the girls have been asking for some time now to have a fire in the fireplace. and then, they add, it's nice to have hot chocolate with marshmallows, too. (hint, hint). i do enjoy my fireplace.

lilli is such a shy child...

today, for some reason that i have completely forgotten, i used the phrase "easy peasy lemon squeezy" while talking to kaely. she paused for just a second and then said "mom that was cheesy". thank you kaely.

look mommy!

lillian and i had to run a few errands in between her school and the elementary school. while i was putting the cat food in the van, lillian hollers "look mommy! when i do this, i can see my nose!"

also...today the girls were discussing their bff's. elise said that she didn't have one. kaely said that alina was her bff but romana was her bf. and then she said and alexis is my f. that is some serious short-hand.

tomorrow is an awards ceremony at the elementary school...a/b honor roll and perfect attendance. yeah, i'll be there.

i've also decided that i will not ever ever ever go to the bank at night...

yikes! i asked the teller about it and she kinda shrugged and said she didn't know, but would the girls like a lollipop? i didn't realize that matthews was such a dangerous place!

103.6

should always be a radio station and should never be your daughter's temperature.

i was told that this is an octopus, but it looks like it would fit better in the jellyfish family. either way, i love the face!

b.a.b.w.

lillian was invited to a birthday party...a build a bear workshop party. awesome!! we've hosted parties here before (third birthday tradition), but have never been on the receiving end. it was quite nice :)

lillian was so very excited to be there! the children got to choose their bear and then the party leader lined them up to tell them the rules (and i have forgotten them, which is rather sad as there were only three).

ok wait, i remember the last one: use your outside voice. whaaaaat? you just told lillian to use her outside voice?

then he had the children choose how they were going to travel to the back of the store (skipping, walking, hopping) and then what they were going to shout (shout) on the way. i'm glad lillian follows directions!

so then it was time to stuff (inflate?) the bear...you know the drill.

everyone had a great time and our gift was a hit...woot! i even made the party leader blush when i told him that he did a great job ;)