Oh how we love to twirl

I can’t believe that we’ve already made it to dance class! This past week Lily had her first “Tiny Tots” ballet class and absolutely loved it. Since it is for 2 and 3 year olds, not much was actually accomplished but the experience of being in a new class in her little leotard and tutu was apparently thrilling to her. And I guess 30 minutes was way too short because Lily was crying and crying when I told her we had to go home. She kept trying to get back into the room with the older girls so we went to a room down the hall and I let her twirl around for about 10 minutes and that seemed to satisfy her. She has talked about dance class every day since and I am looking forward to seeing what being in a class does for Lily.


Lily is also just growing up so fast! She is learning and exploring and I just love watching this process. She is thinking more and I love listening to what she has to say. The other day I was complimenting her on making baskets in her basketball hoop out back and she would say “Thank you Trish!” and I couldn’t help but laugh. Last week I told her to “Hold your horses” (not even thinking that she wouldn’t have a clue what I was talking about) and she looked at me like I was being so silly and said “No, I’m not getting any horses.” While watching something on T.V. she saw someone freaking out and she said "Get it together, man!" (quoting a line from one of her favorite movies, Monsters, Inc.).
We spend lots of time reading books these days. Lily is always begging me to read her a book and I try my hardest to read whenever I can. Her favorite books are "Guess How Much I Love You", "You Are Special" by Max Lucado, "Oh The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss, and the "Tangled" book. I am amazed that her attention span has expanded so much that she can spend 5+ minutes paying attention to a book and I am also surprised that we have yet to have a page casualty. She is so gentle with her books and is very good at turning the pages for me. I am trying to teach her the concept of "the last time" but she really has no clue what I'm talking about. We'll read the books and she'll want me to read them over and over and I'll tell her that it's the last time I'm going to read it. I'll then finish the story and she'll ask to read it again and she'll tell me "Last time, ok?", well, pretty much any time I tell her I can't read right now she'll tell me that. I'm happy with her fascination with books and I hope that she gains a great love of books as she gets older. I have always loved to get lost in a good book and it would make me very happy if she does too!
She is very excited about the thought of having a baby brother or sister. Two of her little friends have little sisters now and she is finally understanding what is going to happen in our family in a few months. She talks to the baby every morning and finally likes to feel the baby move. She’ll lift up my shirt and tell me how much she wants to see the baby. She is so sweet with her new little friends and is always talking about the babies is such a sweet little tone I just can’t stand it! She scrunches up her face and almost looks like she’s going to cry when she says things like “Baby Urban is so cute” and “I love baby Urban so much. She needs a blanket!” She is very gentle and cautious with the little ones and I know that she will be such a good big sister. I can’t wait to see her with a sibling and see her joy with her own new baby (as she calls it).