The Ella Archives. Volume 1

Since I haven't sat down and recorded all the funny and embarrassing things Ella has done, I have forgotten most. But this one for sure I will never forget. Grandpa Paul and Grandma Shelly had sent some money for Easter. So I took Ella to Target to pick out a toy. She picked out a pink microphone. It wasn't a real one in the sense that it didn't have batteries or plug in. It just made a subtle echo sound. Or so I thought. I let her have it thinking it couldn't be too loud. I was right. The microphone wasn't loud, but she was. As I was pushing her through Target in the cart, she started belting out Jingle Bells (now remember it is Easter time). It went something like this: JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY. OH WHAT - HEY LADY, THAT IS NOT NICE TO STARE - FUN IT IS TO RIDE IN A ONE HORSE OPEN - HEY MAN THAT IS NOT NICE TO LAUGH -SLEIGH, HEY! It is really hard to capture in words. Just ask me sometime and I can do a great impersonation. Was I embarrassed? Maybe a little but mostly trying hard not to pee my pants since I was 8 months pregnant.