Lily loves to dance at the zoo, well she loves to dance everywhere, but at this spot at the zoo is one of her favorites.
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Random Mobile Shots
I am all caught up with my pictures and what’s been going on in our lives so all of these pictures are from over the last week. I’m sure excited and my goal is to keep caught up and on top of things. (I have a number of posts scheduled for the next few weeks)
Lily set up this scene the other day and when I asked what she was doing she told me she was taking pictures of her babies. I had to get in on the picture taking.
Silly Kitty.
Lily and I went out and checked on our strawberries and other garden growth. These were the only strawberries that were ready to eat.
The stupid birds and ants got to these poor guys.
I love these flowers in the backyard.
We found these mushrooms in the backyard.
Lily broke out into a dance in the backyard. I really need to get this kid in dance class again.
I took this picture because Waldo was running to the store for asparagus and I wanted him to grab these bars for me. I’m putting it here because they are delicious.
Lily did some breakfast art on her own.
I walked into the bathroom the other day and saw this in the office. My little Gamer Duo.
And my Gamer Girl.
Random Mobile Shots
Lily is taking a water break during our bike ride the other day. On a side note, Lil loved riding her bike when we first got it and then one day she fell and wanted nothing more to do with the bike. This didn’t surprise us at all, I mean it’s logical. But we kept telling her that falling happens and we just have to try again. Waldo worked really hard taking her for short rides to get her confidence back and we are happy to report that this last bike ride she is 100% back and loving it. YAY!
Lil wanted to make a cardboard rocket so the other day when I was working late Waldo and Lily made this. Then when Waldo got tired of pushing Lil on the carpet in her rocket, she had the brilliant idea of Daddy pushing her in his office chair. It worked out great and they went back and forth between rooms with her yelling for astronauts to get out of her way.
I got Lil a Hello Kitty shower cap from Target. It was a big hit and super useful.
More breakfast art.
We went to the Boise Farmer’s Market last weekend and Lily got this awesome balloon turtle.
My Brother-in-Law is a beekeeper and sells local raw honey at the Farmer’s Market. This is his observation hive. He had some bees hatching while we were there, it was crazy to see.
New hair
I finally got fed up enough with my hair being boring and looking very much like a sister wife I made a hair appointment. I decided that I wanted to cut a lot of hair off and I wanted different bangs, other than that I left it up to the stylist. I didn’t look for hair inspiration on Pinterest or anything, I didn’t want to scare myself off.
I also needed to finally do something different with Lil’s hair. I have been the only one that has cut it ever and I don’t know what I’m doing so I’ve been letting the front of her hair grow out for about a year and all I can do with her hair right now is put clippies in it to keep it out of her eyes. It’s cute, but I don’t love it.
I made the mistake of mentioning the hair cutting adventure to my Father in Law last week and Lily broke the F down about this. There was tears and wailing and just overall super sadness about looking different. I tried to explain that I was also getting my hair cut and even though I’d look different I’d still be the same Mama and she’d still be the same Lily just with different hair. Hair that wasn’t always in her eyes, which I figured would be a big selling point, but I was very wrong. In the end I got her to calm down, but she still wasn’t convinced about this hair cutting business.
Waldo and I talked about it and he suggested I bribe Lil with treats. I’m not super big (in fact I’m pretty against) food as incentive, but I did like the idea of bribing her. So right before we left to go on our big adventure I told her if she was brave and good that I’d take her to Walgreen (the only place in our tiny town) and she could pick a toy. She still wasn’t convinced, but at least she wasn’t melting down on me.
Before we left the house I took some before pictures.
As we drove I reminded her about all the stuff we had talked about; being the same person, that hair cutting doesn’t hurt, that people like to look different sometimes and of course about the toy. When we got there I asked her if she wanted to get her hair cut first or last. She said first, then changed her mind, she wanted to go after me.
I told the stylist that she pretty much had free reign with my hair, I just wanted it to be a little past my shoulders and what I wanted different about my bangs.
This is what I got. I like it, but it’s going to take some time to get used to.
After I was done I asked Lily if she wanted to sit in the neat booster seat or on my lap, not surprisingly she picked on my lap.
After Lil’s hair was done, Oh and I only had her do the front, I want the back with it’s great curls to keep on keeping on. Anyway after Lil’s hair was cut Rachelle gave Lil princess curls. Lil thought this was awesome.
Oh and Lily picked a new baby. We’re calling her Sarah.
Random Mobile Shots
More breakfast art. Lily loves this and it’s fun to do for her.
Minnie’s bow.
This is suppose to be Minnie, but her bow kept melting into the cream of wheat.
My lame attempt at a dinosaur paw.
And while I’m posting about food; I saw this hummus at Costco and when I was reading the label I couldn’t help but laugh and buy it. It’s made with love, what’s not to like?
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Lily took this picture of some of the backyard flowers.
Lily with my Mother’s Day card. She wrote Happy Mother’s Day at the bottom of Waldo’s message all by herself. Waldo had to tell her how to spell it and help with the S, otherwise it was all Lil.
