Pray for the Saunders family

Heart Smiles is trying to help get the word out to pray for the Saunders family. Visit her blog to find out about the giveaway. BTW, I am not doing this because of the giveaway. I just want the Saunders to get a new house!

Will you be my friend?

Tonight, I was trying to finish something up on the computer. Lily climbed up on the chair with me, snuggled up close, put her arm around me, and asked "Will you be my friend?"

Did You Know . . .

. . . that Peyton Manning and Hines Ward are caterpillars? Yesterday while watching the Steelers game, we were getting Lily to say Hines Ward. She had it down, so we asked her who he was and she pointed to a caterpillar in a coloring book. She did the same thing with Peyton Manning!

Ice Skating

Lily has been asking to go skating all week with Daddy, so we finally took her this afternoon after church. We went out to Burger King using some gift cards from Christmas and headed to the rink. Lily had a blast, so did mommy and daddy! We are all exhausted, but well worth the memories.

Lily was disappointed that she didn't get to see the Zamboni! Well, actually it is an Olympia. If you're Canadian or from the North you'll understand. Zamboni is actually a particular name brand of ice-resurfacing machine.

Yes, in the picture of the three of us, she is standing on her own with NO support from Mom or dad. She will probably be one of the few Americans that can skate by the time she is three! The video really doesn't do her justice as I took it at the beginning of our time. By the end, she was pretty much "walking" on the ice holding her own weight with only a little support from us.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Half Way there!

The semester ended for us before Christmas, but the first semester is actually a couple days shorter than the second, so we are officially more than half way. So far, no snow days. I would rather have tons or none at all. I really don't want the school year extended.

Lily is loving "her school." She is singing more songs now than ever. The last two nights she has insisted on holding books like a teacher would for a class (while either she reads to me or I read to her). Monday she didn't want to leave and today she gave her teacher a big hug on the way out. Also insisting on saying good-bye to her friends!

Lily musings :

On the way home from "school," Lily looked like she was about to get really upset - more sad than mad. She said, "I want my Daddy!" We have been reading a hockey alphabet book to her and she has been asking to go skating. I told her that she could go skating with Daddy when he got home this weekend. She mentions skating several times everyday!

This morning she was sitting on the potty and acted liked she answered the phone. She said, "Hello, Doctor. Mommy's sick. Good-bye, Doctor." She then proceeded to "close" the phone!

On the way home from the grocery store this evening, she said, "Wanna go Hi David." David is our next door neighbor.

Sorry, no pics. Hey, at least, you are getting a post!

Christmas Day 2008

Here are a few pics from Christmas in Canada.

Sledding

We had issues with the computer locking up while on the internet in Canada, so here is a post I started on Christmas Day!

We took Lily out for sledding again this year. B-ville have plenty of snow day before yesterday. It is beginning to melt now.