Here is the actual digital file from our trip to Santa - in case you want to print it out so that you can have a copy.
Lily went to spend the day at Hackie and Boot's today so that Mommy and Daddy could do some work in the yard. Here are pictures of what was done. The yard was blown, the basement cleaned and swept, the huge piles of stone were moved and hidden from Lily, the old rock garden was removed and replaced by a new stone patio, and Billy almost finished my wrapping table. We are officially exhausted and can't move. Now to the lake to winterize the boat and to start Champagne Sunday!!
Sunday morning, playroom, Yo Gabba Gabba on, Daddy and Gracie close, bowl of Cheerios! It doesn't get much better than this.
Lily went to see Santa today. She also got to go to Bass Pro Shops for the first time. It really was hard for us to keep her from buying up all the camo and fishing lures. We really thought that she was going to enjoy talking to Santa - and she was happy up until the last second - but then it happened - the most scared I have seen her look in a long time. She will come to learn - do not be afraid of Santa - be very, very afraid of the Nutcracker. The shots with Santa are pictures of the printed picture we got. We'll have better copies soon!
Lily now loves to wear her sunglasses in the car. I wonder if she knows that her book is upside down?
Ali and Laura tailgating at Tiger Stadium.
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If Lily is ever upset or in a bad mood, just put on "The Fresh Beat Band". For 30 minutes, she is completely entertained. I didn't catch it here, but she is usually smiling and mouthing like she is singing, and then she gets up and dances.
So every year we ask our neighbor if he goes to the neighborhood Halloween parade and he always looks at us like we are freaks. We now know why. We tried to go today. The parade started at 4:30, so we got there at 4:25. At 4:45, we were still standing around waiting for someone to start doing something. Then we left. Not before not a single person said hi to us, or before Lily fell on the cement and scratched up her face. It was awesome. We will not be going back.
Today was Lily's Halloween party at school. She is the only girl in a class ful of boys. She was a skeleton again. Her classmates were a monkey, a tiger, a Tigger and a zebra. You can see her getting ready with the guys, then marching in the parade, then keeping up with Alex and her friend,Ella (the princess), and then her class went back in to enjoy some cookies, juice and fruit cups. She had a great time.
Since she was about 7 months old, Lily is the one responsible for giving Gracie her Milkbone. Both girls have come a long way - and understand their boundaries during this. I think it is a special bonding time for them.