Ellie's new starfish

Tim was moving a 400 gallon fish tank from a house to a school...so he was "holding" a lot of their livestock in his tank here at home. Well...one of these new critters was a starfish. Ellie fell in LOVE with that starfish. So, of course she became attached and would get up every morning and go straight to the fish tank to look for "her" starfish. So, now came the time to put the stuff Tim was holding back into the tank. I knew Ellie was going to be upset but I thought she would just forget. Shocker...she did not forget! So, Tim had to go buy her a new starfish b/c she really has never been so passionate about something.

Tim brings home the starfish today and Ellie is going CRAZY over "her new staaafish" and watches so carefully as Tim dripped it in. While she was watching Tim I asked her what her new starfish's name was going to be. She looked up at me and said "Hap Birday to U!" which in non-two-year-old talk means "Happy Birthday to you." So, I let it go thinking she would come up with something better and maybe a little shorter. So, I asked her later and she said "Hap birday to U." I said ok, then Happy Birthday to You is his name! (As me and Tim are cracking up!) She stayed and watched that starfish. The starfish buried itself in the sand and Ellie stood there and said "Hap birday to U, Wherrreee rrrrr you?" Needless to say...Ellie might have something more than looks from her daddy! Tim and I are hopefully going to get the name shortened to just Happy...that would be ok!