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.

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.

Preschool in Pictures

The Christmas gift her teachers gave the class

Making igloos out of Styrofoam

Making sweet potato biscuits

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!

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.

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.