Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Growing up - almost nine months!

Lilly has been very busy growing up. She changed so much this summer. She learned to crawl in June. She started off slow, but by July she was everywhere. She has loved "standing" since she was about 3-4 months. She started pulling up next to furniture shortly after mastering crawling. It did not take long for her to figure out how to just stand up. She has some major thigh muscles. She constantly squats and stands. We love watching her learn and grow. She hasn't taken any unassisted steps yet. She does push her walker. Will she be an early walker? Who knows.... She sure seems in a hurry to grow up! I seriously wish she came with a "pause" button.

Back to school

School started on Monday. We all agree that summer was not long enough. Everyone seemed to have a good day. They all really like their teachers which may or may not last. This is the last year that they will all be at the same school. We just need a 1st and 4th grader and we would have one in each grade!


Skylee had a great first day. I have been worried and wondering if we have prepared her enough to send her out into the "world". It's hard to let my little buddy go. She's my pal and we spend most of our time together. When I picked her up I realized that maybe I have it backwards. I should be asking if the world is ready for her! She is so awesome!
After school Skylee insisted we needed balloons because it was a special day. She later clipped them to Lilly just to see if she would float. I think every child tries this at some point.

It didn't work, but Lilly thought it was fun!



Monday, August 9, 2010

That's Hairlarious!


I saw this idea for pigtails and I thought it would be fun to try and make some. I googled some key words to see what I could find and it turns out there are a couple people out there who make and sell them. Who knew? Anyway, I ordered some and I'm not sure the order went through so long story short I decided just to make some. We get a kick out of seeing Lilly with hair and now I have another fun thing to make when I feel the need to get crafty.