What a morning...

While I have no pictures of this one...
I woke up this morning and realized Lily had gotten up before me and was attempting to bathe the cat.  Unfortunately he wouldn't stay in the bathroom, so she was filling a big plastic cup with kitty shampoo and water and dumping it on him in the gameroom.  Our carpet was drenched, the cat was covered in soap, and had subsequently run and climbed INTO my bed to hide, so now my bed is soaking, and the bathroom is covered in water and soap.  I guess there are worse things...

A New Haircut

 

Lily got a new haircut!  Yay!  No more fighting over tangles and ponytails and braids!  So fair the haircut really is super cute and has made my life easier.  I am now encouraging her to brush her own hair, which is a little more reasonable without the tangle issue.
We got the haircut after meet the teacher day which was this last Thursday.  She starts PreK on Tuesday, and I am sure I will post more pictures.  She walked into the classroom to meet her teacher, looked at her cubby with her name on it "Lily", and turned to the teacher and said "um, you spelled my name wrong.  It's L-i-l-l-y."  The poor teacher felt so bad and apologized and then I informed her that she didn't spell Lil's name wrong, Lily has taken it upon herself to change the spelling of her name. What can you do?

Corpus Christi!

So I just wanted to post (belatedly, I know) some pictures from our Corpus Christi trip.  Two very good friends and I went on a road trip with the kids at the beginning of August.  We got to see the aquarium, lots of beach(our hotel was RIGHT on the beach), a splash pad (at the aquarium), we even got to drive our car down the beach (something that you do not get to do in San Diego- so quite an adventure!) It was so much fun and the kids had a blast.  Lily refused to nap and got way overtired after a day and a half, but we still managed to have fun.  Our only incident on the trip was when Lily ran in front of the Sonic waitress and she fell over (she was on skates, poor thing).  Unfortunately she was carrying a tray of food at the time, luckily it wasn't ours. :)

Donut Day

Saturday is usually donut day for Lily and Daddy.  Mike has been gone for a little over a month now, so in honor of him we headed out for donuts this morning.  Lily and Mike have a little routine that we had to follow exactly.  I do think Lily might have exaggerated about how many donut holes she is allowed to eat in the car on the way home!

Candy Balls!

 Alright, so it is hot here.  Have I said that yet?  Maybe you didn't hear me... it is HOT!  So, we are swimming a lot.  (Haha--I'm rhyming-it was unintentional!)  I was a little worried about Lily because in the past she refused to put her face in the water.  If any water got near her eyes she would freak out.  Apparently these things pass with time.  She loves to put her face in the water and tell me how many times she has put her face in the water!  The above picture is of Lily jumping into the water screaming "candy ball!"  The term was picked up in San Diego.  Apparently when Mike yelled "cannon ball" while jumping into the water, Lily and Isabel heard "candy ball" and the phrase has stuck.
The picture below is the closest I could get to a picture of her with her face in the water.  My photography skills are sadly lacking. Maybe one day!

Auntie's Post

This is a special post for Auntie Kelly.  Look at this adorable dress.  I can't remember where Lily got it from, but isn't she cute???

Lily's 4th Birthday Party-the retake

So we finally got to have Lily's party after everyone recovered from a stomach bug (lucky us!).  We had lots of fun with lots of friends.  Lily had a blast and loved all of her ladybug stuff.  We played in the water, which was nice because Texas is HOT, I mean seriously, no kidding, HOT.  Unfortunately, the lady bug cake got a little melty this time, but noone seemed to notice.  Lily had so much fun, she is already talking about her birthday party next year!