What a Wonderful Day

Today was an almost perfect day. We got up and moving and Lillian and I hit the farmers market to pick up our weekly produce with the CSA we belong to. We swung by the house to grab daddy and headed to the fairgrounds by 9:30. We were going to the Good to be NC Festival. I thought is was just going to be an inside event with vendors hawking their NC grown products.

But when we got there, it was like a mini state fair. And we do like a fair! The actual inside event did not open until 11:00 but next door was a Health & Fitness Expo so we went to that. Lillian had a blast walking through a blood vessel and tasting healthy samples of water and protein bars and visiting the "nice bathroom."

After that we headed to the NC Festival where we sampled more goodies, although not nearly as healthy. Lillian ate peanuts, lots of different meat on toothpicks (she will almost anything on a toothpick), lots of chutneys and a bit of chocolate. And she got to have her very first freezer pop - those kind with the electric colors in the little plastic tube.

Once we were done there, we headed to the midway so we could ride rides. I rode the strawberry ride with Lillian and daddy rode the double Ferris wheel with her. I will admit that I was quite paranoid about the Ferris wheel. It was so high and no safety belt. I told her that she had to hold on to daddy and gave daddy the same warning. When they got on, Lillian wrapped herself around daddy just like I told her! Daddy let her ease up and then the ride started. She had a great time looking at all the below that looked like ants. I did have some tears in my eyes as they rode on the ride. She seemed so small to be on such a big ride but all ended well.

In the car she practiced giving us some of "Dorothy's White Honey" samples with a straw. We headed to lunch and then home where WE ALL TOOK A TWO HOUR NAP! Then we played "Spooky Fun House" and she and daddy went out to play while I made dinner. Daddy did ask Lillian if mommy should go outside with her and she said, "No mommy stays in and cooks dinner." So much for non stereotypical gender roles I guess!

Bath time went smooth as well as the combing of the hair, teeth brushing and actually the entire bedtime routine. Lillian was in bed by 8:15 and of course got up twice to go potty but I was out of her room by 8:30 pm. And so far not a peep out of her. It was a super busy and fun day. What would have made it perfect was if I had brought a camera with me and it was not quite as hot. We had no fits, no hitting, no fussing, Lillian listened to us, walked the majority of the time at the festivals. She acted like such a big girl. Mommy and daddy were so proud of her and we had such a delightful time with her today. Thanks PeaPie and Sweet Baby!

Getting Closer

I had a very witty entry composed but the computer blipped and it was lost so this what you get instead:

Lillian slept in her crib last night with the crib door off. So her "escape hatch" was open all night and as far as we know, she stayed in her bed all night!

Mud Monster

Take a child that was whiny for most of the day, did not listen in gym class, did not take a nap, lots of rain and a frustrated mommy, send them outside and you get this:


a Mud Monster that happily played and splashed outside for an hour and-a-half. It gave us a chance to test run her new swim suit and bring down the trash and recycling.

All the pictures of the mud monster can found at this link:
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=837858009/a=44459995_44459995/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Not sure if this makes me a good or bad mommy, but she had fun and we did fuss at each other. Success in my book after a long day!

Now for a clean baby:

Storytime by Lillian

Here is Lillian telling a story she made up on the spot. Please excuse the nakedness - that's just how Lillian rolls these days!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To see this beautiful spring chick!


We went on a chicken coop tour around the city last week. I don't think Lillian was too impressed seeing as her grandparents have a tons of chickens and these coops had a maximum of eight but she did enjoy herself.







She loved playing with this very very friendly cat and sniffing the flowers. It's hard to see but she has yellow pollen all over her face!

Zillions of Roses

That's what Lillian said as we made our way to the rose garden for playgroup today. It was just Lily and Lillian today but they still had a good time.

Visit to Granny

Lillian and I took a trip to the Havelock to visit Granny over the weekend. This is how Lillian spent most of her time at Granny's house:

Naked and jumping. She jumped off cushions and all over Granny's bed. And she also spent a great amount of time trying to convince the cat to come out of hiding. And playing with my old Strawberry Shortcake dolls - who all promptly had their tights, hats, shoes and some clothes removed. I will have a fin time trying to figure out which clothes goes on which doll.

We did manage to get clothes on her to take her to the aquarium where she walked the entire time we were there. Normally at places like this, she will walk for about 10 minutes and then say she is tired and wants to be held. But not this time.

Visitor

This is who came to visit us this morning.

His/her mommy was back in the trees. Last week we had a fox in our yard at 1:00 in the afternoon. Does this mean I can cancel Lillian's subscription to Your Big Backyard and National Geographic Kids or invite the magazines to come to our house for a story?!

Busy Busy Busy

Around two hours after Lillian was put to bed I heard these sing-song words: "Mommy come here. Mommy I need to tell you something." I walked into her room to inquire what she needed to tell me. She looked and seemed wide awake. I asked her why she was not asleep yet and she responded: "Because I am too busy talking to myself!"

Strawberry Fields Forever

Playgroup met at one of the local strawberry farms this morning. Lillian got to go on Sunday for my mother's day outing so she was ready to go. It was a bit of an overcast day and some sprinkles did end our trip but we were excited that one of our original playgroup friends was in town visiting so she got to come out too! I was also thanked by Lillian for the "whole entire world" at the strawberry farm. Not really sure what my role in creating the world is/was, but I will take it from my PeaPie!

Lillian, Emily, Lily, Miss Kelly and baby Rory.

Lillian, Emily and Lily

Crack attack!

Lillian, Lily, Emily, Wyatt and Addie

Lillian and Lily playing in the dirt and buttercups

Wyatt, Lillian, Lily and Emily

Owen, Lillian, Emily, Miss Julie and baby Nicholas

Addie, Wyatt, Owen and Lily

Emily, Lillian and Lily hugging

Emily and Lillian hugging

lunch!