I can do it by myself!

This is Ella's new favorite phrase. We hear it all day long.... It seems like these days it takes twice as long to get anything accomplished when Ella is involved. I know she's not the only toddler out there famous for this, but man can she come up with a gajillion ways to waste time. If we're on our way to do something, she will find at least 3 or 4 things that she needs to do along the way. And then adding the need to do everything herself (and if you don't let her - you'll likely have a holy fit on your hands that will just add more time to the clock), it really takes us even longer to get things accomplished than we ever plan. Serenity now!