Ella Aubrey Williams Thompson
1/23/2004 4:21 a.m. 8 lbs. 12 oz.
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Welcome to Ella's website! Ella Aubrey Williams Thompson 1/23/2004 4:21 a.m. 8 lbs. 12 oz.
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In honor of the upcoming Olympics, I will share with you Spencer's theory of parenting. Well, it's more metaphor than theory, really, but here it is. Parenting is like curling. You slide the stone across the ice, setting its direction. After that you can brush like heck to try to guide the stone where you'd like it to go, but ultimately, the stone is going to go where it wants. Or something like that. This past weekend, Ella was a flower girl in Spencer's cousin's wedding, and as we placed her into the hands of a flock of twenty-something bridesmaids and took our seats in the church, I thought about curling. I hoped the lessons in manners and listening had stuck and that she would sweetly glide down the aisle without picking her nose or throwing a fit because her hairsprayed 'do was making her scalp itch. I hoped she wouldn't get distracted by the candles halfway down the aisle and wander into a pew to have a seat and study the flames at her leisure. When it was her turn to walk down the aisle, she smiled, moved slowly and surely, and (of course! This is Ella we are talking about!) soaked up the spotlight. I smiled at her encouragingly (brush, brush, brush) and felt so proud that later, when she wiped ketchup across the front of her silky white dress, I hardly cared. That's what dry cleaners are for.
STORIES7/2/08 - original date of post. I'm sure there are kids out there who, when you ask them to brush their teeth or put on their clothes, respond with, "Yes, mother," and then they go and brush their teeth or put on their clothes. They don't, for example, get distracted by the dental floss and unravel yards of it or begin stacking books into towers or mashing staple after staple into paper instead of doing whatever it is you've asked them to do. I'm sure there are compliant...continue story 6/2/08 - original date of post These kids. You never know what is going to stick. Ella can't remember what season or month it is, but she can't seem to forget the slightly sad amateur belly dancers she saw at the farmer's market a few weeks ago. Yesterday she was prancing about in a skirt, a hiked up t-shirt, and a construction paper hat, insisting that her name was Maria. "Am I a beautiful dancer?" she'd ask in a weirdly high-pitched voice as she strutted aroun ...continue story 5/10/08 - original date of post. It's growing season. Spring has sprung, and now that mama is done with classes for a blessed four weeks, Ella has finally been able to get outside and dig in the dirt. She helped plant annuals in hanging baskets and phlox in the flower bed. Our vegetable garden is in, so (fingers crossed) later in the summer we'll have sugar snap peas and tomatoes. Ella is of course doing growing of her own. At least in her imagination. Lately ...continue story 4/14/08 - original date of post A photo essay by Ella Thompson. Still life with Easter egg. Feet first. Afternoon tea. Alien nation. A (self) portrait of the artist. ...continue story
GUESTBOOKIndeed Ella did herself proud at the Wedding this past weekend. She was charming, cute, and acted as if she was right at home in the spotlight of performance. She definitely stepped to the plate and hit a home run in the hearts of all of us. Thanks Mom and Dad for sharing in the wedding festiviti-Grammy June ...continue comments Ella your such a cutie!!!! I hope I can see you again soon -Love, Your cousin Megan ...continue comments I totally agree! I am so glad you came to visit. And honestly, I am a little relieved that I am not the only one with a child who occasionally comes completely unglued! Next time we should try a visit WITHOUT the kids.. Love you. -Stacy ...continue comments Hey i had mr. thompson as an advisor i loved watching ella!!!!!! she's sooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!! :) -kasey ...continue comments Hi Ella Your website is totally cool. Love you Grammy June - ...continue comments
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