Lily heard the highschool marching band playing from our bedroom window this evening. She disappeared for about 10 minutes and returned like this! Formerly, she was in something that resembled Pippi and pj’s. She indicated she was “Ready to go see what they were doing!”, and was quite disappointed when she learned that they’d […]
“THAT’S TOO LOUD”, says an annoyed and somewhat intimidated Cecily, who got to experience a fireworks show closer than she’s ever been before. Lily decided to do the evening on blades! We went to Pueblo, to the Riverwalk for the celebration. Fireworks and a live orchestra, playing, you guessed it, their idea of patriotic music […]
Lily has decided to become Lindsey Stirling. For weeks she’s been carrying around her violin, everywhere, playing at will. She dances and plays, sings, and does whatever comes to mind, whether music is playing or not. She’s even held a few concerts, where she’s generated invitations and tickets, has guests come and be her audience. […]
She decided to make a camera the other day. She harvested the Discovery Kids Tornado box, chopped and sawed, taped and glued, and ended up with a box that looks like the camera that Shawn (of the Shawn the Sheep) uses (90’s style video). She then decided to mount it, offering the explanation that she […]
Lily is sometimes Merida, sometimes Elinor as a bear, and today, she’s a little and nice version of Mor’du. She’s beginning to memorize the movie in French.. We ordered a How to Draw Brave Characters book, which has been in constant use since its arrival. First, she now knows what a character is… Second, she […]
Today, I changed my approach. When my 5 year old commenced her usual furniture climbing, which typically includes pulling on the shears to keep balance, and me chiding her to cease the pulling, which she does for a moment only, I responded different. I’ve tried ‘stop’, ‘don’t’, and almost always remind – ‘they will tear/rip […]
Oat O’s…. milk…. bowl, spoon… appropriate amounts, and no spills. Awesome dude. She can also wind up the vacuum cord, actually do the vacuuming, takes the clothes out of the washer and places in the dryer, dryer to hamper, and works with me to hang her clothes in her closet. And, we care […]
Lily says to me this morning, “I had a weird dream.” “Oh yeah?”, I responded. “Tell me about it….” “No.” ……………………….. “Ok. Why not?” “I don’t want to.”
His esophagus is stuck… with stuff in it!!! “Mom! Come quick! We have an sink esophagus rescue on our hands!” She’s found the plunger, convinced her father to offer some muscle, and now she’s cleaning up the aftermath. I love it.
About a month ago, Lily lost it in a panic of tears and dread. She’d managed to pull the string on the music box, on the bottom of her rocking chair (previously mine, previously my mother’s). She panicked that she’d ruined it entirely, and came running to me for help. Russ managed to sooth her […]