At Dinner Table
Elly: Can I get down and play?
Me: A couple more bites till you can be excused.
Elly: Okay....umm how about 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 bites!
And she ate them all plus one!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Danielle Cooper < ellymay19@gmail.com > Date: Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 11:37 AM Subject: RS Activities To: bog06006@byuid.edu
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