Just Like Big Sis

Ellia is almost 14 months old now and she is quite a handful to watch if I am home by myself. Mostly because she wants to do everything her big sister does. For instance, she loves to climb up on Bianca's stools that she has in the bathroom and in her bedroom. Once she climbs up on the bathroom stool, she wants to wash her hands with soap. If she was a little older, this would be fantastic but, I am constantly afraid that she is going to fall off and "crack her head open" as our parents would say. She sees Bianca drinking out of cups without lids so she wants to do the same. Several times a day, she goes into the cabinet, pulls out a cup and holds it up to the refrigerator and yells for water until someone comes to help her out. When I try to hand her the sippy cup she just tosses it aside (to put it nicely). So I have to help her drink water out of a "big girl" cup. I have tried to let her do it herself a couple of times but, she pretty much drowns herself and that can't be a good. Ellia is also into coloring and painting now and sitting at Bianca's craft table. This is always interesting because I have to pretty much tape paper down on all sides of her so she is not coloring on anything else and watch her like a hawk because she has been known to try to eat a marker or two.
Bottom line...she is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!

The girls like to sit together in my desk chair and have my spin them before bedtime...