Spring into Art

For starters, Lily is READY for sunshine and flowers. We have had just about all we can take of snow and dreary cold days. So even though its not quite Spring yet, we are ready with a fresh new blog!

To kick off a wonderful season, Aunt Kate invited us to the Spring into Art festival at the school. We spent the day with Aunt Kate and Uncle Mike doing crafts and finding used treasures. The halls were lined with items for the silent auction... and Mama did very good to not bid on one thing (even though there was some really cool stuff: restraunt gift cards, amazing gift baskets, art, vacations, kids dance registration for a year- I displayed some extraordinary self control)
Once inside the 'kid zone' the first table available was mountain high with stuffed animals and babys that needed a new home. Lily picked herself up a new babydoll. You will see tucked under her arm throughout the pictures.

Then we made Dragonfly keychains.... FUN!

Lily was denied face painting because she was under age. RISKY!

But we didn't get down because there was cookies to decorate. Sorry there aren't any pictures... they didn't last long enough to photograph. There was a single manuever hand action... from icing jar to mouth. We quickly removed our little sweet tooth from that table.

BOOKS! Oh my, there were lots of books that needed a new home as well. For only pennies, Lily picked out some gently used books that she will love. If you didn't know... Lily loves to read more than anything else. We are sooo proud!

This is when my camera died. So we couldn't capture the whole event. But here are some goodies that we brought home.

A pretty clown made Lily a pink poodle!

Actually she was kinda scary and Lily crinkled her eyebrows at the painted, green haired lady. She happily took her balloon and moved on. Smart girl!

Aunt Kate helped Lily make a clay dish!

New books! I bet Lily's grandmother is going to enjoy a new story... Five Silly Monkeys and Good Dog Carl need a break!

We pet the sherriff's dog, played in Mrs. Thomas' classroom like a real big girl and had tons fun!
Thank you Aunt Kate for taking us!

Well it has been a while since a post so we have some catching up to do. Lily had a fun week at school when they learned all about community helpers. One day she made a letter and mailed it using the post office. Another day they learned about firemen and she brought home a fireman's hat!
This may be her new favorite thing (propably because she's so cute in it!)

We have also been to Lily's 15 month checkup where she outperformed on height! Dr. Cortopassi says she will be about 5' 4-5" if she stays on this path. He also stated that she will be like a "Kiwi Bird on the beach with those skinny little legs." Lily has also made vast improvements with her cookie jar. The cookie jar is a shape fitting activity with songs and music as well. Out of the five shapes she has been able to consistently get 4 of them. "Shapes are in my cookie jar/ triangle, heart and star/there's a cirlce over there/here's a square!"

If anyone *cough*Betty*cough* feels that Lily has not been fed since January don't worry, she is self-sufficient:

She has also been to a birthday party for her Uncle Steve and loved getting to hang out with her Aunt Katie

Lily's hair getting sooo long and beautiful, but still doesn't like a bow very often so she prefers the Pebble Flintstone's look

Lily also got to go shopping this past weekend. Once she found out it was her turn to buy she might have gotten a teenie weenie bit excited:

Luckily Lily had a Mama that could carry all of her shoppings!

Lily recieved a wonderful find from the Betty Estate Collection and it is now her favorite toy! I am not kidding or exaggerating about this just to thank Betty for the find. She will not get out of the wagon! When she is not in it she tries to climb in. Since there was nice weather this past weekend we found that the only way to keep her happy once she was in the wagon was to keep her there! What I mean by this is that when we were finished with our walk the wagon came into the kitchen and this made everyone happy.