Gotta love that school playground

I dropped Ellie off at school this morning, and "Myrtle" was in line ahead of her. As soon as Myrtle saw Ellie, she yelled, "Hey, Jello! Look! Jello is here!" Ellie smiled, but she looked kind of sheepish as she hurried to the end of the line. I asked her about it, mainly because I couldn't quite understand what Myrtle was saying. Ellie said, "Just forget about it." But then she admitted that they were calling her Jello because it sounds like Ellie.

I can't tell if it's friendly or mean name calling, and I can't tell if it bothers Ellie or not. And either way, I know I should just let her deal with it, since there will be many more battles to come in her school career. But, man, it is going to be hard.

Must...stop....self...from...smacking....Myrtle....