Pancakes and Pajamas!

Wow!  Log time no blog.  I'm sure we've done things.  In fact I know we have.  Sorry for not posting.  I won't bore you with what we've been up to but will just start with today... AKA the best birthday party idea I've ever shamelessly stolen!  Pancakes and Pajamas in the morning was awesome!  All the kids had great energy.  The pancakes - plain, chocolate chip, confetti, and pumpkin - were delicious!  The kids loved their topping choices and best of all - I believe all had fun!  Even the parental units!

The toppings:  sprinkles of all kinds, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, nutella, peanuts, fruits, whipped cream.  I even made, although not shown in any photo, home made apple cider syrup!

 How do you stack?  The kids got to see how many pancakes high they were!  And yes, we measured with the pointy hat on!  

 And then again without.  The only guest she was taller than?  The 21 month old...

 The decorating madness!  

This was so fun to watch!

 Lilly's pancake.  I wish we had taken a photo of this before cutting it and in stages.  She had thick and multiple layers of toppings, including Nutella, sugar crystal sprinkles, star sprinkles, rainbow sprinkles.  And syrup.

 She ate quite a bit!

 Waiting on her gift from us...

The cutest Cinderella bike ever!

 We took her down to the pool parking lot to practice.  She had a few falls, but got back on it every time!

 At the end of the evening, we finally had cupcakes.  

She's the cutest little four year old I know!

Princess Butterfly

One of Lilly's prizes for potty training was this butterfly tutu set.  She really just wanted the shoes.

I'm a big girl now!

So we finally upgraded Lilly's bed to a full size bed!  

 This is her first night in it!

 She looks quite cozy, huh?

  She fell asleep "reading" Curious George!

 I know people think I'm the crazy parent in Lilly's world, but so is Ernie.  He can not believe how tall the bed is.  Direct quote:  "if she falls, she could break her neck!"

                                      

 Note the step stool.  It isn't just for Lilly!  I need it to!

Lilly's driving!

I bought Lilly this little Barbie Jeep at a yard sale last year.  She is finally able to reach the pedals!  I am not sure what happened to make her (or her instructor) think she needed to roll her pants up to her knees...

I wish I had taken a video of our neighbor Emily in the jeep with her.  Emily may have suffered a minor concussion from all the jerky stop and go of Lilly's driving!  Emily's parents were thinking about buying one for Emily, but I think Emily is actually scared of it now!

Field Trip to the Zoo

So yes, this was in April.  And I know it is now June, but at least it is getting posted, right?  Lilly won her class coloring contest (it was the impressive use of glitter glue) and got to pick out an animal for the class to adopt.  She chose the elephants in honor of our newest zoo member, Kinzey.

Our first stop was the children's zoo where they are apparently raising free range chickens.

 Lilly followed them around, trying to catch one because she is certain they want her to pet them.

 The fact the chickens are working so hard to get away from her hardly deters her.

 Meanwhile all the other kids from school have spent time here at the river otter exhibit.

 They just swam the same path but Lilly never "saw" it.

 So we stayed there for quite some time!

 We finally made our way to the playground.  She slid down the slide several times and hid in the hippo mouth for awhile.  We did not see a single class mate on the playground.

 So we call Lilly the Lollygagger....

 We finally make it to the petting zoo which is basically a bunch of goats.  There were some babies too!

 And Lilly brushed every single one of them!

 Next stop for us:  the Carousel!

After the carousel, we decided to go look for Baby Kinzey in the River Walk section of the zoo.  We got sidetracked by this little guy.  The friendliest orangutan ever!  He just sat there willing all of us to please sit and chat for awhile.  And Lilly did.

 So we still have not found the elephants.  Somehow though we manage to get back to the carousel which we ride again!  This time, our friend Chris was there and introduced us to the carousel manager who gave us a free pass!

Lilly drawing

Wow it's been a long time since I've posted!  My apologies.  Yesterday, Ernie picked Lilly up from school and Ms. Jessica mentioned how well Lilly is doing with writing her name.  Really?  At home she can barely identify an L, much less write it.  She may have a future in acting.

This just in...

I know I haven't finished November or even started December and let's not even talk about how January is almost over.  I am fast forwarding to present day.  I purchased some princess stuff from Zulily (my favorite website, next to Pinterest) including some make up.  I showed Lilly all the make up items and told her she could pick one when she poops on the potty.  She doesn't want the make up that bad.  And that's ok - I understand.  I go on to explain to her how she can get another kit that includes some shoes, bangles, a wand and a purse once she wins 7 pieces of make up.  And then after she wins the shoe kit, there is another dress up kit to win after winning another 7 pieces of make up.  She's interested in these items, but still not buying into the whole "poop on the potty" concept. Tonight she finally pooped on the potty!!  

 And here she is with her purple puff demonstrating her purple shimmer powder!

 And she claims she will be back to visit the make up bucket tomorrow!

I put her makeup in its very own drawer in her bathroom.  She started going upstairs and Ernie thought it was to go potty.  Silly Ernie....

Her face is very shimmery!  And purple....  I cannot stop laughing.  She is so proud of her make up.