Spirits in the Material World

Lily has spirit, yes she does, Lily has spirit - how about you? - ok that didn't really sound right...but this week was spirit week at Lily's school. No specific occasion to be spirited, just a fun week of dressing up. Monday was sports jersey day, Tuesday was hat and sunglasses day, Wednesday was patriotic day, and Friday was pj day. Lily really got into it, although she refused to wear her pjs to school but of course when we went to pick her up, the pjs were on - peer pressure, we are sure!

The reason we skipped Thursday of spirit week - which was stuffed animal day - was because Lily didn't go to school that day b/c she was with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom who so graciously rescued her from her germ infested home where Mom and Dad were bedridden with a horrible stomach flu. Mom and Dad are pretty much recovered but it was touch and go for a bit - at least it felt like it at times.

Easter Sunday we went over to G&G's for the annual Easter egg hunt and this year Lily participated and quickly found 12 eggs expertly hidden by Grandpa Tom. Lily also visited with Great Yellow Grandma Katie, Great Aunt Jenny, Great Uncle Carlton, and cousin Alex.

We are happy to report that Lily appears to be pretty much potty trained. She hasn't had an accident in weeks, and she has gone about a week with waking up with dry diapers so we will give it a little more time before we begin 24/7 underwear. Again, she would prefer that Mom and Dad discontinue any participation in the toilet process as she wants to do absolutely everything herself - the best is when she instructs us to "close door," sits on the potty for about 10 minutes reading (by then we have forgotten she was even in there - kidding!), and then gets off the toilet and comes out of the bathroom with no pants or underwear in sight singing "I'm done."

Lily's language continues to develop at a rapid pace - her latest tonight was "What is the problem, Mom?" We should really start writing down some of the funny things that come out of her mouth but it never really translates on paper, but we will try to videotape more often.

Enjoy the pictures!!

P.S. Grandpa Tom has a birthday coming up on Saturday - Happy 61st Birthday!!!

UPDATE: Well we had a couple of pictures from spirit week but in all our cleaning we seem to have misplaced the camera with the pics.


Making eggs with Grandma.


Working hard.


Standing on her head.


Making cookies.


A little video from last week. Lily and the Wonder Pets them song.