Tax Day

We did our taxes this weekend. Lily got very upset that we wouldn't let her "help" us. She kept wailing, "I want FORMS!!!" and would not take 'no' for an answer. So we got creative and paperclipped a bunch of papers together for her. She really enjoyed carrying her "forms" around the house. Maybe she's a CPA in the making? 

Smoothie Mustache

A chat with Lily about cake, numbers and mustaches as she drinks her fruit smoothie

Backseat Driver

Lily and I have a great time in the car driving to and from daycare. We sing, count and talk about the day. Lily also likes to give me pointers about driving. Some of her favorites:

"Mama, slow down!"

"Mama, put down your coffee and drive with both hands!"

"Mama, you honked."

After teaching her that green means go and red means stop, I have created a monster (a cute one!). Any time the stoplight turns green, Lily starts saying, "Mama, the light is green. GO!" That's easier said than done in D.C. traffic, which is hard to explain to a 2-year-old. She gets more and more frustrated if the cars in front of me aren't moving but she takes it out on me.

"MAMA, GREEN MEANS GOOOOO!" (over and over, until we start to move.)

Hey, at least she knows her colors.

Sarah, Bob and...

With Easter coming up, I gave Lily a set of stuffed Peeps to add to her stuffed animal collection. I asked Lily what she wanted to name them and she said:

(to the pink one) This one's a girl. Her name is Sarah.

(to the yellow one) This one's a boy. His name is Bob.

She gave a lot of thought to the blue one and came up with...

This one's a boy. His name is MACARONI!

Every day, I ask her what the blue Peep's name is, and she insists it's Macaroni.

I call him Mac for short.

The Dance Show

My Little Helper

Lily is at an age where she wants to help me do all the household chores and I, of course, welcome the assistance! She uses the Swiffer on the kitchen floor and likes to help vacuum the living room and dining room. I have to take advantage of the help now, before she gets old enough to realize that housecleaning isn't that fun!

Chomper

Is this the face of a BITER? Yes. It is.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to pick up Lily at daycare and was presented with the dreaded Incident Report form. This is the form daycare uses to report things like falls, injuries and biting. I have had to sign the form before, when Lily was bitten by a classmate. She has always been the bite-ee, not the biter...until now.

A little boy named Calder tried to take a toy away from her and she bit him on the hand. Her teachers said she was very upset about it. She told me on the way home that she "bit Calder and she cried and cried." She still talks about it from time to time and we tell her that you don't bite people. She always replies, "Mama, no biting, ok?"

Last night, Lily said, "I bit Will and Calder." Since I hadn't heard anything about it from daycare, I assumed she was just making up a story.

This morning when we dropped her off, her teacher brought the dreaded form to us and said, "I forgot to give this to you yesterday. Lily bit someone." "Will?," I said. Sure enough...Will tried to take a toy from her and she bit him. This is a phase she needs to outgrow...quickly!

In other teeth-related news, Lily went to the dentist this week for her first exam and cleaning and she did great! No tears. No fighting. She actually enjoyed it! 

Cousin Everett

Lily, 2 years, 4 months old, and Everett, 6 months old.

We went to Baltimore this weekend to see Luke, Michaela and Everett. He just turned 6 months old and gets cuter by the day. Like most 6-month-olds, Everett loves to grab glasses, necklaces, earrings and HAIR.

Right after this picture was taken, Everett grabbed a handful of Lily's hair (you can tell by the look on his face that he's thinking about it!). She didn't like it one bit, so she ran away from him. Unfortunately, a wad of Lily's hair stayed behind in Everett's hand! Don't worry, she was totally fine.

The next morning, I asked Lily if she had fun with Everett. She said, "Yes, but Baby Everett pulled my hair and I cried...Mama, I need to go to the doctor for my hair!"

 

He apparently made quite an impression!

The Wheels on the Bus

Lily learned a new song this week. I had no idea that the Daddys on the bus said, "QUIET!"

That sounds like something the Mamas on the bus would say!

Outsmarted

Last night, I told Lily that if she ate one more bite of her supper, I'd open her Valentine M&Ms. She put a bite in her mouth. I opened the candy and put some in front of her. She spit out the bite, gave it to the dog, then ate the M&Ms.

Darnit! I was outsmarted by a 2 year old!

Doctor Ackerman

Lily got a doctor kit for Christmas. The pets have never been in better health.

Dinnertime Conversation

I find that Lily is often her most talkative and entertaining at the dinner table. It's the one time of day that she actually stops running around. This is a recent conversation we had, while she was wearing her sunglasses that I found when I was cleaning under the couch. Some of it's unintelligible but mostly it's just her being goofy...and cute!