Friday, May 13, 2011

Happy 2nd Birthday Lily!

Happy Birthday 2 year old! Lily was very aware that it was "my birthday party" this year. She picked out her own number candle at the grocery store (and threw a tantrum when I tried to put it in the cart) and was happy to see it in her banana chocolate chip muffin on her birthday morning. Since Lily was so aware of her special day this year, we celebrated three times: breakfast, playgroup with mini cupcakes, and and at home after going to the children's museum with regular cupcakes.
Things to note about Lily at two:
-she talks nonstop, all day
-she thinks she's the mom sometimes. I often catch her telling Nathan to go to timeout for not giving her his toys.
-she likes to take her clothes off during the day. We have daily lessons on the importance of being modest, but she is my first striping child and so far nothing has worked.
-she is the most polite of the kids, always saying "thankyou and welcome"
-she is the most naughty of the kids, but quick to say "sowee" so she doesn't spend long in time out.
-she loves to sing along with the children's music while we drive
-she adores everyone in the family and is constantly asking during the day where "Isey" and "Daddy" are.
-she loves to give my belly kisses and says "baby come out and play"
-she is starting to want to take her turn saying the prayer at mealtime

We love you silly Lily!

My favorite cheese question

Nathan is happy to not be allergic to dairy products. In fact, if I ask him whether he wants peanut butter or a lunch meat sandwich, he says he wants a cheese sandwich. So the other day while I'm making lunch Nathan is telling me all about the different color cheeses he knows about:
Nathan: "Hey Mom, pepper jack cheese is white."
Me: "yep"
Nathan: "and cheddar cheese is yellow"
Me: "you're right"
Nathan: "and pizza cheese (mozarella) is white"
Me:"uh-huh"
Nathan: "Mom, what color is Chuck E. Cheese?"

Monday, May 2, 2011

Daddy Date #1

Brian really earned the super dad award in April. Annelise had her kindergarten field trip to Dewberry Farm and Brian was great about taking the day off work to go with her since I didn't really feel like walking around in the heat all day pregnant. They had a great time together and Brian claims she even held his hand at one point. Sometimes I wish we could freeze her in time, so things like that would never go away.
Annelise hanging out with her best friend Leona.

Daddy Date #2



On Friday night Brian went on his second special outing with Nathan. They went to the Father/Sons campout at Brazos Bend state park. This was Nathan's first real camping experience and he absolutely loved it. I had bought him a kids flashlight earlier in the year and he took this opportunity to convince me that he needed to take it with him. Brian says Nathan kept asking when he could use it. Nathan would also occasionally just wander over to the tent to admire it .