Ready Set Go

Grandpa Maurice's weekend birthday extravaganza has come to an end and resulted in Lily sleeping in this morning to recover from all of the activity! Lily wants to spend out birthday hugs and kisses to Grandpa Maurice whose actual birthday is this Friday.

Friday night, we went to Grandma Phyllis' and Grandpa Maurice's house for a bbq for a pre-party celebration with Great Aunt Ruby, Great Uncle Simon, Great Aunt Eve, Great Uncle Jerry, and cousins Lisa, Graeme, and Derek. Lily wants to thank everyone for all of her great presents!!

On Saturday, Lily helped Mom and Dad pack for the big move, and then that evening we headed down to D.C. for the birthday celebration at a very fancy French restaurant. Lily had lots of fun and was an absolute trooper as the evening lasted until 11pm - she only started to fade in the last 15 minutes. Fortunately, we were in a private room so Lily could easily visit with the other guests, hand out stickers, and play with her blocks - we are finding it harder and harder these days to keep her in her seat, and especially so with a 3-4 hour dinner but fortunately, she was well behaved.

On Sunday, we went to the Kennedy Center for a post-birthday party brunch and Lily was amazed at the amount of food in the buffet line. She also enjoyed checking out the views of D.C. and the Potomac. Sunday afternoon was spent relaxing, packing, and taking Gypsy on a walk.

Today Mom and Lily took a last trip to the neighborhood pool - we hope to join another pool in the new neighborhood. Lily is also enjoying her last week of water play at school, and spending time with her friends. Her last day of school will be Friday and she will start her new school on July 10. The big move is on Friday and then we head to the lake on Monday. We likely won't get in a post next week, so Lily sends out Happy July 4th wishes to everyone, and wants to send out birthday kisses to Gypsy!!

See you in two weeks, broadcasting from the new house!!


Sharing stickers with Cousin Lisa.


Chatting with the Birtday Boy.


Waiting for her escargot.


Checking out baby Alison to get in the right frame of mind for December.


Enjoying a late night lolly.


Enjoying some fresh air at the Kennedy Center.


Checking out the views.


A pensive moment.


The extended fam.

All The Way From New York

Lots to report from Lily's end...

She had a busy week at school preparing Daddy's special Father's Day present, which was a handmade picture frame with a picture of Lily and Dad on the seadoo at the lake. Lily and Mom went to the pool one afternoon, and Lily spent most of the time in the big pool jumping in and wading around.

Friday, Mom and Lily dropped off Gypsy at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's, then picked up Dad from work, and headed to New Jersey for Poppa Syd's 95th birthday party. Saturday morning, Grandpa Maurice, Mom, Dad, and Lily went to Van Saun park which had a small zoo and carousel. Later in the day, it was party time! Although she was the only kid in attendance, she kept herself very busy playing with balloons and hanging out with all of the party goers.

Sunday, we headed to New York City for a visit with Cousin Emilie at her new apartment, and went to the Children's Museum of Manhattan, where Lily checked out the Dora exhibit and other interactive exhibits - we had to drag her out of there! After a quick lunch, we headed home. Lily was thoroughly exhausted after the packed weekend and passed out just prior to reaching home.

This week at school marked the start of water play, and Lily was very excited about getting water in her eyes and hair, and running through the sprinkler.

Enjoy the many pics...

P.S. Happy Belated Father's Day, and Happy Belated 95th Birthday to Poppa Syd!! Lily also wants to send out Happy Anniversary wishes to Aunt Tracy and Uncle Stan who will celebrate their 6th wedding anniversary on Saturday - now if they could only get working on some little cousins...


Working on a construction project.


Walking with Poppa Syd.


A little afraid of the Budgies ....


warming up to the birdies.


Riding the goat on the merry-go-round with grandpa.


Entertaining Grandma Essie with some balloon antics.





Clowning around with Cousins Jenna, Robyn and Abby.


Walking the mean streets of New York with Cousin Emilie.


Ready for water play at school.

Grazed Knees

Lily had a great week at school and a relaxing weekend at home, however, we pretty much failed to document any of her activities so this blog post will be pretty short - hopefully we will redeem ourselves next week.

Lily did get an opportunity to meet a new little friend, Ella, daughter of Mom's friend Tiffany - and we did manage to document that visit. We, however, did not get any pics or video of Lily reacting to the family cat, Oscar. Upon seeing Oscar appear, Lily screamed and grabbed onto Tiff's leg. Fortunately, Oscar did not seem too affected by Lily's blood curling scream, however, she did manage to wake up Ella from her snooze. Upon calming down just a bit, Lil looked at the cat from afar, but in Mom's arms, and was very happy when Oscar went upstairs to take a nap. This is Lily's first encounter with a cat, but we were surprised by her reaction, due to her constant contact with Gypsy, Ivan, Frisco, Kaci, and many more dogs. Needless to say, Lily constantly talked about being scared of the cat over the weekend. Apologies to Oscar - we hope the next meeting Lily's greeting can be a little more friendly! :)

Friday afternoon Mom and Lily went to the pool to beat the high-90s heat. After about an hour in the baby pool, Lily finally wanted to venture to the big pool, and proceeded to jump into Mom's arms approximately 50 times in a row - she had a blast and loved watching the bigger kids swim.

The weekend was mainly spent packing up for the move, although Saturday night we enjoyed some crabs with friends Chris & Kristen.

We are off to New Jersey this upcoming weekend to celebrate Poppa Syd's 95th birthday, so hopefully we will get some good family pics. See you next week.


Checking out Ella's spot.


Chatting about Shrek 3.


More chatting.


Showing off her boo-boo.

Brothers and Sisters

Another week in the books...earlier in the week Lily got to see our old neighbor Dorinda, and meet her very cute baby daughter Caroline. Caroline is also another technologically advanced baby who has her own blog - check her out at www.dorindaanddave.blogspot.com Back to Lily...later in the afternoon, Mom and Lily hit the pool - she still prefers the baby pool even though she is now allowed into the big pool due to being potty trained.

The move is on the horizon, just 26 days away. On Friday, Lily, Mom, and Dad visited Lily's new school which she will attend beginning in July. This school is a little smaller than her current school and she will be placed with younger and older children, which we think she will enjoy, since to date she has always been the oldest in her class. Upon meeting some of the teachers and children, she was a little shy at first, but warmed up once she saw the new playground and the huge sandbox. She speaks very excitedly about her "new school" and making "new friends."

Saturday we began packing up the basement, and later in the afternoon we went to Hayley and Cole's house for a cookout. As always, Lily had fun playing with all of their many toys, and visiting with them! Sunday was more packing, and then we made an impromptu visit to see Grandpa Maurice and Grandma Phyllis and had some dinner.

Some exciting news to report - Lily is going to be a big sister come early December!! To date, she is requesting a "baby brother" - well we will find out in approximately 7 weeks if we can comply with her wishes.

Lily wants to send out special happy birthday wishes to Aunt Kelly!!!

Until next week...enjoy the few pics we have!!


Sharing the news with a custom made T.


Lily hamming it up with Dorinda and baby Caroline.


Lily and Hayley.


Smile.


Doing stuff at Grandma and Granpa's that would never be allowed at home!


Magna-doodling.


Using her pink ball as an exercise ball.