Update on Lily

I have been trying to keep up with some of the fun things Lily has been doing these days; there are a lot of them and I know I haven't recorded all of them, but here's some of them...

Remember that our mailman came to the house as Santa Claus to bring gifts and take pictures with the girls? Well, a couple of days ago, I had to sign for a package that the mailman was delivering and Lily answered the door with me. She stared at him and waved to him as he left, but as I was closing the door, she looked at me and asked "Santa Claus?" I replied "He does look like Santa with that white beard, doesn't he?" She said "Yea!" and then ran off to play. Can't pull much over her these days!

She is saying lots of funny things too, so here are some of my favorites. "One more time!" as she also holds up one finger. This is when she wants to do something fun again. FYI, she usually wants to do whatever she is asking for more than only one more time. "Hi ya!" This has become her new greeting. She'll say "try again" when something doesn't go the way she thinks it should. For example, she will build tall towers with her blocks and when the finally fall over, she'll laugh and say "try again!" "Let's go!" This is a favorite of hers when she wants you to go to her bedroom and play which is often. She now loves to sing too. When you ask her to sing though, instead of singing any kind of a song, she will bust out with "Laaaa! Laaaa!" It's adorable.

At school, they obviously tell them to "listen" at various times. When I tell her someone is coming to visit, she will say "listen," put her hand up to ear and turn towards the door. After a second, if the person hasn't arrived yet, she will say "no, try again" and put her hand back up to her ear. It's pretty cute to watch.

It's so interesting to me to watch her watch a tv show now. She has really started to participate with the shows. For instance, Mickey Mouse will ask which "mousekatool" should be used to assist with a task at hand and then pause; Lily will answer him with the correct tool. She will also count with them which is great. I also love to watch her with the Little Einsteins. They ask you to pat your knees to help Rocket blast off for their mission. Lily will say "more power!" and pat her knees. Then she raises her arms (like they instruct) and says "blast off!" It's really cute to watch.

As I said above, she likes to play in her room. What does she like to do there? Climb onto her bed. Sometimes she will use the little step stool that we have at the end of her bed, but she really likes to hoist herself up over the guardrail, Army-Commando style. Really, I think she has to be pretty strong to do this. She thinks it is so much fun. She also loves to try doing somersaults. She has successfully gone over a few times, but typically she kind of falls to the side. She likes that though; it makes her laugh. She has one of the best laughs. I could listen to it all day!