Lily Stories

A few little stories from Lily...

1. I had my hair cut last week (just a little trim). When I walked in the door, Lily came running up to me and said "Mommy. I see your hair cut. I like it." Ryan promises me he did not prompt her to say this.

2. Last night after we read her Bible story and said her prayer, I told Lily how proud I was of her for playing so well (i.e., sharing toys and talking nicely) with her friend Britton that evening, how much I loved her and what a sweet girl she is. She just smiled at me, put her hands around my neck and gave me a kiss. What a sweetheart. Another evening last week, we finished our prayers, and Lily just leaned down, kissed my head (I sit on the floor next to her chair) and said "I love you Mommy." She melts my heart.

3. Ryan's brother, Josh, was in town visiting this weekend; he has recently joined the fire department in Fort Payne, AL, and we are very proud of how well he is doing with them. One of Lily's Little People books has a picture of a fire truck with a fireman helping to get a cat from a tree. Every time we look at that picture, I remind Lily that Josh is a fireman. We were looking at that book this weekend, and I pointed to the picture and asked "what's that?" She replied "A fire truck. OH! Uncle Josh!" then she went running over to where he was sitting. She said "Uncle Josh, you a fireman?" and he replied yes to which Lily replied "Oh, ok." I was really proud of her for putting that connection together though.

4. Grandma Jan bought the girls some gifts that we brought back from Chicago last week. There were several adorable Carter's Halloween outfits in there (Lily's shirt says "Too Cute To Spook" which is absolutely correct!), but also two cute toys. One is a little pink bunny finger puppet that I think was intended for Mia, but Lily has commandeered it and insists it sleeps in bed with her. She also gave Lily a Melissa & Doug magnetic dress-up princess. Lily LOVES this. She has played with it for hours since opening it. It's a cute little princess that has 6 different outfits that go over her petticoat: tops, skirts, gloves, hats and tiaras (though Lily calls them tee-taras which cracks me up). One of the outfits Lily designated as her pajamas because it's a one-piece dress. Each day before nap time and bed time, we've told Lily it's time for bed, and she needs to put the princess to bed. She takes her current outfit off, gives her a shower (one area of the storage box has been designated a shower area) and then dresses her in the green outfit. Then, she gives her a hug, says "I love you Princess Elise" and puts her down in the designated area of the storage box; then she goes to bed. This was a great present!