Just before Jonah's blessing, there was a flurry of cleaning. It was a feeble attempt on my part to reverse the effects of months of deferred maintenance while I grew a tiny human. At one point, having run out of time to actually mop, I gave Tessa a wash cloth and asked her to spot clean the floor. She happily obliged, and a few minutes later said, "Mama, I is like Cinderwella."
"You are?"
"Yeah, cuz I is cleaning da' floohr, only I don't have a dwess of wags."
Not 15 minutes later, Ellie came in to ask if daddy would be the one doing Jonah's blessing. I told her he would, to which she replied, "Can you tell him to lift Jonah up like in Lion King?" She struck a Rafiki-pose, her face stoic and serious, raising her arms to the sky as though she were holding up young Simba.
A few days later, Tessa got a cloth and went at the floors again, only this time she was really workin' it.
"Look mom. Dis is my upset face, cuz I am Cinderwella and I am sad washin' da floohr."
If there is a casting call for a Disney film any time soon, somebody should let these two know about it!
1 comment:
Awesome Laine!
They are so stinkin' cute... I just love Tessa's upset Cinderella face.
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