Aristocats!

Lilly's play was this weekend. She did great! I was backstage Friday night to help and it was pure chaos. Those poor kids. They did the best they could, but it was a little rough. However, they pulled through and ended strong.

Slick cat!

 

Just singing her heart out!

Twirl that tail!

Everybody wants to be a cat!

 

After a long day she was ready for some flowers! She got some from us, Mammaw and Pappaw & Grandma Trisha!!

So proud of our girl!!

 

 

She really wanted Saturday night to go better. I told her just to stay calm and keep going.

Let's watch the Aristocats!

 

Those alley cats!

It's Thomas O'Malley!

 

Everybody wants to be a cat!

Taking her bows!

 

Lilly's BFF wasn't in the show this year. Her mom had told me awhile ago they wanted to come. Well, the dates didn't work out well for them and they weren't going to be able to come. Madison was upset and told her mom she felt like she was letting Lilly down. Holly asked if she could come with us. How sweet is that??

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!!! These two are peas in a pod. They are the sweetest kindest little girls I know. I hope that even as they grow and try new things they are always there to support each other. She even brought her flowers!

Mam & Pap came again too!

Plus....NoNo & Lori got to come see her!! (They just arrived this afternoon to head to Disney with us.) She was so excited to have 9 people coming to see her!!

 

I am so proud of her dedication and hard work. They practice 1-2 times a week for 4 months. She practices at home and gives it her all. She is truly in her element up there on stage!

GO LILLY!!!

Thanksgiving

Pappaw, Julie and Johnathan came to visit us for Thanksgiving! Jeff cooked a wonderful meal as usual and we went ahead and celebrated Christmas as well. The kids were very happy about that!

Someone got the Doc toy she spent so much time with in Target! She was happy!

Lance excited about Kinex!!

Two happy kids!!

A princess castle!!

This is her "I can't believe I got a Vera Bradley backpack" face. She had no idea (she asked Santa for it) and was very happy!!

LOVE IT!!

Lance checking out his ATM. He has a debit card and a pin number and can deposit money and take money out. SO COOL!

Playtime!

You looking at me??

Working on making a scarf!

Very interested in whatever Pappaw is working on!!

 

I didn't do very well with pictures this year, but we had a great visit. We love having visitors!! 

 

After our visitors left we just chilled the rest of the weekend. Jeff and my Dad did manage to get his new tv hooked up. He is very happy!

 

 

 

 

Big Girl Bed (well...sort of)

SO....Lindley hasn't been sleeping great. We really weren't sure what was going on. One night before I left when she woke up in the middle of the night I asked her why and she told me "I no like my bed". URGH...I'm not ready. I like her contained. She can get out of her crib, but only does it after nap. Never in the night.


Saturday night she woke up, but it was early and I was still up so I got her to lay on the couch. She never made another peep.

 

I got to thinking that maybe part of the issue was that she had too many things in her crib. She is like Lance and after I clean it out she gradually gets it back in. So last night I took everything out and she did sleep in there all night, but I also think she was exhausted.

 

We had talked about just taking her rail off, but just hadn't done it. So today when I cleaned her room up I finally did it....and she was a VERY happy little girl!!

 

She was climbing up in there and having a blast. She put her babies in there and was just playing!! SO SWEET.

This was about 11pm....I rolled a blanket up to help keep her from falling out. So far, so good!

I CAN NOT believe she is big enough for this. It is going TOO fast. She is talking so much and is a funny little thing. A good mixture of Lance and Lilly....sweet, but spunky. Love her!!

 

Sunday Funday!

I had a TON of laundry...I hadn't done it in over a week. Plus, the house was pretty dirty. It was a rainy day so perfect for me to get things caught up. So I worked all day. The kids played pretty good. (Lance has been very calm, but emotional the past few days....usually a sign that he is getting sick...) Anyway, they asked to paint  and had a blast!

They have ALWAYS loved to paint.

So pretty....

hard at work!

So careful!

 

After baths we settled in to watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

 

They were pretty happy!!

 

It was a great end to good weekend.

Bowling fun!

Saturday Lilly had play practice and we had a birthday party. We had planned on going to movie in the street, but we weren't really feeling it. Lance didn't seem to be 100% and there was a chance of bad weather. Lance suggested we go bowling and everyone agreed that was a great idea! So we grabbed some dinner and then headed to bowl.

These boys were in class together last year and Lance and Jo (birthday boy next to Lance) played baseball together this year!

Lots of little sisters!!

Firehouse subs!! These two barely ate.

Look at him go!

Nice job!

Go Lilly!

Isn't he handsome??

She wouldn't cooperate...this is the best I could get!

Such a big girl!

So....this is hilarious...Lilly INSISTS on helping Lindley every time. She moves the little helper, gets the ball and puts it up there. Well, Lindley always tries to push the ball before Lilly lets go. It's not funny, but it was making Lilly so mad! Lindley thought it was hilarious, but Lilly said that she thought she was going to pull her down. BAHAH!! So funny!

She just rolls and walks away....she doesn't care if it hits any pins.

 

So after bowling...I decided we should run in Sam's (we needed milk and few things). We came across these giant ninja turtles!! I have no idea what you would do with them, but they were awesome!!

 

Of course we had to grab a snack (pizza)...Sam's is the best in case you didn't know. LOL.

 

It was nice to spend some time with them! I missed them last week.