rain drops and books for beds

Lily had us cracking up twice today...

This morning when I got home from work, she was trying with all her might to get Micheline to understand her.  "RAIN DROPS!" she kept saying.  "Please?  PLEASE!"

"What does she want?" Micheline asked me, but I had no idea.

"MOM!" Lily said, exasperated.  "Rain drops.  Over there.  I show you.  Just one!  Please!"

She leads me over to the table, where a small bag of spice gum drops was.  "Rain drops!"  It was so cute :)

Then this evening, she saw Matt in his chair, where he was reading "The Big Hungry Bear" out loud, waiting for her to join him.  We always read this book on our bed at nap time, but somehow it found it's way out to the living room.

As soon as Lily realized what he was doing, she was mortified.

"Poppy, NO!!  NO Poppy!  Give it to me!  That is the book for beds!"  Her tone was so mortified.  "THAT book is NOT for chairs!!!  It is a book for beds!"

She snatched it from him and ran it back to the bedroom, still grouchy at her daddy when she came back.    "NOT for chairs, Poppy!"

This little PERSON living with us is just beyond precious...and beyond bossy!

She also saw Mary Poppins for the first time on Saturday, and OH MAN...new favorite.  She calls it the "ice pop" movie, I think only because she knows "ice pop" and doesn't know "Mary Poppins", and ever since then she bounces around the house singing "chim-chim-er-roo!"  Way cute :)

Meanwhile, thank you Aunt Lori for the box that came today!  She is LOVING the recorder (which we have quite happily found to NOT to piercingly loud :) and the little tootsie roll bank for all her "monies" and "nickles".  And THANK you Grammy for her new movie and little sparkle purse, and Aunt Patty for all of our yummy kid snacks!  We had a great mail day today :)