Look what I can do!

I can't describe how much Lily likes to color, draw & paint. She is always drawing or coloring something. One day Lily asked me how to write her name. I helped her a couple times & then I wrote her name on a piece of paper for her to look at while she was trying to do it herself. She completely shocked me when she actually did it all by herself!! She still has a little trouble with the size of her letters, but she is getting better & better every time she practices. Here are some pics of her writing her name & the finished product. She is just as proud as we are!!

Bless You

I thought this was the cutest story ever...
Tonight when we were eating dinner, Lily sneezed. After she sneezed she looked down at her chest & said "Ohhh noooo Mama, I got bless you all over me!"

Boston Science Museum

Grammy took us to the Boston Science Museum in May. There was so much to do & see! Lily loved the human body exhibit where she could see the muscles & organs inside the body. They watched a baby chick trying to peck it's way out of it's egg & saw a show with a real great horned owl, which they thought was very cool. I think the biggest attractions of the day were the dinosaur exhibit & the Butterfly Garden.

AHHH!! Lily & Kylie dinosaurs!
Grammy, Lily, Kylie & Sharp Tooth!

Lily, Grammy & Kylie with the triceratops fossils.

Lily & Kylie checking out the great horned owl.Water Fun!

Buzz! Buzz!

The girls in the Butterfly Garden

I thought this was a great picture from inside the Butterfly Garden of Boston & the Charles River.

Maymont April 06

Maymont is a little gem tucked into Richmond that not a lot of people know about. I am glad we learned about it! There are all kinds of animals & beautiful gardens. Lily loves visiting here! Here are a few pics from our most recent visit.

Lily with the baby calf

Lily & Mommy

Lily & Daddy

Beach Baby

We went to the beach while visiting Mimi & Grant in April. Our friends Karen & Chad, their son Chase & Chad's sister Camille came to visit us while we were at the beach. Lily & Chase were friends when we lived in Texas, but they hadn't seen each other in a long time, so I was worried about how they would get along. There was no need for worry though because the two hit it & were inseparable! They had a great time at the beach, building sandcastles, playing in the ocean & chasing each other (and Chad) with seaweed.

Lily & Chase

Building sandcastles

EWWW!! Seaweed!!!

Easter 06

We got to spend Easter in Texas with Mimi & Grant this year.

Here are a few of my favorite pics.

Decorating Easter Eggs

Easter Bunny

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter morning - the Easter bunny knew where to find us!

My friend Kylie

Here's a couple cute pics of Lily & her friend Kylie. They are both always hamming it up for the camera. Two peas in a pod! (I'm sure it has nothing to do with their moms constantly sticking cameras in their faces from the minute they were born! :oP)

Tub Time!
Here they are "hiding" under the grill cover on Grammy's porch.Princesses at play

Frog in my throat

Today Lily had a little cough, but nothing very serious. She came up to me & said "Mom, I need to go to the doctor" I asked her why she needed to go to the doctor & she said "Because I have a frog in my throat & doctors take frogs out & put them back in the pond!" (Of course - what was I thinking?)
Could she get any cuter?!

Easter Egg Cupcakes

Lily & Kylie helped us make Easter egg shaped cupcakes for Easter this year. Here are the girls with the finished product. It was a lot of work, but the girls had endless patience & lots of great ideas on how to decorate these eggs!

Boston Children's Museum

We took a trip to the Boston Children's Museum this week. Lily & Kylie watched a "Three Little Pigs' play, played in "Arthur's World", where they had a green screen which made it look like they were dancing with Arthur & his friends, scaled the rock wall, made Mommy crawl through the "Big Dig Construction zone"& play in a real bobcat. They even got to pretend they were in 'Blue Man Group' (minus the blue part) & play with the actual instruments used by Blue Man Group in their shows!The girls over looking Boston Harbor

Lily & Kylie playing with Arthur, Buster & BinkyNo fear!