May 9th

Lily has been scared of many things, from trains to sirens to the dark.  Last night, I told her a story about a little girl named Christine who was afraid and prayed to God.  It went on and on.  Well, last night I didn't have to go in her room even once!  She's been having more problems sleeping through the night since she was an infant!  But she made it through the night.  I told her how proud of her I was for being so brave.  And to make sure I'm not pressuring her, I told her I love her when she's brave, scared, happy, sad, etc.  I always love her.  When I put her down for her nap, she said "I'm brave."  What a big girl!!

Today we played outside.  Iris still has some allergy issues though, which makes her pretty grumpy.  I put her hair up so that way she doesn't get nose juice all in it.  She loves playing in the dirt.  She was walking with her push wagon but it goes a little too fast on hard ground.

Lily was pushing her cart around, filling it up with dirt and leaves.  No wonder our kids rarely get sick; they are constantly in the dirt!  Of course, Lily is wearing her ducks.

After Lily woke up from her nap, she broke those glasses. Again.  She I had to disinfect her other pair because she put them in the drawer of the litter box.  Jason found them when he was emptying it.  Good times.

We went to Poppy and Tita's house for dinner.  We had a great time! Even Iris got in a better mood.  A good, long day.

The Fort

Lately, Lily has been mildly obsessed with tents/forts.  She always wants us to throw a blanket over something so she can crawl in.  For Christmas, we bought her a little tent but she's since destroyed it.  Back to the blankets.

Jason reminded me that Michelle, Rod, and Nina got her a little cardboard playhouse for Christmas too.  Its a cool one that the girls can color and play in.  After 20 minutes of putting it together, because every 2 minutes I had to do a Iris removal from the pieces, we got a fort. 

Lily crawled right in and said "Come on Iris."  And she came.

Iris is having  some allergy issues and I just realized her body is strategically placed.  Lily doesn't wear clothes.  Lucky me!

Later, Lily decided to take her and her friend Gracie for a drive.  Good imagination!  See? No pants.  Gracie looks like she is laying on the horn.

Strawberry Pickin', Part Deux

We went strawberry picking again, only this time it was at Cottle Strawberry Farm.  The weather has been cool and pleasant, although much cloudier than I'd like.  But the cool thing is, the strawberries are huge! The size of Iris' fist!

 Lily moves too fast for the camera, however she did use the PortaPotty.  Iris was strapped in so took some good pictures.

She preferred to sit on the ground pulling weeks in the paths.  Unfortunately, there were strawberry casualties on the path and she looked like she was in a war zone by the end.  Oxyclean to the rescue!