Is it My Birthday?

Lily has asked me every day since Sunday, "Is it my birthday?" Sometimes multiple times. Each time I tell her her birthday is Monday and she says, "Is it Monday?" I would tell her what day it was and count with her all the days until her birthday. Still, the next day we do it all again. It's so hard to teach little ones the concept of time.

You might be old if...

This is a list of things that have happened to me or happen to me on a regular basis that make me feel old.

You might be old if...

You can not fully straighten your legs when you've been kneeling on them for any length of time.

You have to brace yourself on your thigh to get up from the floor because your knees just are not strong enough to do it on their own anymore.

You realize your back experiences severe pain when you put your shoes on the morning after you cleaned the toy closet.

Your legs hurt for days after volunteering in the church nursery because of all the "squats" you did picking up children (even if it was two at a time.)

Your 5 year old, who has never seen a world map before, can beat your score in a map game after playing a few times.

You get the references to old ketchup commercials, "Good things come to those who wait." Thank goodness for plastic bottles and their amazing squeeze action!

The boy band you liked as a kid goes on a reunion tour.

Retro styles look quite a bit like what you dressed in when you were a kid.

You consider tooth whitening products even though you don't drink coffee or tea.

You know gray hairs are thicker and more course than regular hairs because you see them on your head daily.

Your husband tells you your new hair cut "doesn't make you look older. It says, 'I am my age and I can still look hot.'" and he considers it a compliment.

You realize you butt now extends down where the top of your legs used to be.

You realize it's been 10 years since you graduated............COLLEGE.

You see toys you played with as a kid in the American History Museum.

You didn't even know people "speak IM" until you saw it in a movie and even then you had a hard time keeping up with what they were saying.

The AARP has started sending you mailings.

You actually pay people money each month in case you die and think it's a wise investment.

I'm sure there are more, but my memory is not what it used to be...

I just thought of another one. You use sayings like "My memory is not what it used to be."

Lily and Her Princesses

Lily has these 2 inch tall princesses she just loves. She plays with them constantly. She packs them up and takes them places with her when she goes places. It's really sweet. Unfortunately, 3 of them have broken. One a while ago and two recently. I tried to fix the first one with super glue, but it didn't hold. Since she loves them so much and they only cost about $10 for the pack of seven I decided to get her new ones. It was quite a task since stores don't seem to be selling them anymore. I found some on Amazon. I ordered the cheapest one that was supposedly never opened for twice what I had originally paid. I sucked it up because she really does love them. They came today. I would never have bought them if I saw them in person. Lets just say the colors are intense, including on the faces. It didn't seem to matter to Lily as she dropped to the ground right there in the doorway to open them. Of course she had her little princess purse with the current princesses in her had so she took those out as I removed the others from their package. Here she is introducing them to each other.
You can see here that each princess is saying hello to her counterpart from the other set. This set has a new princess the other one didn't, so later all the princesses are turned toward Pocahontas and said hello. She was like a rock star with all eyes on her, "Hello Pocahontas," repeated for each of the other princesses. I love this pretend play stage. It's so fun!

What's Wrong with This Picture?

Last Wednesday I took Lily to the playground for a playdate. The weather was gorgeous and it felt like spring. Today...not so much.

Adjusting to Change

Yesterday Lily sat on my lap and pushed my hair off my face. She said, "I'm making you Mommy again."

When we put the kids to bed they get songs every night. Lately Lily will get songs from Daddy and then when I go in to say goodnight she wants songs from me too. It used to be that I would sing her a few quiet songs always ending with songs about Jesus and/or God. Lately, as she's gotten older, I've been telling her to pick one song and then we say a prayer together. She picks one. I get about 3/4 through the song she picked and she says, "Wait, wait! Forget about Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. I want I've been working on the Railroad." It's kind of amazing how little brains work. Anything to stall bedtime I guess. Don't worry. I don't fall for it. I just keep singing the first song. I don't even stop to set her straight because that, of course, is dragging out bedtime and she wins. It is amusing though.

Four Seasons

Edited ***Oops, I meant to post this on my creative blog. It's over there now.***

Some Lily-isms

Pun-Uter = computer

leed = lid or the top of pretty much anything

Learning in Daily Life

Ryan's eyes are closed, he is in the middle of a prayer, "God, help us to be reliable to each other." His eyes pop open, he looks at me and says, "What does that mean?"

ROFL...I don't know where he heard that word.