Cool Lily

How cool is Lily? For three days in a row now, she has been happily playing and having a great time when we tell her it's almost nap time. She'll reply "One more (book, bubble, puzzle)" so we do one more of whatever it is. Then we'll say "Ok, it's nap time." She stops what she is doing, tells us to stay where we are, closes the hallway door and then her bedroom door. On the monitor, we see her turn on her humidifier and then climb into bed. She arranges her animals the way she wants, pulls the blankets (yes, all four blankets she insists on having) and goes to sleep for about 2.5 hours. Is she awesome or what?!

This morning, she was dancing like a ballerina. Actually, she says it's like June, who is a dancer on the Little Einsteins show she loves. She just kept spinning around in circles until she almost fell down. When she stopped, she said "Whoa! Mommy, the house is spinning!" I burst out laughing.

Lily has a little kitchen that Granna and Papa gave her for Christmas a year ago. It is an adjustable height one, so we decided last night after Lily went to bed to raise it up so it would fit her better. When you raise it, there are two extra doors to put things in and we had saved some extra accessories for it (extra cups, spoons, etc). This morning when Lily saw it, she stopped and stared then she just kept repeating "Wow!" Finally she said "My kitchen got big! It is very, very tall!" She has been playing in all morning because she is so excited about it.

Yesterday Lily was climbing on me, so I said something about her being a silly monkey. She said "No Mommy, I'm just a big girl." I couldn't help but agree!

Lily is crazy about sunglasses and hats all of a sudden. We were at the park last week, and she saw a little girl wearing a wide-brim hat. She commented on how cute it was, so I asked if she would like to wear a hat. She said "Yes, buy one at store. And sunglasses." Well, we already have sunglasses for her, so I pulled those out for her to try on. She loves them and doesn't want to take them off. She wants them in her shower and at breakfast. I'm going to try to get a picture of her in them soon because she is stinking cute with them on! Now to find a hat she will want to wear outside too...