Weekend Fun

Last weekend, some Birmingham family came to visit and keep the girls so I could try to catch up on some of my tax work; Ryan is wonderful to help me with the returns too. In addition to helping with the girls, they were kind enough to do a lot of laundry which was such a tremendous help. Lily always loves a visit from them. Bama brought a couple of presents for Lily which of course, Lily loved. One of the gifts was sidewalk chalk. Lily had a blast playing with that outside! She has asked for it just about every day, but unfortunately, it's been too cold to play outside. We're supposed to have good weather this weekend though so hopefully we'll be able to go out some and play with it some more. They also took the girls to Home Depot Expo for a little bit. While there, Lily saw something and exclaimed "what in the world?!" I guess I shouldn't be too surprised since this is a phrase I say a lot!

Bama and the girls after bathtime.

Speaking of the cold weather, we had a nice little snowfall on Sunday. It came in around mid-morning and lasted until late in the afternoon. When it snowed last year, Lily loved it and kept wanting to go play in it. We felt sure she would love it again. We were wrong. She was so excited to get bundled up, put on her boots, hat and mittens. Then, we took one step outside onto the back deck, and we hear "No like snow!" She wouldn't go any further on her own. We carried her down but she didn't want to be put down. She liked watching Ryan make a little snowman, but she really didn't like being cold and wet! As soon as we came inside, she immediately started asking to go back out. We decided to try the front yard, but she still wouldn't walk in the snow; she just stayed on the sidewalk. She had a lot of fun throwing the snowballs at me that Ryan made though!

We also had a visit from my Uncle Randy and his friend Georgia on Sunday. He called to see if they could come by because they had a little present for Lily. She was very excited when she saw the Disney store bag. She was also very excited when she opened the bag and there was a stuffed Dumbo in it! When we were in Florida last July, Lily and Ryan rode Dumbo and Lily told Randy all about it. Ever since then, he has been on the lookout for a Dumbo doll for Lily and Georgia found one. It's adorable too. Randy showed Lily how to make him "fly" around the room with his big ears, and they played hide-and-seek with him. Lily had a great time. Since then, he has joined her bedtime entourage, but he gets special treatment and gets to be tucked in under her blanket with her each time. She has become very attached to him. Thank you Randy and Georgia for thinking of Lily; she really loves it!