Miscellaneous March.

As my birthday approached, Lily asked me if we were going to have cake on my birthday.  At first I said, No, Mommy doesn't really need any birthday cake.... but the look of complete and utter disappointment on her face reminded me that, for the kids, the whole POINT of someone's birthday is so everyone can have cake.  

So, the night before my birthday we ran to walmart to get a box of cake and some icing and the kiddos helped me bake my own birthday cake.  Uh, it looked good enough to eat.  So I did.

Lily had a friend's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.

Joel and I had a date night and went indoor rock climbing Bloomington.  It was awesome.  Mostly I just can't stop staring at that picture of my back.  I.  Look.  Ripped.

We flew kites, again.  It was a windy day but apparently not the right kind of windy day because we STRUGGLED to keep those kites in the air.

Random visit to the Yamaha dealer.

Date night #2.  Yep, TWO date nights in one month!  That NEVER happens!  We went to dinner and then went to a pub downtown where we randomly met up with one of my coworkers.  We proceeded to drink for a bit and then headed down the street to a "nightclub" in Columbus where we danced and danced and danced at the Farrell's "after party" from that sessions 10-week awards banquet.  AND THEN, we hit up Steak and Shake and didn't get home till 2am!  What the what?!?!  What a great time we had!

And then, we had to wake up early for the kids Easter program at the daycare.  Doh.  Lily sang her little heart out.  Tyler acted like he could not believe he caught in this most embarrassing singing situation and barely bothered sing one word or make one motion.  

After the singing, the kiddos had the annual Easter egg hunt.  They came home with SO much candy!

The Easter Bunny was there and BOTH kids wanted to sit on his lap!  Wasn't it just 4 months ago, when neither of them would have a THING to do with Santa?  And that guy was going to give them presents!

There's no such thing a miscellaneous post without a picture of the kids passed out in the car.  (Lily loves her booster seat except for when she wants to take a nap in the car.)

Meme and Papaw (and Suki) came for a visit.  The kids REALLY love that dog.

 

A Million and One Catch Up Moments for Lily

I'm behind, behind, behind.  Gasp!

Couple of big things have happened with Lily in the last month.

First, we registered Lily for Kindergarten!  That was stressful!  Not the actual registration part, but the figuring out all the rest part.  Like before school care.  After school care.  Should we enroll her in the school that's meant for our neighborhood or the school that's actually a tad closer and ranked higher?  But if we do that, what kind of options will we have for before/after school care...  A million and one questions to figure out.  But we did get it figured out.  Whew.

Second, Lily's teacher recently rearranged their class room and Lily's desk was moved further away from the whiteboard.  When that happened Lily's teacher noticed that she was squinting when trying to read words on the board.  When she asked Lily to read a word (it was color words which Lily knows how to read), Lily said she couldn't.  So, off to the eye doctor we went.

Lily did great while there.  Did everything that was asked of her.  Didn't shy away in to herself.  She  even handled it great when I left the room for my own appointment.  The only thing that gave her any pause at all was when the doctor put the drops in her eyes to dilate them.  She didn't much care for that.

The doctor said that her vision is slightly impaired but mostly what's causing the squinting is an astigmatism.  She got a prescription for glasses which the doctor said she didn't have to wear all the time if she didn't want to.  She suggested that we just have Lily leave them at school so she always had them when she needed them to see the whiteboard.  So that's what we've been doing.  But Lily really likes to wear them.  (She's very proud of her pink case.)

Third, we signed Lily up for soccer!  She's had two practices and one game so far.  She seems to like it ok though I am already worried about her willingly sticking it out the whole six game season.

During her first game, she really started to lose interest about half way through.  They play four 10-minute quarters and that just seems too long.  Almost all of the kids were over it before all was said and done.  I have no idea what the score was of her first game, but Lily's team, The Snappers, definitely did not win.   I can't believe I didn't get a picture of Lily before the game.  She looked sooooo stinkin cute.

Lily had two assists!  She should have had two goals, but she has trouble with following the ball after she kicks it.  Both times, she launched the ball at the goal and both times it rolled to a stop practically on the goal line and she just watched it happen.  Both times, one of her teammates ran up and kicked it in.    She played the "goalie" position for one quarter.  She did ok, but she struggled to pay attention the whole time.

After the last practice, prior to her first game, Joel noticed Lily might be losing interest a little, so he promised her if she worked hard at her first game, he would take her for ice cream afterwards.  Bribery at it's finest!  (Also, Tyler is SUCH A STINKER.)

And lastly, I did this interview with Lily around her birthday, but I just never got around to posting it.  I thought it would be fun to try to do these same questions every year.  I imagine I may add questions over time, but for now these seemed age appropriate. 

The Stats:

Height:  47 inches (literally off the charts - 100th percentile if there is such a thing)

Weight:  48 lbs (99th percentile)

The following are completely, 100% unprompted responses.

My favorite color:  Pink and Purple

My favorite TV Show:  Sofia the First
My favorite thing about school:  nap time
My favorite toy:  Big Baby

My favorite book is:  Sofia the First
My favorite movie is:  Tinkerbell
My favorite food is:  Pizza

My favorite fruit: banana
My favorite vegetable: (frozen) peas
My favorite thing to eat for breakfast is:  Waffles
My best friend:  Charlotte
My favorite princess:  Rapunzel


I take this to bed with me at night:  Ellie
When I grow up, I want to be a:  Princess

What am I really good at?  Coloring pictures
What am I learning at school?  The Letter U.

What your favorite activity:  Playing princesses

Some other things to know about Lily:
She still throws tantrums born from stubbornness.
She doesn't want to cut her hair because she wants it to be as long at Rapunzel's.
She's becoming quite the little artist and colors pretty intricate pictures.