Grandpa, Aunt Erin and another Grandpa. Each conversation was very similar. She was so excited to tell people about the balloons she jumped on. We would have called more people, but this girl was exhausted from telling the story so many times.