Funny Lily....

Lily mostly dresses herself now as she won't usually wear what I set out for her. She mostly likes skirts and tights. (Actually, she views the skirts as optional, she prefers to just wear tights and a shirt...) On the weekends, we let her dress in pretty much what she wants. She came down on Sunday morning with pink/blue/white striped tights, a jean skirt and a Halloween shirt (black with candy corn on it).
Lily: Mom, is this ok?
Me: Yes, it doesn't really match but it's ok.
Lily: It's a little bit crazy?
Me: Yes, it's a little bit crazy.
Lily: But a lot beautiful, right Mom?

Who can argue with that? A little bit crazy but a lot beautiful!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! We had a rough first couple of days of 2009. Bridget woke up on New Year's Eve day puking so we had to take turns attending the neighborhood New Year's party. Lily had a blast though and got a fancy hat that she was happy with. Bridget was finally feeling better by Friday but then Lily started puking on Sunday night. So it was a long weekend for us....hope the rest of 2009 goes better!

Went to see Santa

Here's a pic from today's trip to go see Santa at his workshop. Lily liked it, Bridget was not happy about it. This picture got taken right before she decided she was not going to sit with Santa!!!

How many days till Xmas???

Thanksgiving was good - we just had Jade, Megan and Brooke over so was low-key which was good! We had turkey and the usual other dishes - ate about noon and then ate again about 4:30 - what more can you ask for??? And - Megan and I kicked the boys butts at Pictionary...I see a family tradition starting there....

We are getting ready for Dave's family to come for Christmas - his parents and brother Tom and family. I am supposed to go to Brazil and Argentina next week for work too although that is a bit up in the air right now. I certainly wouldn't mind having the extra days to get other things done around here instead of traveling...

Funny Lily conversation to report...
Lily - Who is the boss of everything?
Mom - God
Lily - why is he the boss of everything?
Mom - Because he made everything so he gets to be the boss. Just like Mommy and Daddy made you and Bridget so we get to be the boss of you and Bridget. Remember how you were in Mommy's tummy really small and you grew and grew?
Lily - And you put all my pieces in there and my blood???

Dave and I were laughing pretty hard at that explanation....

School conferences

Just a quick note, I had Lily's first preschool conference on Thursday night. Her teacher had lots of good things to say about Lily and no issues so that was good. She said Lily is a leader in the class and likes to play with the older kids who are more on her level of activity and understanding. I got to see some artwork she did with scissors and then a picture that she drew of herself. The teacher said they will do another picture of themselves at the end of the year so you can see the progression. She also said that Lily does the parallel play which is typical of her age but she also does quite a bit of interactive play - that does not suprise me with how outgoing she is!

Helping out

Here's Bridget and Lily helping Daddy wash the car last weekend on Sunday - it was so nice out! It's now more seasonal and we got snow on Friday morning...sigh....

We had a busy weekend, we went to take family pictures with Polyana on Saturday afternoon, we went up to Como Zoo to the Conservatory to take them so I'm curious to see how they turned out. Then she took more of the girls when we got home too. I'm hoping to get one I can use for Christmas cards but we'll see.

I took Sunday and went over to my friend Mariclar's house and did scrapbooking all day on Sunday so Dave had to go it alone with the girls all day. Everyone was in one piece when I got home and the house was cleaner than when I left it plus he had dinner started so can't ask for more than that!!

Bad blogger...

I realize it's been almost a month since I've updated this...bad, bad, bad....here goes!

The house is coming together. We are mostly unpacked, we still have quite a few boxes downstairs to sort through and make sure there isn't anything too important in them. But most everything has been found now and is making it's way to it's rightful place. It took us about 2 weeks to find the bolts to put our bed frame together!

We had our annual Halloween party last weekend - I didn't do as much decoration or prep as I usually do but there just wasn't the time nor the energy for it. It was fun anyway and there were lots of fun costumes. My family all made it down too so that was nice to have them get to attend one of our Halloween parties too. The girls had a blast playing with the other kids. When Lily woke up the next morning, she wanted to know if her friends were still downstairs and waiting for her...

Took Bridget in for her 18-month appt on Wednesday, she is 27 lbs and 34 1/2 inches tall. She was over the 99th % for her height and at the 88th % for her weight. She is a tall little girl just like her sister is. She still isn't talking too much (her sister mostly talks for her) but she does talk a lot more when her sister isn't around. She's trying to say more words lately instead of just pointing or signing for them. And she will run around the house yelling 'Mama!!!' which is kind of funny...we'll see how long the humor lasts! :-)

The girls had fun trick-or-treating - Lily went as a ladybug and Bridget was a fairy at the beginning of the night and a little pink monster once it got a little colder outside. We went to downtown Shakopee about 4:30 to do a little trick-or-treating there and then after supper, went to the old neighborhood too. It took some wrestling to get Bridget in her pink monster costume but once she was in there, she didn't mind too much.