Awwwww

Abby: Mama, before you brought Lily into my room, I was lonely. Now she (sleeps) in my room and I'm happy.

Baking

Basketball

Disneyland

with Nana and Papa in January.

Lily didn't know what to expect and thought waiting in line was really boring.




But once we got on the first ride (Finding Nemo) she just kept saying "I love it! I love it! I love it!"

But just like any good toddler her favorite thing at Disneyland was something she could find anywhere: a toy phone.



We met lots of "people" like Tinkerbell and some other fairy,



Cinderella,



and Woody.



Abby played jingle bells on stage,



rode the Tea Cups,



waved at all the dolls in It's a Small World,



and got stuck in jail.









We made it all the way till the end of the evening parade, in large part, because Lily, Daddy and Papa all found ways of taking naps.

Little Valentines

with flowers from daddy



Lily is saying "cheese!"

More Quotes

Last night, Daddy and the girls watched Madagascar together for the first time. In it, there are Lemurs that sing "I like to move it move it". That clearly made an impression on Lily. After the movie, they went to bed and I heard Lily singing "I like to move it move it" over and over again on the monitor for an hour and a half before she finally fell asleep.

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Abby: I want to pour my own syrup
Daddy: No, I need to pour it because this syrup is very expensive (real maple syrup)

.... 2 minutes of conversation go by ....

Abby: Why do we lock our door when we're not home
Daddy: So people don't come in and steal our stuff when we're not home
Abby: Would they steal my toys?
Daddy: No, they would probably take more expensive stuff like our TV
Abby: And our syrup?

Recent Quotes

Here are a few of my favorite recent quotes:

Abby (to Lily): Ok, you guard the treasure; I'll swim with the sharks.

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Abby (to Lily): I don't want to eat this! It's a crayon!

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Lily (hands behind back): Present for you!
Mom: Thanks.  What is it?
Lily: Me. (smiles and walks away.)

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(At friends' house.)
Mom: Lily, this is baby Matthew.
Lily: Baby Owen!
Mom: No, this is baby Matthew.
Lily: Baby Owen!
Mom: No, sweetie. This is not baby Owen. This is baby Matthew.
Lily: Baby Owen!