Playground

Lily showed Uncle Mikey and Aunt Sarah one of her favorite playgrounds... check out the tunnel slide! Working on the upper body strength...
Down the slide with Sarah.
... and Mike
You get the idea.

Easter

So perhaps I was thinking a bit irrationally, but I thought Lily might have fun making cupcakes with me on Sunday afternoon. Actually - it wasn't that bad. She was really excited to help, and sang a little Bob Marley ("Stir it up") with me as we mixed the batter. She didn't quite have the patience for the 20 minute bake time in the oven, so we had to distract her with a trip outside until they were ready for her to eat.

Earlier that morning, Lily had fun taking a look at her Easter baskets. Between J. and I, her two sets of grandparents, and Uncle Mikey & Aunt Sarah - Lily had plenty to keep her busy!
Mike and Sarah got her a Thomas book, which she of course loved :)

Baby loves disco

Play date at a bar? Say no more... J. and I took Lily to the Rock and Roll Hotel (never been in there during the daytime!) a few weekends ago for some fun & music for the toddler set.
"Mom?! Enough with the camera, I'm trying to dance!"
Taking a juice and snack break with Daddy
Happy, happy, happy on the walk home
Two balloons equals a pretty great afternoon!

Remind you of anyone?

Lily really looks like her Daddy, especially when she flashes her cheesy grin for the camera...

March Madness

It's that time of year again. Mikey and Sarah are in town, the DirecTV package is ready to go... in the words of Dicky V. "It's March Madness, baby!" Rock Chalk Jayhawk... insert my mental plea here that KU does not become the 1st 1 seed knocked off in round 1.... go Hawks!

My mom went to Florida and all I got was this lousy...

Orlando Magic gear. No, we're not big NBA fans - but I spent the week building a playground with the Orlando Magic. Dwight Howard and some other players were there - and Dwight wouldn't wear a KaBOOM! hat unless I wore his Magic hat - so Lily ended up with the hat (actually Jeremy claims that it's his) and a Howard jersey.

Lotion

So you know those moments that people tell you about before you have kids? I remember people always having a story about havoc created by their toddler - and it almost always seemed to be preceded by parents realizing things were too quiet for everything to be okay. Anyhoo, it finally happened to me last weekend. I was folding laundry in Lily's room and she wandered into our bedroom. No big deal, but after a few minutes I realized that she wasn't making any noise. Went to check on her and found her with an open jar of body cream. She was having so much fun, and luckily the camera was nearby...

Park

We are so ready for spring! The weather got warmer last weekend, and we hung out at the park with Julie and her mom and dad.



I love this photo almost as much as Lily loves the swings...

"Present Hat?"

No, it's not Lily's birthday... she got this hat at her friend Jackson's birthday party. Funny to see the whole process through her eyes - she doesn't seem to get that it was all a celebration for Jackson. Instead she seemed hung up on the fact that Jackson gave HER a hat on the occasion. She calls it her "present hat" and asked for it at breakfast time for days after...

Big Girl Bed

Another reason for Grandma and Grandpa's visit was to bring up Lily's new bed! We weren't sure how she'd react, but as soon as she saw it she said she wanted to "Get in! Get in!" She even slept in it the first night with no problems. Almost a week later, and Jeremy and I are crossing our fingers that our good luck continues.

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

It's well-documented on this blog how much Lily loves the Air & Space museum. She decided to show her Grandma and Grandpa around during their visit last weekend.

Happy President's Day!

We did the completely predictable thing today, and headed out to Mount Vernon. One of Jeremy's favorite tourist-y things to do in DC, but a new adventure for Lily and I. Of course, we picked the one day each year that it's open to the public free of charge, so it was crazy. Luckily, we got there in the morning... friends of ours had to park at a local high school and take a bus in!

This was the first time we'd seen all the renovations that opened last year.
Lots of festivities in honor of Washington's birthday...
Lily was a champ waiting to take a peek inside...

... but definitely preferred the scenic route with Daddy.
High sixties for temperature and a beautiful view... what a great way to spend a day off!
Not sure if she thought Griffin was going to steal her chicken, but Lily would absolutely not hand over the rest of her lunch. It made it in her hands through the parking lot and into the car, and every time I turned around in the car to ask her how her chicken was doing, she just grinned.