While folding laundry with me this afternoon...

"Whoa, mom!  Look at Uncle Don's panties!  They are so smaller than Poppy's panties!"

sugar

After watching Mary Poppins last week, Lily is still enamored.

When I walked in the door today, she was crawling around on the floor with Micheline, singing at the top of her lungs: "A spoon!  A spoon it helps the sugar go down!  A spoon helps the sugar go DOWN!"

This girl doesn't need ANYTHING to help the sugar go down :)  She starts asking for candy by 6 am.

Then the other day, she started giggling to me about her "piggie hairs."  I could NOT figure out what she was talking about until she started playing with her hair, and I realized she meant "pig tails."

She's been having, as always, a blast with Uncle Don...tonight with big bubbles...

church and friends

 Lily nabbed Shayla's hat yesterday, pulled it onto her head, asks me if I have any money, and then announces loudly, "I'm going to CHURCH!"...I love that she is picking up, on her own, cultural traditions, like covering your head in church.

She might be exhausted now, but Lily just had a fantastic day playing with the Vilmer four.

In an effort to help her play with kids without being at the mercy of the entire community, we've been having lots of families over that have kids.  

(Last week when we were in the community, a group of kids--and adults, actually---started playing "who is brave enough to run up and touch the foreign kid and run away screaming", turns out not really a fun game for Lily.  We are finding that people were a little more used to ti-blancs in Vaudreil than here in Saccanville!)

 Baby Evangela, born on my birthday and such a happy little thing

SO, having Hans, Gashley, Gaurdy and Evangela to the house for the day was a BLAST for all five...bubbles, toys and a lot of squealing.  She'd come to me, say, "Mom, I'm gonna go run with the kids" and then be off again.  She was also thrilled to have some kids to eat at her new "kid table", purchased for homeschooling preschool that we'll start next week, Lord willing.  

Also gave me some great time to visit with and pray with Vilmer's wife, Sarah, and gave our families the rare chance to eat together and talk.  Very thankful for these good friends and for a very happy day for Lil!

morning coffee and uncle adam

I came out from the bedroom this morning to find Lily, dressed like this, sitting on the kitchen counter, downing REALLY old ginger snaps after dipping them in "her" coffee.  This girl (and her daddy) is a riot.  

Later, we're playing with her magnetic dress up dolls.  This is what she tells me:

"This one is Lily.  I like her dress."

 "This one is Aunt Lisa.  See, she has brown hair."

 "This one is Uncle Adam.  His hairbands are matching."

wow.  sorry Adam.  I was dying :)

these are a few of my favorite things!

 Sofie: laying on the couch under the fan, staring at my toy and kicking like crazy

 Lily: being a princess, changing into different princess dresses, and dancing all around the house dressed like a princess.  "Poppy is the king.  And the doctor" she told me yesterday while dancing with Daddy.

 Lily: taking care (over-care) of Shay, Chako (keeps changing the poor dogs name) and the cat.

 Lily: Dressing up in certain clothes, like this whale outfit, which she has dubbed her "Jonah clothes."

 Sofie: Much like her sister...being naked!  The second you unhook her diaper, she grins and starts kicking.

 Lily: Did we mention dressing up?

 Sofie: When anyone baby talks her in any way

 Lily: playing with KIDS!  Especially in her "house".  

2 months!

How can that be???

(Thank you, Chris, Aunt Lori and Granny Smith for the adorable outfits!!)

THANK YOU - part 2

Aunt Bex, Lily's showing you "the little mermaid", her very favorite princess (though she's never seen the movie or read the story)...THANK YOU for her favorite "princess dress", which she even wore to wash the car the other day!

 Aunt Debbie, I know you can't tell, but this is Sof in that adorable little flower outfit you got her!  She's getting so alert!  It's the perfect warm-weather (ok, HOT-weather) romper!

 Sarah and Chris, thank you for ALL of Lily's adorable little clothes...I have more pix, but today was her  rainbow shirt day, which she just adores!  "It's for BIG girls" she keeps saying (I don't know why, but she thinks this is a grown up shirt :)

 This picture is just to show you how Lily loves holding Sofie as much as Sofie loves being held by Lily :)

 Bonnie, Lily is picking out all of her own clothes now, and this was her pick Sunday!  She loves it, and I can't wait until Sofie's fits her, too, and they can be matching!

Jen, Erika, Lydia and Steve, thank you so much, not just for these adorable little dresses, but for the carseat, bubble makers, books and gifts, and for your friendship, pool, prayers...etc.  I hate that things got too crazy at the end there to see you guys again before we left, but we love you and are so grateful for your friendship!