April 2010
Spring is here! Winters here are usually mild, with zero or one
snowstorm typically, but this winter had several snowstorms and a lot
of cold spells. It was more refreshing than usual when the
70-degree sunny days arrived. Yay, warm weather!
April had a lot of beautiful sunny days, and we went to the park
for the first time since fall. She especially loves the swings.
And there are lots of great photo-ops for me to enjoy!
This month Lily flew a kite for the first time. Pop got it up in
the air and then Lily kept it flying, yanking on the line now and
then.
Grandma Jean sent Lily money for Easter, so we went to Toys R Us
and she bought Legos. She started eagerly assembling them, got
frustrated when parts of her building broke off or fell, and
wouldn't quit until she used every block in the box. Here's
her resulting creation.
"Little Car", the classic Miata that Uncle Deryl gave Lily, has been
sitting in our driveway since its engine overheated and died 8 months
ago (July 2009). This month we could afford to repair it, so Little
Car was towed to Meineke Car Care center. Three weeks later, the car
had a new engine, new radiator, new fuel pump, and some other minor
fixes. I picked Lily up from after-school care in it, and we were
both so excited to ride in it again. We drove to the park to celebrate.
When I come home from work, Lily sometimes runs to the garage door and
lays down on the floor like this. She's pretending to be a hat.
My job is to say, "Hey, someone left this hat on the floor!
I better put it on!" So I lift her onto my head, show off my
new hat to Mommy, and then discover that the hat is really Lily.
Some days when I come home, I hope she isn't waiting there on
the floor, and other days I'm sad if she isn't.
I asked Lily what she drew in this painting. She told me it was
an alien with extra arms peeing on the ground, and I laughed.
She indignantly asked, "Why are you laughing at my painting?"
Me: "I thought it was funny. I thought you wanted me to laugh."
Her: "I don't joke about something beautiful!"
I noticed her sitting with her legs crossed while
she was watching TV. She looked so grown up!
Lola has Lily practicing math.
Dressed in her Snow White costume, she wanted to make bubbles on
our driveway. I sat and mostly read Facebook, occasionally looking
up to take pictures. She was really getting into it, using two
bubble wands at a time.
A boy in Lily's class named Ean had a birthday party at the local
bouncy place called Jump. These are always fun.
Ean is in the last picture blowing out candles.
I often grill a steak for dinner, but I never get to eat it all
by myself!
Most nights Lily sleeps next to me, and periodically rolls toward
me until I'm pushed out of the bed. If I go sleep somewhere else,
she rolls over to Michelle and snuggles there. But Michelle doesn't
get pushed out of bed. She pushes back!
