A visit with Santa!

We are very excited that we got to go see Santa this year.  Last year Lily wouldn't go anywhere near him.  But that was not the case this year.  The tantalizing bribe of the candy cane was enough to get her to sit on Santa's lap!  She even talked to him for awhile too, but I couldn't hear what she said.  When I asked her what she said, she got a little upset and told me she forgot to ask for the gifts she wanted for Christmas-- which include a Buzz Lightyear Skateboard, a Toy Story Scooter, a Handy Manny construction set, and Toy Story Play dough.  My little princess.  What a girlie girl!  Luckily, I think Santa knows what she wants anyway...

Christmas Cookies in NC

For the second year in a row we have had the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with my Aunt and Uncle in North Carolina.  We have so much fun when we get to see them!  This year it was Mike, me, Lily, Kelly, Jason, Hollis, Everett, Tim, Linda, and Josh.  It has become a tradition for my Aunt Linda to make Christmas Cookies with the kids the day after Thanksgiving.  Everyone loves it!  There is a lot of sugar and a lot of mess and a ton of fun!  Lily loved to gob frosting ALL over her cookies while Hollis spent more time on sprinkles for the cookies.  This year, the guys made homemade donuts, and we decorated those too.  It is so nice to spend the Holidays with family.

A Thanksgiving Trip

For Thanksgiving we decided to make the trek out to Auntie's house again.  We were just there 3 months ago, but Auntie was 8 months pregnant then, which means we had a new cousin to meet!  Until this trip Mike had not travelled with Lily long distance in the car, and I think he was pleasantly surprised.  Lily, for all of her boundless energy, is very good in the car on road trips.  There are not many potty stops, and with a good selection of movies, she is kept quite entertained.  Lily and Hollis had a lot of fun together.  When they played dress up, they tried to stump Auntie by both asking to be train conductors, but Auntie surprised them with 2 dress up outfits.  Always prepared.  Below Lily is giving baby Everett kisses.  She loves the babies.

Halloween 2010

Lily had so many fun Halloween activities this year.  She dressed up as a pilot like her Daddy, and was so excited.  She had a Fall Festival at her school and got to go on a hayride.  At our home community they had a festival as well with pony rides.  Lily got to ride on Cookie.  She was very adorable and had so much fun.  The photo below is of Lily and her best bud Ryry at our trunk or treat. 

A little girl and her tutu...

Lily has a couple of tutus that she flat out refuses to wear.  They are so adorable, I think she knows how much I want her to wear them and she's just being stubborn.  Anyway, I bribed her to wear one today, and she loves it!!!  She was at the neighbors playing on the trampoline in it, and it was too cute!

1st Soccer Game

Lily had her first soccer game last Saturday.  It was very entertaining.  The uniforms were huge, the kids didn't understand any of the rules, and it was really hot!!!! Lily had fun and tried to follow the ball around the field, which is really the most we could hope for! 

  Our little superstar, riding in style with Mickey to the game.

What a kick!!!

Part of Lily's team. Jacob is right next to her. It is hard to keep her from hugging him all through practice.

A Haircut and a Soccer Practice!

Today was a very busy day for us.  We started off with running errands, which included getting Lily's cleats for her very first soccer practice.  This afternoon Lily got her hair cut.  She was very good for Brandilyn.  She usually is. It is always a wonderful activity when I don't have to fight Lily the whole time.  Brandilyn put her hair up for her first soccer practice, so her bangs(which Lily wants to grow out) wouldn't get in her face. 

Next came soccer practice.  This was a little trickier.  The majority of the practice was spent looking away from the coaches out of shyness, clinging to mommy, and staring off at ???  In all fairness the soccer fields were crazy busy with kids and people, she could have been watching anyone and anything.  She did kick the ball around with lots of encouragement from parents and coaches.  Not too bad for her first soccer practice, after all, she is only 3.  Mike was a little late for practice, and by the time he got there they were playing duck, duck, goose.  Let me say, 3 year olds don't quite get the concept of duck, duck, goose, but they sure had fun.