Lilly's Art Show

There was an art show at Lilly's preschool. Here are the pieces they chose to display from Lilly's art this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu53kZIi9Qg

I had a Mother of the Year moment this morning. I sent Lilly to school knowing she had a bit of an upset stomach and some mild diarrhea. I asked some friends to see what protocol was first!!! Anyway, she wanted to go. I told the teacher that she said her stomach hurt but was acting well and to call me if need be. Then I took Ella to music class and left my cell phone in the car. When I came out of music 45 minutes later there was a voice mail from the preschool (at 10:07 a.m.) telling me to come get her. It was 10:47 when I received the voice mail. I went and got her and she has been playing since but boy did I feel like a huge loser picking her up 45 minutes after they called. Yay me.

Our 5th Child

This morning I had a court hearing regarding the guardianship for Marc. I was a nervous wreck as I had to testify but it all went well and I am now the permanent guardian for Marc. I hope it was the right thing to do.

Ella Belle

This is how Ella walks around most of the time...

Bag of cereal in one hand and Pinky in the other hand dragging behind her picking up pollen as she goes.

She is so darn cute. She has really come out of her shell since her tubes were put in and she is feisty (at times), the pickiest eater ever ever ever, funny, talkative, and happy.

Sacked Out

I was outside cleaning the car today and Lilly went inside. This is how I found her.

Bad Words

Lilly is 4.

Apparently it's the "in" thing to use "bad" words when you turn 4. Lilly is currently in a hate, stupid, nasty cycle. My favorite is when I put her in timeout and she yells, on her way to the steps, "You stupid hate stupid nasty woman!" I love it so much.

While I know most of the kids her age are also testing out new and exciting words which also include potty talk, I really can't take much more. So I devised a plan. Each day that Lilly went without using one of these words, she would earn a sticker. If she earned 3 stickers in a row we would take her to get ice cream (her choice). The first 3 days worked like a charm. As promised, we went to Diane's Water Ice for a gelati! Here she is enjoying her reward.

We're back to bad words now and the stickers aren't working anymore. I enjoyed my 3 days of happiness and nice words. I'm currently devising Plan B. I'll keep you posted.

The View From Here

23 Weeks Pregnant

Easter

Happy Easter!

While the Easter Bunny did make an appearance I tried to stress the true meaning of Easter to Lilly this year. She seems to understand though she did love her basket. I explained that the bunny and basket of goodies is just a fun spring addition to Easter and that we want to remember that Jesus was resurrected and promised eternal life for all who believe in Him. We read books about the story of Easter and talked a lot about Jesus. She's a wonderful age to explore the stories of the Bible and talk about what we believe as Christians.

Aunt Sherry sent Ella a beautiful dress for her birthday that I used as her Easter dress. I bought Lilly the matching dress and was thrilled that it was sunny and warm so they could wear their outfits without sweaters!

Ella hasn't a clue about Easter, Jesus, or the Easter Bunny but she did quickly figure out that there was something in the eggs and it was very yummy.

I hope that you had a wonderful Easter or a beautiful Sunday (whichever you celebrate).