Little Big Girl

After the haircut, Granny came into town for the weekend. Lillian had to take Granny on the R-Line to the NC Museum of History. But before that, we headed out to lunch. Lillian had to bring her purse. She carries all the essentials in it too: pair of shoes, a sweater, a water bottle, 2 packs of gum, dental floss, wallet and a change purse.

 She hung it on the back of her chair at the restaurant. When the bill came, Lillian hopped down from her chair and pulled out her wallet. She asked me, "Is this a restaurant where you leave money on the table?" When i said yes, she pulled out a dollar bill from her wallet and placed it on the table.

Money Well Spent

Today was Lillian's first day of summer camp. Her preschool is holding the summer camp which consists of  three different week-long classes. We quickly signed her up for the first session but weren't sure about the other two weeks. As school came to a close and she was loving it, we added the other two weeks in.

When she got into the car this afternoon, she shoved the craft they made in my face and told me all about the kids in her class. She said there were new girls that she played with and invited one of them over to the house. She told me all about the craft they were going to do the next day in class and then screamed, "I'm so excited!"

Priceless.

First Haircut!

Today, at the ripe old age of (almost) 41/2 years-old, Lillian had her first haircut. I have been snipping away at it for awhile but knew it needed a real cut. Everytime I approached the topic, Lillian was against it. But her best friend recently got her haircut and one day this week while trying to brush her hair, Lillian said she was tired of all the knots in her hair. I asked her is she wanted her hair cut, she said yes! So I quickly called our hair lady, Miss Gail, and she was able to squeeze Lillian in this morning.

This morning, before the cut:

I really thought Lillian would balk as soon as we hit the door but she didn't. She was all smiles heading to the wash basin. It took a bit of configuring to get her neck in the correct position but we got it and all went well. Even Miss Gail was impressed at how well Lillian was doing because she has seen the Lillian terror at times!

About 2 inches was cut from the bottom and a light layer was put in the back. Miss Gail blow dried Lillian's hair and even put some cute pins in it but Lillian quickly took the pins out. All in all, not much different from before, which is a good thing. Hopefully it will make it easier to brush and comb. Miss Gail gave Lillian a piece of gum and Mr. Rick gave her a huge lollipop.

After the cut:

Sleepy Girl

Lillian will only nap in the car now and this weekend she fell asleep in the car. I carried her inside expecting her to wake up but she didn't. I held her for awhile but needed to get some things done so I put her on the couch. Where she stayed asleep for a good hour and a half! It was not a fun time trying to get her to go to bed that night because her nap occurred from 3:00 - 4:30 pm. She finally stopped getting out of her room around 9:45 pm. She is usually in bed around 8:00 pm. But luckily I had these pictures to remind me that she is cute when asleep.

She's awake. And with post-nap hair. I love post-nap hair!

Last Day of the First Year of Preschool

Tuesday, May 25 was the Lillian's last day of preschool for the year. As a thank you to the teachers, we made a green tea cookies for them and wrote some quick thank you notes. Lillian decorated the cookie bags and drew a picture to go on her note cards and wrote each teacher's name on the envelope. She got really tired doing this and got sloppy with the writing.

Her class was having a picnic and parents were invited to come. Even Granny got to come with us! The kids all helped make the food : ham & cheese or PB&J sandwiches, carrots, cucumbers, pretzels and punch. The next day was a classmates birthday so there were even some cute cupcakes.

The teachers had buckets for each child loaded with goodies. Lillian's had a book, a bubble wand, a bug place mat and an adorable ladybug hand print wall hanging.

Lillian eating lunch with her bestie Lily:

Lillian and her teachers, Miss Starr:

and Mrs. Bacchi:

and Miss Vivian, the school director:

After eating, Joe started blowing bubbles and mayhem ensued:

Lillian and Faith taking a break to eat a cupcake:

Posing on a bench in the front of school:

Being the last day, I made Lillian pose for a picture before leaving for school. Don't let the pictures fool you, she was not that excited about school being over! Each day since then, she asks me if it is a school day. Luckily summer camp starts next week!