Thursday, January 28, 2010

School Artwork

The latest artwork Lillian has brought home. She is getting better with her letters to write her name. But she doesn't quite get that the letters should be in a specific order!




cup of hot cocoa with marshmallow's


"Snow Storm"

Snowman Soup

This came home with Lillian today:



It is hot cocoa mix with snowman marshmallows and a peppermint stick. I had to hide it in a cabinet to keep her from opening it when we came home.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Dental Drama

Today Lillian had a dentist appointment. This would be her third or fourth time going and she knows what to expect, which is not a good thing. She does not like the scraper and lets you know, repeatedly, that she does not like it.

It was a bit tough getting her in the door of the waiting room but she quickly started playing. The real drama started when the hygienist called her name. Lillian would not move. So I picked her up and we went back to the room. The hygienist was real nice and patient and got Lillian to calm down with talk about princesses and prizes for being good.

A little back story - last Thursday Lillian fell and hit her mouth on the armrest of the chair very hard. There was blood and lots of tears and screaming. When it happened, her teeth appeared to be fine and since we already had an appointment for today we decided to wait and see.

I told the hygienist about the fall and Lillian filled in the details for me. Lillian was very concerned that the hygienist and dentist were not going to be gentle on her hurt teeth. Once the gentle and big girl discussion was over, Lillian did pretty good for the rest of the appointment. She got her teeth cleaned and X-rays. They barely had to scrape her teeth at all! She does have very deep grooves in her molars that could be an easy target for cavities as she gets older. The X-rays should healthy adult teeth and good placement.

The dentist could see trauma to the ligaments on her front teeth and some swelling and one tooth is a bit wiggly. We are supposed to watch for signs of dying - discoloration, a bubble on the gum, increased pain and swelling. If it does start to die, it will need to come out. The dentist said it was a 50/50 chance. She has teeth much worse that she knew would have to come out and they healed and other teeth that don't look so bad that do need to come out. Her own daughter had the same thing happen at 3 years of age and developed anabscess at the age of 5 and needed to have the tooth removed. If it doe shave to come out, it should not affect her adult tooth or placement of the rest of her adult teeth. So we get to lookforward to worrying about this tooth for a long time apparently!

After the appointment, Lillian got 2 tokens to use to pick out prizes. She got an elephant ring and a bracelet. She even got very upset when I told her the dentist said we did not have to brush her teeth tonightbecause of the fluoride varnish they applied to her teeth! I guess we have drilled in the concept of the "sugar bugs" drilling holes in teeth while she sleeps if she doesn't brush!



A bit nervous and upset. But she mathces the chair!



X-ray time!


Cleaning time. Lillian liked the brush because it was pink and purple but did not like the taste of the toothpaste.


The cool sunglasses she got to wear so the light would not get in her eyes.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Preschool in Pictures

The Christmas gift her teachers gave the class




Making igloos out of Styrofoam





Making sweet potato biscuits



Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Horse Play

We headed out to the park today and met a surprise in the parking lot:



The City of Raleigh's horse patrol. In addition to patrolling downtown, they try to visit a park once a week and we were in luck to be at the right park today. The two policemen had the horses walk around the playground before they headed down a trail. As we were leaving the park, so were the horses.


Lillian had a fine time honing her climbing skills and looking cute!




Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Everything in its place

We have been trying very hard to have Lillian pick her toys up once she is finished playing with them. It is a struggle for all of us - it is much easier to just leave them on the floor. But pretty soon you can't walk on the floor without stepping on something.

We also STRESS that markers, pens, crayons, et all are only for paper. Yesterday I noticed some marker drawings on her white chair. Wasn't too upset over the marks on the chair but was upset if she had decided to draw on the chair.

When I questioned Lillian on the situation, she said she was drawing on paper but got carried away. Fine I said but then asked where she got the marker from. Without missing a beat she said, "I found it in your bedroom. Now markers don't belong in your bedroom, do they mommy?"

No Lillian they don't, but neither do they belong drawn on furniture.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Cold Sand

It has been unusually cold here for awhile but playgroup decided to brave the cold and go to a local park. It was actually nice in the sun plus we were the only people there! The kids had fun playing on the fort, digging in the sand and swinging. After the park we headed out for a quick bite to eat. Lillian had excellent manners while eating and came home with dirt stained pants legs.


Lillian (purple jacket and ponytail), Emily and Wyatt.

Lunch Bunch Results

All went well with Lillian eating lunch at school. She was very excited because Miss Vivian sat next to her. She even said she had a good time, which is not something Lillian says often, even when we know she had a good time!

I packed her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, carrots, gorgonzola crackers and an apple. She said she ate everything but the apple because she got full. So the apple was her snack as we read books before her quiet time. Now whether or not she actually ate all of her sandwich and carrots I am not sure. She usually does not eat a whole sandwich but who knows.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Lunch Bunch

Lillian's preschool starts Lunch Bunch on Thursday. Each Thursday Lillian will get to stay 45 minutes later because she will be eating lunch at school! Another great thing about MUMPS is that the lunch bunch is already factored in to the tuition; many school you pay extra! This is a pretty major thing; she has a snack at school but this will be the first time she will eating a meal away from us (other than with family on occasional babysitting jaunts).

I ordered her a lunch bag and it came just in time! It is pink (her FAVORITE) and there is a butterfly on it. I had some letters left over from her backpack so I went ahead and monogrammed it (the company will only allow you 3 letters in a monogram!)


When I showed it to Lillian she was super excited and went and filled it up with lunch:

two Spicy V8 drinks
lots of cheese (string and sliced)
apples
an orange
two cups of yogurt

I hope she is hungry!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

New Family Portrait

by Lillian.

from left to right:


Daddy, Rory (little sister to Lillian's best friend Lily), Lillian and Mommy

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Paper Heart

Lillian cut this heart out all by herself this morning:


I drew the lines and she cut it out and then proceeded to put stickers on it.

Back to school

Today preschool started back up after being our for the holidays. It went pretty smooth considering the last few weeks of preschool were met with tears and fits. I usually walk into the school with Lillian but the teachers thought it best if we did the carpool for drop-off in the morning. Apparently once she enters the classroom she calms right down so she was putting on a show for me. I told them we would start carpool at the beginning of the new year.

Lillian was fine with the morning routine at home and went into the car easily. She started to get a bit upset as we sat in the carpool line. A few tears started leaking out of her eyes and the makings of the preschool fit. But we saw her teachers waving to us from the classroom and I kept telling her how excited the teachers, her friend Lily and Moonlight, the class fish, were to see her. Luckily Miss Vivian came very soon and Lillian went right with her into the building.

Lillian did give me a couple jobs to complete while she is at school: make a valentine crown and bring her a cup of peppermint tea when I pick her up!

Her back to school poses this morning: