3.5

Miss lilli Ian's 3 1/2 years old. I did a little interview with her tonight. I'm not sure about how accurate her answers are... But it's what she said.

Favorite movie: the toy one that has the toys in it (toy story 1 & 2)
Favorite show: uhhh...Mickey mouse. My favorite show is Mickey Mouse, ok?
Favorite food: cereal, ok? Cereal is food, huh mom!
Favorite treat: twiziwer
Favorite drink: chocolate milk!!! I want chocolate milk! I'm thirsty!
Favorite toy: my bunny for Easter time, ok mom?
Favorite game: the scout one where you draw ( a leap pad game)
Who's your best friend? The one I was playing with at the turtle a couple of go's. ( a little girl at the mall play place)

Lilli's Littles

If something happened yesterday, an hour ago, or a year ago she refers to it as "Last time a couple of go's"

She sings non stop. It's usually her own creation, but lately it's been "row row row your boat"

She got a leap pad for christmas and didn't touch it at first, but is now obsessed with it.

If she wants to do something she'll say, "can we do (this) for a couple minutes?"

She's constantly complaining of wedgies, but she calls them "itchies"

She hates pants. I finally cut the tags out of all of her pants thinking it would help, but...not so much.

(oddly enough, she wouldn't take her pants off this day)

She insists that Cason's favorite color is blue even though it isn't. Today she said, " Daddy, you're favorite color is blue. But you don't like blue...but is is your favorite color"

If she doesn't want to do something she says "No I am not!!!!"

She loves snow and throwing snow at the car, also she seems to think that Grandma Dotson has something to do with when it snows??

She "doesn't like food, she only likes treats"

She likes to watch "A LOT of shows"

She usually doesn't take naps anymore but still gets really tired around 4 or 5 every evening.

She talks talks talks talks talks talks talks. It's exhausting... but hilarious.

She doesn't sneeze, she "bless you's". 

She loves to tell me stories, they almost always start with "once upon a time" and end with "...stand on your head"

She wants to be a dog not a person. She spend at least half her day pretending to be a dog. Playing fetch, licking/biting me, etc. Luckily she told me that she wants to keep using the potty, because only real dogs pee outside.

She loves her cousins. She says she loves cousin Lucas, but Cousin Dylan is her favorite. (She's a little unsure about the whole newborn baby thing).

2012

Well, since I was the worst blogger ever last year, I figured the least I could do would be a little recap post... here we go:

January 2012: We started the year with Cason's family in Bountiful, Utah. When we got home, we bought Lilli a potty, and us a  new couch...both were kind of a waste of money.

We also celebrated my 24th birthday, and the 1st (and only) snow of the season.

February: Cason and I kept busy with school, and we had a laid back Valentine's Day making cookies.

March: Lilli had her fist haircut, had a coule sleep overs and Uncle Vinnie and and Aunt Jana's house, and we made a trip to Utah where we went to the Hogle Zoo.

April: Lilli decorated Easter eggs for the fist time, and we celebrated my mom's birthday and Easter with my side of the family. We also potty trained Lilli... in less that a week! 

 May: I went back to work at Target, and Lilli enjoyed her (almost) big girl bed.

June: I worked (too much) and went to the zoo. Lilli decided she was a dog, and played fetch all day.

July: We spent a wonderful Independence Day with my family

 and then went to Ashton Idaho to spend a few days with Cason's family, we went tubing and had a blast! 

We also got to play with Ashley and her little one's at the splash park in Rexburg.

August: Lilli had her fist dentist appointment (no cavities!) And we celebrated her 3rd birthday with a super fun Lego party!

 September: Cason and I started another Semester and celebrated his 26th Birthday

October: We geared up for Halloween (our favorite holiday) with pumpkin carving, decorating, and going to the farmstead. We had lots of fun with Aunt Jana and Uncle Vinnie...until Lilli peed in the corn box...oops!! 

Later in the month we went Trunk or Treating with my parents, and Trick or Treating on the big day. Lilli Monster had fun... for about 20 minutes. She didn't end up with much candy, but at least she had a good time. 

November: Lilli and I attended Jana's baby shower (Lucas will be here soon!!), and had fun at Dylan's 1st birthday party. 

Cason and I were in charge of the pies for Thanksgiving, we had a fun low key day, before Black Friday. My mom and I worked a 10 hour day, but it really wasn't that bad.

December: The stress of the semester and work got much worse when I hurt my knee. I had to take a leave from work, but it did make it so we could surprise Kelli in St. George for her 50th birthday, and spend Christmas with all of Cason's family. 

So there's a (very) brief review of our year! I'll try to be a better blogger in 2013!!!

Vidoes

Last post May 19, 2012

oops.

Life has kinda gotten away from me...but I'll try to do better.

For now, here's some videos I found of Lilli on my camera. 

(March)

(April - she came up with this "joke" all on her own)



(April - Easter Morning)




(May - more Lilli originals)



(May - watching TV)



(And then I lost my camera, so there are no video's until...
October -  I couldn't believe this 'crab leg' dance! - she's so funny!!

Lilli's Little's

She always wants 2 of everything.

Wall-ee is her favorite movie, he's also her new imaginary friend.

She's discovered gum, and loves it. However, she hasn't learned that you're not supposed to swallow it.

I bought a pair of pj pants with anchors on them and she said, "OH! those are for pirates!!"

She has an imaginary cat that she runs around with. She also sometimes has a dog, chickie, or choo-choo

Anything she gives/ gets is a "prize"

She says "actually" all the time, and I love the way she says it: Ax- soo- ah- wee.

She pees and poos in the potty, rarely has accidents, and usually stays dry while we're out or when she's sleeping

She learned that we're white. The conversation went like this:

Lilli: Mommy... you green?? NO!!! You not green, you.................... purple????? No... what are you??

Me: I'm white, Lilli.

Lilli: OH! yeah! You white!! I white too!!! And Daddy's white too!!! Yeah, we're white.

She's constantly complaining that her panties are making her itchy and giving her wedgies.

When she counts she always skips 4.

She's not a baby anymore. Along with being potty trained, she sleeps in a big girl bed, and when people ask me how old she is, instead of saying "2 1/2", I say "She'll be 3 in August. It kills me a little, but I simply adore this little person that she has become.

Lilli's Little's

She loves to be outside.

She loves the Power Puff Girls, but can't say it right, and always gets embarrassed when she tries.

She points and laughs at Cason all the time, frequently for no reason at all.

She hums "twinkle little star" all day long, and will say "That's a pretty song!" or, "That's my favorite song!"

She says huh?! when ever she's excited about something or wants me to look at something. She'll paint a picture, smile up at me and say "Huh?!!!, HUH!!!!"

Cason has taught her to pull his finger... gross.

She decided she loves play-dough, but only calls it dough. However, she comes up to me and says she wants to "play dough".

She hates to have her hair touched, which is why it's always such a mess. I did get it in a pony tail the other day though, and she said, "I'm a girl!!!". When I took it out she got sad and said, "I"m not pretty anymore!"

She loves to cook with me.

Lilli's Little's

She knows her colors pretty well (although you wouldn't know it by talking to her. If you ask her what color something is she will almost always say green, but if you ask her to try again, she usually gets it right).

She's says that things are "amazing".

She asked me for something the other day, and I told her to wait a minute. Later, I asked her what she wanted and she said, "I don't even care!!!" I felt like I was talking to a teenager.

She LOVES  shopping, it doesn't matter where.

She's finally not scared of the playground anymore and loves slides.

She's definitely in the everything is mine stage. (drives me crazy)

Getting her to try a food is absolute torture! But, when she eventually tries it, she usually likes it.  

She loves eating  raw vegetables while I'm cooking, but refuses to touch them after they've been cooked.

Everyone is a "He". I can't count how many times I correct her throughout the day, it never does any good.