She's got bright blue eyes and curly hair and the best personality ever. It is important to Elvis that she's funny and she takes pride in telling the best knock-knock jokes. Her mommy told me she calls her Fozzie Bear, because her jokes are so bad they're funny.
She has done a lot to further the Fozzie moniker by requesting for her "reward", a rubber chicken. The chicken will fit right in with her giant whoopee cushion and a rainbow clown wig she hopes to add to the collection!Elvis Rose has had a big year. In June she became a big sister to little Edie Moon, in July she turned 4, which her daddy refers to as '4-nado' - and last week she became a dog owner. Actually, I guess her parents are the ones responsible for the dog, but Elvis is already great with him. They were all here last weekend and she was just getting acquainted with Chief, the 8 week old blue heeler they just added to the family. As Chief lay on the floor taking a nap Elvis said to me, "Grandma, he's dreaming, he's dreaming that I'm his chew toy." I think she may have been right. I almost forgot to mention, the puppy's full name is Chief Snow Angel. As you may have guessed by the title of this blog, Elvis is especially clever with names!
This week I saw a video of Elvis showing Chief how to maneuver the stairs. She's a good teacher and I think they will be great friends. I'm amazed at how smart, sweet and helpful Elvis is. She is wise beyond her 4 years, as she often says very insightful things - such as "Its okay, sometimes people just have a bad day." If Elvis is ever naughty (which is a rare occasion) she always follows up with an apology. She has stolen her Papa Darrell's heart in a big way. I've given Darrell a hard time about hogging the granddaughter and he just looks at me and says that God knows he needs her more. They have a very special bond and I asked her once what she loves so much about Papa Darrell and she said "he's funny." I suppose he is. :)
He's always willing to tell a knock-knock joke that makes absolutely no sense, be the horsey she can order around the room, or laugh like a goon as she calls him "Romeo" - an evil villain character from one of her favorite cartoons.
Darrell bought a sign for the house a couple years ago that says 'A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.'
For us, it is entirely true.
I am so excited for what the upcoming years bring, as Elvis and Edie, and Chief grow up. I can see already what a sweet little crew they are and how much fun they will have together.
And, how much fun we will have with them.
