Lily Kate stories :)

There are so many things everday that Lily Kate says that makes me laugh so hard. She has the wildest imagination and she doesn't forget anything!  I wanted to give a little update on my priss pot with some of her most "memorable"moments recently so I can look back on this down the road and get some laughs .. and probably a few tears! :) 

Showing her gum

The child LOVES gum ... She tried "chewing" it a few months ago but would just swallow it everytime.  Well, now she has learned how to chew it and not swallow it at all ... she asks for gum all the time!  It is so funny to me how much she loves gum because when I was little I loved gum too ... I always wanted to "smack it" and blow big bubbles. 

We finally have gotten Lily Kate potty trained.  We have been working on it on and off for a while but I finally got serious about it a couple of weeks ago and she has done great!  I've heard so many people say "When they are ready, they will get it!" and that was absolutely true with Lily Kate.  I think I was wanting it for her for a long time but one day is clicked and she was ready!  Of course, as with everything else in her life, she is so independant about it.  She wants to pull her pants down, sit on the potty, wipe, flush, etc by herself ... NO help!  I have to help with washing hands because she can't reach the sink handle yet but as soon as she can, she will want to do it by herself too.  She is even going #2 on the potty :)  The other night I was grocery shopping and she went #2 while it was just her and Stephen at home ... she was so excited about what she had done and told Stephen it looked like a snake! :)  We laughed so hard about that!!!

Silly little grin

Lily Kate has started saying some of the sweetest prayers at night.  They will last a long time because she thanks Jesus for everything she can think of (of course, that's the way it is supposed to be, right? :) )  She has thanked Jesus for going pee pee and stinkie in the potty, getting new play dough to use at Pop and Lalee's house, Daddy's brown hair, her Pinkie (a pink flamingo she sleeps with every night) for being pink and not brown, her Tickles' foot prints (a dog she sleeps with at night), her play refrigerator, that the lion didn't come and get her umbrella while she was sleeping last night ... all kinds of things!  It is just too sweet!

She started preschool last month (two days a week) and she absolutely LOVES it.  On her first day of school she had a little girl to hit her and she still hasn't forgotten it.  Most days she will say, "Zyon didn't hit me at school today" like that is the biggest surprise.  She has loved doing all the crafts and activities except for the finger painting ... her teachers said that she doesn't like it when her hands are dirty so that's not her favorite activity. :)  Noah goes to the same preschool on the same days but they are in different classes.  They get to see each other on the playground outside and when they go to chapel and library.  Everyone at the school thinks it is so funny how Lily Kate and Noah play together ... they really are the best of friends-they play hard and they fight hard but they always can work it out and really love each other. 

Lily Kate has still said several funny things about the "baby in my belly."  She wondered if the baby was in my belly button - well, she called it "that hole right there."  She also asked one day after she had gotten a spanking if the baby was going to get a spanking with the spanky spoon.  (I'm guessing she didn't want the baby to be left out!)   She told Stephen and I last night that her name isn't Lily Kate , it is "Big Sister."  How precious!

How can you not love that face?!?!

These are such fun days with my little 2 year old ... I'm trying to enjoy every. single. minute. of our time together before this sweet little baby comes to join us.  I'm so thankful for this precious little girl that the Lord has blessed us with!!