Our Cute little Lilly Bug

As I promised yesterday that I would have some new pictures of Miss Lilly for all of you to enjoy.  As you can see in this picture how the sun makes her hair so light almost angel like (which she is not).  But she sure is entertaining these days (when she is not beating someone up).  And she is sure talking a lot more now that she has found her words.  Let me explain when she was being watched by someone else she just got sat in front of the TV or played by herself when Paul was at school and so she did not know as many words as she should at this age.  But sense I have been home all that has changed and she is saying a lot more even has more attitude.  The other day I told her no about something that she wanted or was doing and she walked away mocking me saying " no Lilly" Lilly, no."  I just had to laugh and turn to Mark and ask him if she really was mocking me.  And let me tell you she has some big time attitude, maybe that is what makes her so cute. 

Over the past few weeks we have been working with her on saying her full name it is the cutest thing ever to hear her say it, but Tucker is her favorite part to say, and you do have to admit that it is fun to say.  You also need to hear her say " Sweet Dreams, don't let the bed bug bite."  You just want to smile when you hear it.  Now when you look into her eyes you can see that she is up to something and she knows it.  For example she knows when Mark comes home every night and so she will wake up about 30 min before he comes home and waits for him to walk in that door and then she just smile and says " Hi Dad," Mark is a goner and can't be mad at her so he just picks her up and gives her big hugs.  She so has her daddy tied around her little finger (Mark you know it is sooo true).  Because last night daddy gave her a horse ride to bed, (talk about spoiled) and she loved every minute of it of course.

So there is our Lilly Bug update for you all.  As you can tell she sure does keep my busy .

Introducing Our Super Model

 

So we all know that Paul is one of the cutest 4 year old's out there.  We would be dumb if we thought other wise.  Not only his personality but everything about him.

But has you look at these pictures you will see why all the girls go crazy over him young and old alike, just ask him and he will tell you that it is true.

Just look into those eyes and he will draw you right in.  This is the pic that is posted on Facebook because it was our photographer's favorite pics of all times.  Now you see why we call him our super model, because he looks like one and takes pictures like one.  Of course by looking at these you cannot tell that he was not a happy camper when these were taken.  So now you can see my point..... Tomorrow I will post pictures of our Lillybug and her cute curly hair.

The Joy of kids

Today the kiddies have been really cute.  Lilly and Rickylyn had put their coats on and where telling me goodbye an giving me loves and kisses because they were "going shopping" (of course in the kids bedroom).  And then Paul decided that he wanted to play the game too, so he found a plastic bag and started putting stuff into it saying it was his dinner.  So then the two little girls decided that they needed a bag too.  It was the cutest thing ever, and Paul just loves to play with the little girls.

It is just amazing what imagination that kids have, I am glad that my children have great imagination because there are so many kids today that would rather play video games or watch non stop t.v instead of using their wonderful imagination to entertain themselves.  And it is so entertaining for me to sit back and watch what they come up with next. Believe me I have been Princess Peach plenty of times for Mario(Paul) to come and rescue me from the bad guys.  But I enjoy it so much and would not trade any minute of it.

Our Christmas Tree

Lilly having way to much fun with the lights.  She thought that they looked better on her then on the tree.  She is so excited about Christmas this year, at least the tree and lights.  Oh how we love our Lilly.

Paul and Lilly are helping daddy put the lights on our Christmas tree.  They decided that putting the lights on themselves was more fun then putting them on the tree.

Paul and Lilly where so excited to bring the tree home.  Lilly is always giving the tree a big hug every morning when she wakes up.  It is a good thing that we picked one with soft needles so she does not get poked.

This is our Short Fat Christmas Tree that my Parents got us for Christmas. It is perfect for our apartment and the kidos love it.  Thanks Mom and Dad!

Potty Training

The joys of potty training you gotta love it!  But thanks to Mr Paul who has taken it upon himself to potty train his sister for the past few months have paid off.  Lilly has now really found an interest in going potty like a big girl all thanks to her big brother. Every morning Paul would have Lilly go potty with him when they woke up and then I would hear words of praise come from him like: " you did it baby girl" or " yeah you did it sweetheart you went potty."  And then he would come and find Mark or I to let us know that Lilly went potty like a big girl.

For the past two days she has done really well and has stayed dry for most of the day and going potty or letting us know that she has to go.  And now she has this dance and song that she does when she gos in the potty it is the cutest thing.  She calls it her pee dance, she tells us that she has to go pee instead that she has to go potty.  Or like today when we were shopping she started to pull down her pants and pull up in the shopping cart, I guess she figured that the shopping cart would be as good as any place to go pee. Luckily  I caught her just in time and asked if she needed to go pee and she said yep she need to pee, I informed her that she needed to go pee in the potty and not in the shopping cart.  So when Mark took her to the restroom sure enough she had to go.  This little story reminded me of when Jaylyn and I we being potty trained and we were also shopping with my mother I was sitting on the bottom and my sister was sitting on the top, the next thing my mom knew that I was screaming and she looked and saw that there was a steam coming down and landing on my head and Jaylyn was just sucking her fingers thinking that she wasn't doing anything wrong.  Yep everyone my sister peed on my head.

Halloween 2011

 

My Cute little Witch and Pirate.  Lilly this year understood the whole trick or treating.  She also thought that she could grab two handfuls of candy with being adorable and all.  She had to learn that was not the case and that she could only take one or two pieces of candy.  It took mommy, Grandam Terry and Papa De to put Paul's pirate costume together.  And it was hard to get it off of him last night and tonight.  The kids enjoyed Halloween this year and are already talking about next year.

Blessing of Being at home

This week I have been pondering the blessing of being at home.  One big one is that I am able to help take care of my grandma and spend some time with her that is well over due.  If I was working I would not be able to do this.  Another one is that I am able to raise my children the way that will benefit them in the future.  Another one is that I am able to set a schedule for them that they get in the rhythm of following  which makes life a whole lot easier on all of us.  Not only that but I get to spend true quality time with them which sometimes was harder to do when I was working.  The blessings our endless and just the joy alone is so worth it. I would not trade it for anything and wish that I had made the choice sooner.