Oh, Lily . . .

Me: "Lily, will you help mommy find her keys?"
L: "Yeah! Lulu, we need you (Lulu is a character on Kai-lan that helps them at different times). Come here keys. Here keys."

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L: "I want my promise to be shoes."

We received some shoes in the last couple of days that are WAY too big for Lily right now. She has been using them to "dress-up" in. It occurred to me after her comment that she was referring to dress-up shoes. We have a book based on the song, "I am a Promise." There is a girl in it that dresses up to be all sorts of things and says, "I'm a promise to be."

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L: "Can I wear my twoh-suhs (Mandarin from Kai-lan)?"
Me: "No, it is too hot for slippers right now."

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L: "I love you. We a family."

Lily's Bible

A few days ago, Lily was reading her picture bible on the kitchen floor while I worked on a few things. She was telling about each picture, then I heard her say this:

"For my Bible says so!"

I think she was singing "Jesus loves me."

The Carnival

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On the spur of the moment, Lily and I took in a local carnival. It only cost a dollar to get in which is all I intended to pay for, but the unlimited rides for Lily were only $12. The carnival raises money for a local volunteer fire department, so I threw caution to the wind.

Lily rode everything by herself. I paid for one ride for myself, because I wasn't sure if Lily would go do the big slide by herself. We went once together and then she rode it twice by herself. I think carting the burlap sack up the stairs was the hardest part for her.

She had a great time and ended up riding everything her size three times each. Loads of fun. All the video and pics are from my camera phone. I did say it was SPUR of the moment!

Swimming and other fun

Lily was trying so hard to get the float out of the pool.

Babies!

Lily found the infant carrier we used to use for her and wanted to use it herself:

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Cheese!

I brought home some magnetic blocks from school for the summer. Lily used them yesterday to create a camera. She used it the better part of the morning and evening. She would tell me to go stand somewhere and say, "Chka, chka." Once she even told our sweet lab, Cassie, to stand next to me. Cassie actually listened to Lily. That was a first!

Yikes!

I was scooping the yard, because I was tired of having to watch where I stepped. I headed for a medium sized pile with my makeshift gloves . . .

Need I say more?

Recent Conversations

In the midst of checking my e-mail with Lily by my side one morning. She drew me a picture. I asked her what it was a picture of.

Lily: "God made heaven in my heart. Jesus died on the cross."

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Our church had a potato drop a couple weeks ago on a Saturday. They dropped 40,000 lbs of sweet potatoes. We bagged and distributed them to area food banks and those in need. We went as a family. Lily and I didn't help a whole lot until lunch time, but it was a smelly fun time. The next morning this transpired:

Me: "Do you still smell that?"
Steve: "A little, but they cleaned up pretty well."
Lily: " I smell sweet potatoes!"

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Lily: "I love you, Mommy."
Me: "I love you, too."
Lily: "I'm so proud of you!"
Me: "Thank you."

Not sure what she was proud of, but that has become one of her recent phrases.

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I laid my forehead on my hands while she finished lunch today at the table.

Lily: "What's wrong, Mommy?"
Me: "Mommy's just a little tired."
Lily: "It's okay. You can lay your head here on the table (proceeds to move my hands and rub the back of my neck."

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I was laying in bed one morning not really wanting to get up. Lily was ready to go, so I took her night-time diaper off, told her to throw it away, go potty, and get dressed.

Lily: "This okay (holding up an outfit)?"
Me: "Yes."

Lily dresses herself and goes to play in her room. She comes back a few minutes later.

Lily: "I checks on you."

Pats my back and goes back to playing.

Camera Phone Pics

Salsa at Qdobas


Enjoying the pond


Turtle at the JMU arboretum.


Running off some steam at the arboretum at lunchtime.


Sitting on Daddy's head

Lily and Luke - adoring cousins (most of the time)


I pushed Hannah in the big stroller while H pushed L in the small stoller!

I know I have been lacking in posting and pics lately, so I thought I would post some pics I took with the camera phone. They aren't the best quality, but they upload quickly. Our internet isn't the best and it has me avoiding uploads of any kind.

The first six are from the last couple of days. I forgot our real Camera when we heading to H-burg to spend a couple days with Daddy. Lily and I stayed busy during the day. We met Steve for lunch twice and mostly had our evenings together (Steve still had studying and class - yuck!).

The last two are from our KS trip.