Girls Night Out

I wish I had more photos to post, but the curse of the dead battery follows me everywhere. Lilly and I had a very special night out to see the Moscow Circus at the Wells Fargo Center this week(notice LIlly holding the tickets in her hand).

**SIDE NOTE It's funny because when we got home and the kids were upstairs dreaming, Todd and I compared notes of our evenings and we kept going back to the idea of how much the kids enjoyed having one on one time with us. Lilly and Drew just know that they have our undivided attention and what a special feeling it must be for them. Anyway...Todd and Drew played crash game and tickle monster all night. But this is about the girls night out.

Well, Lilly was captivated for the first solid 40 minutes...where the entire 40 minutes she had her hands covering her ears and she was yelling things like, "this music is really really loud" The only time she would take her hands down from her ears was to clap when the rest of the audience clapped. She was a very exuberant clapper.

Lilly's quotes were worth the price of admission. Many chuckles around Lilly that night. Just to highlight some quotes:

Please take into consideration that all of these quotes were loudly spoken and could be heard in a diameter of 5 people in front and to the side of us easily

"Good Job Girl!!!," when a small (long-haired, but small bodied) male russian acrobat was performing. Followed by whole body clapping.

" Oops...I just toot. Peee uwwwww Mommy. Stinky." followed by an excuse me at the top of her lungs

"I have to go poo-poo Mommy" followed by an immediate exit

"She has One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eighteen, hoola hoops on the body..WOW...WOW"

"I really really hungry...really really. I like, I like, I like PIZZA." then proceeding to turn around to face her neighbor in the row behind us and ask for some cheese.


There were more that I am forgetting, but those made the people sitting in row J get a giggle. We did get to go out to ice cream and Lilly slammed down an an adult scoop in 2 minutes 36 seconds flat without ever getting brain freeze(and least she did not lead on that she did)

Making her mommy proud.

I look forward to many more girls night out with my Lilly. I love my Lilly.

Boom Boom Pow

I got some beyond good laughs this night. What happens when dance and gymnastics meet? Umm, Boom Boom Pow.

As I walk out the door to my dance class these days, Drew says, "Mommy going to do some Boom Boom Pow tonight. Daddy"

Sounds kind of criminal if you ask me.

PS I think Lilly might be saying, "YAAAAA, DO IT" at the end when Drew gets a little frisky, which is even more comical to me

One of my favorite parts to my day

I am not bragging, but.....

She has some serious skills. The accuracy, my goodness. It's not like she is right under the basket either.






I think Drew might have been playing more of of a dodge ball basketball game if you ask me. Inventive.....

When you can't find socks

Use the next best thing....like something that goes on your hands to keep them warm.




Lilly's problem solving skills have sky-rocketed these past few months. Nobel Peace prize here we come. Hey..if Obama got it, why not Lilly?

PS Santa....

Thank you for my special delivery.




Todd was wondering though if the hot tub was mistakenly dropped off at another house, because we never got it here...on our back deck.....like his letter requested.

Maybe next year?

Thanks again Santa!!

Life imitating Art

I do love how Lilly and Drew are getting older and drawing things.. Real ideas and concepts.

This was a let's draw a face on our magna-doodle day.( I tried to rotate this and it will not upload correctly, sorry)

Drew's attempt at a face


Lilly's attempt at a face.
*please note the one line for eye brows


*art imitating life(you should probably click on this picture of Lilly to magnify the uni-brow)

I wonder if we will be having spa days in third or fourth grade? hmmmmmmmm.