Ella Loves Ice Cream

It's been hot and humid here in Tokyo the last week. It's definitely ice cream weather. But you have to eat it quickly, or else it will melt all over you. The great thing about being a kid is that you don't care that your ice cream cone gets all over you. And really, I think the greater the mess, the higher the level of enjoyment for the child. Watching Ella eat this ice cream cone makes me think she really, really enjoyed it.

All girl: Ella in High Heels

Sometimes you look at what your kids do and think that they were born with that disposition. Ella is showing an affinity for all things girly. She likes to preen in the mirror when you tell her she's pretty. She loves her toenails painted and she now has a fascination with Shelley's high heels. Ella will go straight for the closet and put one or more on and clog around the apartment. I'm sure it creates quite the distraction for our neighbors downstairs, but it is pure entertainment watching her act all grown up with her feet that fill barely a quarter of Shelley's high heel shoes.