Oh Where?

oh where is our BFF, Brooke? We haven't seen her for days! I guess she is still recovering from her Thanksgiving feast, but we miss her! Lilly has been begging to ride in her Jeep, but Lilly is still too short to push the pedal. And I hated to tell her Brooke wasn't home (again). In walks Joey. Joey is our five year old neighbor. You've met him before in a previous post - he was her beloved Shrek for Halloween!

Joey was so sweet to drive her in her pink Barbi Jeep. I even told him I was taking pictures!

These will come back to haunt you in approximately 8-10 years buddy! Don't make me use it!

Thanks for stepping up Joey. Lilly really enjoyed the ride. Maybe next time she'll stick to the sidewalk chalk or the more manly wagon ride!

Lilly turns 2!

We had a small family party this year for her. And rather impromptu. When Britanie and TJ were small my family always hoped to give the favorite gift. Aunt Cathy's adorable fairy house drew her attention and seemed like it may be the winner.

But then she opened the shopping cart from Uncle Scott. She pushed it all over the house while we kept saying "but there's more to open!" Scott seemed like the apparent winner.

But then finally (FINALLY!!) she opened her Elmo gift from Mommy and Daddy. And this was sure to be the winner!

But no. Wait! It can't be. Is that a ribbon?

Pure Joy. That's what that look is. And yes, she put all the ribbons in her shopping cart and pushed them everywhere. Here it is, Sunday - three days later and there are all her ribbons in her shopping cart. Unbelievable. And I can't even believe the video I still need to upload for you!

Peanut Butter Pie

I've never had it either, but it sounded good. Lilly wanted to try some so Aunt Patty very willingly shared her piece with Lilly.

Lilly responded favorably, by taking control of the fork.

And then proceeded to finished Aunt Patty's pie.

Why the sad face Lilly? You ate it all! And it wasn't even your dessert! Poor Aunt Patty is what you should be thinking...

Aaah Technology!

Technology is not my friend. For some reason, I can't answer my cell phone. I dont know how to fix it. At work, I do not know how to program the fax machine. Our on-hold music isn't right and I can't fix it. Technology and I have an understanding.... I need certain basic things in life, give me those items and I will not bad mouth you Mr. Technology. I feel technology has gone too far! My niece, Britanie doesn't wear a watch. She doesn't need it because she has her cell phone. My daughter has no idea a mouse is a rodent! Kids watch movies in cars on their way to school. Really? I always vowed I would not need a tv or dvd player in my car. Lilly and I can play road trip games. So far, Lilly is not excited about traveling bingo or counting all the blue cars! And she let us know it while traveling to see Aunt Kelly. So for the ride home, Uncle Chris and Aunt Kelly had a brilliant idea.

This is Lilly watching Shrek on a portable DVD player attached to my headrest. Pure amazement. Pure joy... Unfortunately, the last hour was still not pleasant, but it can only get better. Right? I promise to try to be nicer to you Mr. Technology... some day.

Little Rock

We went to Kelly's house, in Benton, AR last week. She and Dylan hung out at the park and out front practicing their graffiti skills.

There is a little park area in the subdivision just down the street from Kelly's house and Lilly seemed to be the only child in the area interested in playing on it. She was a little unsure about the tire swing. We did not spend much time on it.

We crossed the bridge and checked out the trail. She saw berries, leaves, rocks, and even a creek.

So happy just swingin'!

Scaredy Cat

So I had this idea... And of course, it involved a tu-tu. The original plan was for her to be an adorable witch! I was going to make a hat. But thanks to things beyond my control at work, time just got away from me. So I changed the plan to a scaredy cat which was still going to require some crafting on my part and a tu-tu.

Fortunately, I found a cat bag for Lilly to carry all her candy in at Target and this wonderful t-shirt that already had a cat on it and said "Scaredy" on it. Thank you Target. Unfortunately, my tu-tu was already finished and was originally black and blue so I had to buy some more tulle and re-work that masterpiece!

This is our neighbor Joey, aka Shrek, aka Lilly's favorite ogre in all the land! She was happy to have him in her entourage up the hill. So happy, in fact, she managed to take his pumpkin filled with his candy.

This is our bff, Brooke. They look so cute together!

By the end of the night, she had trick or treated Brooke's house three times and our house at least 10! She helped hand out candy to one group of small kids. One got several pieces and one got none. The other - lost his pumpkin. Guess who had it! She did great!

Pumpkin Patch 2010

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