In other news: This week my Lands’ End post got 1,000 readers in just one day because the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood linked to it in their article about K-Mart marketing their products to children during school. CCFC referred to the ad as highly-sexualized (which in my opinion, it was) and used my blog post to illustrate how parents can and do influence big companies like K-Mart and Sears.
Well.
I was proud of my mom-blogger self, and of my little blog.
And now, onto the listicle…
10 Animal Quotes, By Ella
Ella: “I found a frog but I can’t keep him because he’s probably someone’s pet.”Me: “What makes you say that?”Ella: “He was wearing a teeny flea collar.”
At bedtime:“I can’t count the sheep – they’re moving too fast! And they’re coming in groups of ten thousand!”
“If you use the shampoo from Paris, you might end up looking like a French poodle.”
“You and jellyfish have a lot in common, Mommy. You’re both blubbery and sometimes mean.”
Ella: “Mommy? If you were an animal, you’d be a cow.”
Me: “Well thanks, Ella.”
Ella: “See – a mommy elephant is actually called a cow - and she takes better care of her babies than any animal in the world – just like you.”Me: “.”
“If you’re standing beside a pussy willow, you should know that you’re never very far from a cat.”
After seeing a homeless man asleep on the street in San Francisco:“I think the reason he sleeps during the day is because at night he has to keep his eyes wide open in case there’s a predator.”
“Horses should probably come with seat belts.”
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I’m Laughing… So funny!!! I love the jellyfish comment. Is this your old soul daughter? Your children could write a book with the things they say; so wonderful you are documenting it here on the blog and with your interaction and response for them to read one day, too. I love this post! I love that they understand animals on a deeper level and relate it to you. It shows how much you are loved!
And congrats again on 1. standing up for yourself to an ex-marine by saying no; that probably wasn’t easy
and 2. the 1,000 hits! I hope the majority of comments were supportive and not down right troll-like. You really inspired me with that post!
Hi Kim (-:
Thanks for your comments – yes it was Ella my “old soul” daughter. She just came out saying interesting, deep and quirky things like this. I should really put it altogether in a book you’re right. (-:
What a funny list of quotes from your daughter! I can’t pinpoint which one’s my favourite coz I love all of them, well maybe the jellyfish one.
Yes that one “stung” just like a jelly-fish, man.
My sheep come in ten thousands too
oh Ella, she is so observant and clever and witty. What a wonderful list! Thank you for the laugh. And congrats of being heard, I loved that post!
Cute quotable quotes from your girl!
She says the funniest things! Love the way she likens you to an elephant/cow because of the way you take care of her best.
It ended up being the sweetest comment but started out as a sucker-punch!
I’ve just found your blog (via CCFC) and I think I have a crush on you, because from reading your about me/archives I think we have a lot in common. Not a creepy stalker crush though, just a been-there, I-can-relate, wry-chuckle kind of crush.
ANYWAY, I’ve embarrassed myself now, and what I really wanted to say was the sheep comment made me laugh out loud by myself in my house at 3am. Thanks!
Maria, your comment made my day. (-:
I love readers finding me through CCFC, too.
Thank you!!
Ella is awesome, really. I do hope you compile her quotes into a book.
And yay for the eyeballs on the Land’s End post, you are not just ANY mom blogger, you’re an AWESOME mom blogger.
This is such a cute post. I love all of her quotes.
My car looks a lot like yours does in the winter.
I get my exercise just watching my husband shovel the snow off mine, so that sort of counts as boot camp. (-:
Ella is so entertaining! I love the 10K sheep comment (all I get is 10K worries!) and the teeny flea collar — but I think my favorite is the mommy elephant! Melted my mom heart!
Julia – I was driving when she said that cow comment – it was one of those “wisdom from the backseat” things – and when she got to the end of it I nearly had to pull over, I was so melted.
p.s. as long as she only vomited TWICE (and not THREE times) then I say go for the boot camp
WOW! Kudos on the quote!
Also, fantastic list. Horses SHOULD come with seat belts.
I would have said no when she said 6:30 a.m. And hell no when she said ex-marine. It sounds miserable!
Congrats on your Lands End post!
And Ella is brilliant, well maybe not the jellyfish comment–my blubbery self would have taken great exception, but the rest was brilliant.
Cheers!
Ya the ex-Marine made it sound like “the anti-yoga” – fraught with tension. No thanks, I’m sleeping in.
Horses should have seat belts and frogs flea collars http://t.co/tx0smP4 by @AdoTheMomalog #MondayListicles
Thanks so much for the Twitter plugs, Stasha! (-:
Yeah, bootcamp and my ass would simply not get along. She would have lost me at the 6:30 am start and the vomitting! Ummm no thank you very much!
I love love LOVE Ella’s quotes The elephant one is my favorite, I think…or maybe it was the French Poodle. I don’t know. They are all amazingly cute!
Ella has an adorable, whimsical little imagination. (-:
This is so great – ALL of it! I would never do the military style workouts either. Getting such a good response from a post is awesome. and your list is so cute.
Thanks Jennifer, I like your list too – especially Julius.
Oh my gosh…I love this! I laughed out loud at the jellyfish one. And the elephant one is SO cute
Thanks Jen (-:
I have a confession.
I too have been idle for years, imagining working out in various scenarios, but my mind is the only thing I have managed to exercise.
As for your list, Ella is quite witty and observant. I especially loved the reference to predators with the homeless man.
Jackie – that comment about the homeless man blew me away. She was only 5 when she said it. So wise.
First of all, congratulations about the Lands’s End post! That’s SO awesome!
Second of all, that boot camp sounds horrible! There must be an easier way to get your body moving…especially when it’s “chilly”.
And, finally, I love those quotes! And the photo with the baby elephant. And the reminder to be grateful with photo of the homeless man…I definitely saw it at exactly the right moment. So, thanks.
Why using French shampoo is not a good idea. http://t.co/tx0smP4 by @AdoTheMomalog #MondayListicles
Ha! Love these! Also, the boot camp sounds terrifying. I wouldn’t blame you at all if you…ahem…had car trouble on the way or if your daughter had a mysterious virus a few weeks in a row.
HA- that jellyfish comment is so funny- I can hear my kids saying something like that.
HA! These quotes were amazing. Also don’t feel bad about not wanting to work out, there’s a saying “The Marine Corps isn’t for everyone.” to which I would add if you get any pressure “Marine-style workouts aren’t for everyone.” Trust me if I had a choice to not wake up before the butt crack of dawn and work out in the bitter cold of winter mornings in Maryland I would have said “no thank you I’m staying in bed!”
I love that phrase – “the butt-crack of dawn” – hadn’t heard it before but now I’m gonna use it! (-:
I think ultimately it’s the homeless man sleeping during the day b/c at night he’s watching for a predator that gets me…funny, funny, funny. What a great way to listicle (although I think you might consider hiring out your daughter as a ghost writer; that girl has got some LANGUAGE!) and congrats on the Lands End Lollipop Lollapalooza. It’s a tacky stupid ad and I expect better from them – it’s almost as if they got new PR people last season to this, b/c that’s seems like kind of a new vibe…I love miniboden but find it a tad pricey (altho it lasts forever) and I find the whole models-giving-you-info-about-themselves thing kind of precious. Twee, even, a word one doesn’t get to use much.
Anyway. A great set of posts. Kudoes.
Geez your daughter is funny! LOVED this post, Ado. And you ought to be very, very proud of your mommy-blogger self. WAY TO GO!