Here are a few pictures of Lilly in her Fancy Mouse costume. She actually wore the costume for the entire class!
Some video:
Thursday, October 25, 2007
KinderMusik in Costumes
For today's Kindermusik class, the kids wore their Halloween costumes. It was a very small class today - I guess the rainy weather kept some people home.
Here are a few pictures of Lilly in her Fancy Mouse costume. She actually wore the costume for the entire class!
Some video:
Here are a few pictures of Lilly in her Fancy Mouse costume. She actually wore the costume for the entire class!
Some video:
Thursday, October 18, 2007
State Fair
As usual we headed over to the fairgrounds for the annual NC State Fair. We thought Monday would be a slow day attendance-wise so Joe took that day off. We ran into one of Joe's Aunts and his cousins and her two daughters. It was however NOT fair weather - jeans and sweatshirts should be worm to the fair not shorts and t-shirts. Lilly did wear at sweatshirt for the morning - we were there right at 9:00 am. It was nice that early with the vendors still setting up and Lilly had the chance to run around before the crowds came.
We hunted all over to find the petting zoo - it was not where the map said it was but it was worthwhile once we got there. Lilly fed the goats carrot chips and got to touch a cow, camel and a llama.
Of course when she saw the pony rides, she wanted to ride one so we let her.
We went through the Field of Dreams where the kids get a basket and can "pick" an apple, a cucumber and a strawberry to carry around. At the end of the trip, the kids are supposed to hand the basket over to be weighed and then receive money for their goods which they can take into the grocery store and buy an apple. Only problem was that Lilly did not want to give her basket up and would not take the money. When we pried the basket from her grip, she promptly fell on the floor and had a fit. An older man working this part of the exhibit asked who she got that behavior from. I said I did not know - I certainly never act that way!
W thought we could get away with just carrying Lilly or letting her walk but that was not the case. Now last year that was no problem - Joe and I traded who go to wear Lilly on the sling and off we went. We could put her down and she couldn't;t run off as she was not crawling yet. She was a bit tired when we arrived ans was clingy much of the time. She didn't like walking with all the people around (and we weren't that comfortable with that idea ourselves) and so we opted to fork over $8 to rent one of the strollers for the day. It worked great - when we could get Lilly in it. She would want to get out to see something and then we had to fight to get her back in. The majority of the time I ended up holding her. That makes for a VERY LONG day carrying a 23 pound toddler around for 5 hours.
This year Lilly got to eat fair food - she had no teeth during last year's fair. We brought along her usual staple meal for going out - PB&J, veggie and fruit booty. With much coaxing from Daddy, she ate some of it but there was too much to do for her to sit still and eat. Joe got his usual turkey keg - Lilly chewed some of it and then pulled it out of her mouth for us to hold. She did however enjoy the strawberry ice cream for the NC State Vet school, Mommy's frozen banana (I gave her a bite and she refused to let go), fudge sample, hush puppies (she went through the mill tour twice to get hush puppies) and caramel apple. She also enjoyed her apple from the Field of Dreams once she saw Mommy eating it and ripped it away mid-bite.
We all had a grand time and Lilly fell asleep in my arms as we were walking to the car. She saw alot of things but by far her favorite was the giant ostrich over one of the food vendors. She saw that when we first arrived and all day kept asking to go see the ostrich again. She still talks about it as if she saw it today.
We hunted all over to find the petting zoo - it was not where the map said it was but it was worthwhile once we got there. Lilly fed the goats carrot chips and got to touch a cow, camel and a llama.
Of course when she saw the pony rides, she wanted to ride one so we let her.
We went through the Field of Dreams where the kids get a basket and can "pick" an apple, a cucumber and a strawberry to carry around. At the end of the trip, the kids are supposed to hand the basket over to be weighed and then receive money for their goods which they can take into the grocery store and buy an apple. Only problem was that Lilly did not want to give her basket up and would not take the money. When we pried the basket from her grip, she promptly fell on the floor and had a fit. An older man working this part of the exhibit asked who she got that behavior from. I said I did not know - I certainly never act that way!
W thought we could get away with just carrying Lilly or letting her walk but that was not the case. Now last year that was no problem - Joe and I traded who go to wear Lilly on the sling and off we went. We could put her down and she couldn't;t run off as she was not crawling yet. She was a bit tired when we arrived ans was clingy much of the time. She didn't like walking with all the people around (and we weren't that comfortable with that idea ourselves) and so we opted to fork over $8 to rent one of the strollers for the day. It worked great - when we could get Lilly in it. She would want to get out to see something and then we had to fight to get her back in. The majority of the time I ended up holding her. That makes for a VERY LONG day carrying a 23 pound toddler around for 5 hours.
This year Lilly got to eat fair food - she had no teeth during last year's fair. We brought along her usual staple meal for going out - PB&J, veggie and fruit booty. With much coaxing from Daddy, she ate some of it but there was too much to do for her to sit still and eat. Joe got his usual turkey keg - Lilly chewed some of it and then pulled it out of her mouth for us to hold. She did however enjoy the strawberry ice cream for the NC State Vet school, Mommy's frozen banana (I gave her a bite and she refused to let go), fudge sample, hush puppies (she went through the mill tour twice to get hush puppies) and caramel apple. She also enjoyed her apple from the Field of Dreams once she saw Mommy eating it and ripped it away mid-bite.
We all had a grand time and Lilly fell asleep in my arms as we were walking to the car. She saw alot of things but by far her favorite was the giant ostrich over one of the food vendors. She saw that when we first arrived and all day kept asking to go see the ostrich again. She still talks about it as if she saw it today.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Pumpkin Pickin'
We took Lilly to a local pumpkin patch this weekend. She was very excited to go look at pumpkins. With your admission ticket, you got to go on a covered hayride and pick out your own pumpkin, access to a fish and duck feeding pond, view goats and chickens, play on various playground equipment and mazes. Lilly enjoyed the tee-pee. We could not get her to leave it. Every time we would put her down, she would run over to the tee-pee.
Not included in the ticket price were the pony rides. We did not buy a ticket when we got in because we were not sure she would be interested in it. Well she was so I went and got her a ticket. As we were waiting in line, she picked out the white pony as hers and and very innocently told the little boy who was riding the white pony "Boy get off pony." Luckily when it was her turn, we were able to get the white pony. I had some reservations that Lilly would start to cry but she didn't. She had a great time on the pony. She didn't even cry when it was time to get off and we had her say "thank you" to the pony as we left.
We took a covered wagon hayride to the pumpkin patch. Lilly seemed more interested in the tractor and the skull on a man's t-shirt than the hayride on our way to the pumpkin patch. Once the wagon let us off, Lilly headed straight for the pumpkins. She promptly picked one up and threw it to the ground. The poor pumpkin split but Lilly did not seem to care - there were more pumpkins to pick up. She did pretty good picking them up until she discovered that some of them had stickers on them. From then on, all she wanted to do was pick the stickers off one pumpkin and put it on another. The pumpkin that Lilly picked out for herself ended up with 5 stickers in it.
After our pumpkins were picked out, we sat down under a tree so Lilly could eat her lunch. Each time a wagon would come by and drop people off, Lilly wanted to get on it. The ride back to the farm, Lilly actually sat down on the hay and had a look around.
Not included in the ticket price were the pony rides. We did not buy a ticket when we got in because we were not sure she would be interested in it. Well she was so I went and got her a ticket. As we were waiting in line, she picked out the white pony as hers and and very innocently told the little boy who was riding the white pony "Boy get off pony." Luckily when it was her turn, we were able to get the white pony. I had some reservations that Lilly would start to cry but she didn't. She had a great time on the pony. She didn't even cry when it was time to get off and we had her say "thank you" to the pony as we left.
We took a covered wagon hayride to the pumpkin patch. Lilly seemed more interested in the tractor and the skull on a man's t-shirt than the hayride on our way to the pumpkin patch. Once the wagon let us off, Lilly headed straight for the pumpkins. She promptly picked one up and threw it to the ground. The poor pumpkin split but Lilly did not seem to care - there were more pumpkins to pick up. She did pretty good picking them up until she discovered that some of them had stickers on them. From then on, all she wanted to do was pick the stickers off one pumpkin and put it on another. The pumpkin that Lilly picked out for herself ended up with 5 stickers in it.
After our pumpkins were picked out, we sat down under a tree so Lilly could eat her lunch. Each time a wagon would come by and drop people off, Lilly wanted to get on it. The ride back to the farm, Lilly actually sat down on the hay and had a look around.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
It's Cutting Time
In order to get dinner cooked, Lilly has been helping with the nightly chore. When I ask her if she wants to help me cook, she runs over to the dining chair and starts trying to push it over to the counter. The chair is too heavy and so she ends up shouting "Too heavy." Occasionally she will throw in "Mommy help Lillian chair."
She asked to cut one time so I set her up with her own cutting board and a little plastic knife. She can't actually cut yet - just mash the piece of food to bits, but she thinks she is cutting. It keeps her out of my hair and she is always snacking on the items we are cutting so it has proven to be a good way to get her to eat some veggies that she would refuse if they were offered to her. The other day we were cutting shallots and she kept eating them and requesting more. The child will eat raw shallots and tofu but not a piece of ham or chicken.
She asked to cut one time so I set her up with her own cutting board and a little plastic knife. She can't actually cut yet - just mash the piece of food to bits, but she thinks she is cutting. It keeps her out of my hair and she is always snacking on the items we are cutting so it has proven to be a good way to get her to eat some veggies that she would refuse if they were offered to her. The other day we were cutting shallots and she kept eating them and requesting more. The child will eat raw shallots and tofu but not a piece of ham or chicken.
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