Funny Lily-isms - 2nd edition

I need to give you some background for this edition of funny Lily comments - -Lily has had a lot of questions lately about where people "live" before they are in their mommy's tummies, and where they go when they die. I've answered all questions by explaining that people start out AND end up in Heaven. We'll go into more detail when she's older. Well, she somehow learned about graves. Who knows how? And also, the other day on the way to the pool they saw a dead bull frog. So it gave rise to many questions. How did he die, when will he wake up, etc etc.

On the way home from gymnastics today, we drove by a cemetary. So Lily said, "mommy, do people live under those (gravestones) when they die". I said yes, that's where they sleep. Then she said "Do bullfrogs live under those things when they die too?" I am not sure of the answer to that one!

When talking about princesses (which both girls love), I always emphasize that appearances don't matter, and what matters is in your heart. This "teaching" started when all of the girls at day care (mine included) started with mean little comments about anyone who was not wearing a dress. So Lily said to me "I wish I could be a princess". My response was " you are". She says "no, Mommy, I mean a REAL princess". So I remind Lily that it's what is in her heart that makes her a princess. Her response was "Well, Ariel is a princess because of her dress". So much for getting my message across!

And finally, when we were at dinner I explained that I was drinking Barclays lemonade b/c when you get married you are forced to share everything. Lily's immediate response was, I'm going to get married with you, right daddy?".

Addy is really coming into her own too - next thing you know we'll have Addy-isms 1st edition on here. Her comments are more cute than anything else. She likes to tell us all that she's not silly, she's sweet. Plus, she's learned how to say "L"s, so she says Lily's name properly now and emphasizes the "l"'s strongly. It sounds so cute. She tells Lily to not say potty words all of the time. Earlier today she told me something was "awesome", which was a hilarious word to hear a little person use.

July 4th weekend!

Did we let a little rain spoil our fun this 4th of July weekend? No way! We both had Friday off work - for once - so we hopped in the car and drove down to Oliver winery to meet dad and mom and celebrate both dad's b-day (Happy Birthday Dad) and the 4th of July! Oliver was great. The girls explored the gardens, fountains, trails, and fed the koi. Barclay and I tasted some yummy wine, mom and dad sat outside and chilled with a loaf of french bread.



Then we headed to Four Winds on Lake Monroe for the night. After some chaos caused by bad staff at the hotel, we finally got into our room. We spent time at the little beach they had, and by the pool. It was really relaxing. Then that night we had dinner - paid for by the hotel :) Our plan was to hang out some more on Saturday morning, but it was raining, so we went over to Scholar's Bakehouse for coffee and breakfast.




From there, mom and dad headed off to Aunt Kate's and we came on home for a few hours. We went over to the Jacobi's for their 4th of July celebration. They have a hanger, so the party could stay in doors while it was raining. The girls did puzzles with grandma and grandpa, which kept them perfectly happy! Plus, they had chocolate cupcakes....so we had everything we needed! Once we had a mere sprinkling, no one cared anymore, and the party went outside. The kids LOOOOVVVVVEEED it. It was the perfect July 4th set up. You should see the parachutes of today. The firecracker let's off about 10 parachutes instead of 1, plus, they are not hot and on fire when you go to pick them up. As expected, the parachutes remain the favorite firework. Then John, his brother Tom, and some of the older kids put on a fabulous firework display which rivaled the professional shows. It was amazing! Addy fell asleep during the loudest fireworks. The pictures ended up out of order, but I'm too lazy to move them. The top ones should be down here!

Where have we been lately?????

Checking out the Komodo Dragons at the zoo. Addy called them dragons sometimes and crocodile's sometimes.
Hanging' out at the Fisher's Freedom Festival and the Christ the King Festival.


Celebrating Father's Day