Lily's speech improvments :(

I love that Lily is 2 1/2. Really, it is much easier than the baby stage. I honestly do NOT miss the baby stage that much. However, there are moments when she does something more grown up that I get a little twinge of sadness. For instance, her speech. She used to say, "Hun-gee" for hungry. Today she randomly said, "Hun-ga-wee" There still is no R sound, but she is closer and it makes my heart sad that she is becoming a big girl.

Sometimes, Matt works on her with her speech and it makes me MAD :) because I like her special words. She always called Panera "To-ehwa" Now, because of Matt's assistance she says, "Pa-ehwa" with the P sound. I got after him....She will learn these things on her own soon enough. I love her To-ehwas and To-nanas (bananas).

Lily talks non-stop. Literally, from the second she gets up, to the second she falls asleep (she talks to her babies and animals in bed until she literally falls over), she is talking. AND, if you don't listen, she knows it. She repeats the sentence over and over until you comment on it. I have learned to multi-task at this task, but sometimes it is hard to do everything while listening to her chat.

She is starting to make-believe. At the grocery today, she told me this whole made up story that was completely unbelievable, but I think it was pretty real to her.

While I am bragging, I must write that Matt has taught her all the books of the Old Testament and she knows them by heart!!! It is adorable, endearing, and AMAZING. We must get it on video soon. If I can catch her doing it, I will upload this amazing song she can sing.

Off to rest for a few minutes while I actually have some peace and quiet!

TO-DAY

I woke up yesterday morning to Lily calling my name. I had been sound asleep, so I bounded into her room, no glasses, no robe. I asked her what she needed and she said, "It is TO-DAY" and she pointed outside. She was trying to make the point that she had seen daylight. I told her that it was TO-DAY, but mommy was still sleeping. She told me, "No, it is TO-DAY!!!" I finally realized she wasn't going to entertain herself in her bedroom. So, we ended up getting up. However, I am a little worried that if she gets up with the sunlight, we may be in trouble in the next few months!

This morning, I went into her bedroom and found Ernie and one of her babies each in a pair of her pajamas. She is currently really into dressing her babies/animals in HER clothes. IT IS A MESS though. She rummages through her closet and drawers, gets out all possible options and starts dressing and re-dressing her babies, animals and herself! Many afternoons, she is in different clothes than what I left her in, which creates much more laundry than need be, but I guess I find it too humorous to put a stop to it.

We are still in BSF (Bible Study Fellowship), but it seems as though it is canceled about every other week, since Christmas. I guess it is somewhat nice because it is not so much pressure to get the work done and it is nice to have a break. However, I also miss the consistency of getting together with the other girls and reviewing what we've learned from the scripture/questions. Since schools were closed today, we are canceled for tomorrow's BSF. So, Lily and I are going to have to find something else to do doing our time off.

The picture is of Lily helping Matt make chocolate torte last week.

Well, Lily's snowman is half melted. Bummer! Matt and her have fixed it several times, but it just keeps getting knocked down or melting. She insists that they fix it since there is still snow in our yard!

I checked out my window this morning and realized we have some daffodils peeking up. Then, Lily and I ventured out and cleaned up my herb garden a little bit. My chives, mint, parsley, and oregano have some green starts coming up too! Just a few warm days and they are definitely happy. I am sure it will snow again and they will not be happy. However, for the moment I am basking in the fact that I have some green showing.

Lily is coloring with markers, so I'd better go investigate her. Then, it is off to naptime (my work time!)