Secret Agent Ellis

I have to follow up the post about Henry's imagination with a quick nod towards Ellis' own ingenuity. Thankfully, Ellis has not yet entered in to any Why or What If phases just yet. Instead, he loves to pretend that we are all other people. Recently, this means that each morning he will assign one of us the identity of one of the Apostles, or, in Jenn's case, one of the Relief Society, Young Women, or Primary General Presidency members. Today, for example, I was Elder Holland, Henry was Elder Nelson, Ellis was President Uchtdorf, Sam was Elder Cook, and Jenn was Sister Wixom. If we aren't prominent Church figures, we're often U.S. Presidents (Jenn gets to be my first lady!). Ellis is good at this game. He never forgets who anyone is, and if he catches you calling someone else by their real name, rather than their assumed identity for the day, watch out! He will insist that your correct yourself and repeat the entire sentence with the correct alias. I swear this kid's going to be a double agent when he grows up.

Aside from apostles and presidents, Ellis has cycled through a few other great sets of characters for us all to be. A few of these actually lasted for days on end; Ellis would wake up in the morning and instantly be in character and would expect the same from us. He's a professional. Anyway, here's a list of some of the good ones:

- Leo (Ellis), Quincy (Henry), June (Jenn), Rocket (Ben) (from Little Einsteins!)

- Woody (H), Buzz (E), Jessie (J), Bulls-iah (B) (Toy Story--note that the horse is really named "Bulls-eye"!)

- Father (B), Mother (J), Son (H), Bomgwomgwomgwom (E)

- King of the Dinosaurs (B), King of the Dinosaurs (J), Henry (H), King of the Dinosaurs (E)

- Ben (B), Jenn (J), Henny (H), Ehngph (E)

- Puffin (B), Vulture (J), Finch (H), Penguin (E) (I love that Jenn, of all of us, was Vulture)

Between this, and Henry's What Ifs, you can imagine the kind of circus we're living in around here! And yes, I love (nearly) every minute of it.