Lily Happenings

A few recent stories from Lily:

1. You know Lily loves the Little Einsteins and that she loves to dance. She really likes June who is a little ballerina. While Bama was here last week, she helped Lily learn a "ballerina dance" as Lily calls it. First, she puts her hands above her head and turns around in a circle while counting to three. Second, she points one foot's toes, then the other foot's toes. Third, she dances on her tippy-toes. Fourth, she courtseys. It's adorable! I asked her if she wanted to take ballet class someday. Her eyes got really wide, and she said "oh yes!" I think we'll still wait another year or two on that, but maybe we have a little dancer on our hands.

2. Lily has been doing very well (knock on wood) at staying in bed all night for about a week now. She went on three vacations in May, and I think that really messed up her sleeping habits because she was sleeping with someone else (either Bama or myself) in a different bed than usual and then she was sick and not sleeping well, so for a couple of weeks, she was getting out of bed around 2:00 AM...very frustrating! Finally, she started staying in bed all night again. After the first night of her sleeping in her bed, I really praised her before the next night's bedtime. One of the things I said is "You are AWESOME!" Well, she has really become attached to that word! Every night before bed now, when I ask if she is going to stay in bed all night, she says "Yes. I'm awesome! You awesome too Mommy."

3. Our friend, Chris, and his daughter, Peyton, came over to hang out with Ryan, Lily and Mia this morning. While Lily had several sharing issues while they were here, Ryan said she was angel after they left. At one point she started cleaning up her playroom, and she told Ryan "I clean for Mommy." I guess she knows how much I prefer to have a clean house. She was so proud of herself, and so was I!