She's A Potty Animal

We've been busy and having lots of fun the past week. Saturday Lillian and I went on a special lunch date with her Aunts and cousins to the Olive Garden. It was so good, and really nice to spend some time together. I took my camera with me, and took a picture of Lillian before we left (in this cute outfit that I love with the matching bow), and then my camera battery died. Ugh! So, I didn't get any pictures at our lunch.

Lillian went to gymnastics again on Monday morning and learned how to do a forward roll. I really hope to get some pictures from her class next week, we'll see. She absolutely loves this class, and kept telling me "I love gymnasnics!" (I didn't mispell it, that's how she says it) all afternoon. We then had a little lunch date with my sister.

On Tuesday my sister took Lillian to Krispy Kreme, and Lillian got to have a doughnut with sprinkles. Carrie said she didn't eat the whole doughnut, but she was sure to eat every single sprinkle. These two pictures arrived on my phone during one of my meetings that day.

We've been attempting potty training off and on for a few months now, but just reading Lillian's cues and taking breaks when it doesn't seem like the right time. Last week I made this chart for Lillian and she gets to put a sticker on it each time she uses the potty. See...
After 5 stickers she gets a small prize (stickers, play dough, puzzle, and a book) and after she fills it up with 30 stickers she gets a Buzz Light Year! Something she asks for about 20 times a day (no exaggeration). I think we finally found our motivation for this child. Anything to do with Toy Story! She definitely hasn't lost any love toward her Disney friends (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto) or Pooh and his friends, but has also included the Toy Story gang. I am pretty sure she will have her chart filled up tomorrow. I am so proud of her, and she is pretty proud of herself too.

Is it weird that daily conversations of using the potty is so natural to me, I don't even realize I'm doing it? Probably, but it's my life right now. :)

I have also been keeping notes of funny things Lillian has said this week:

-I asked Lillian to pick up her toys the other day, and her response was..."I can't right now, I'm drawing you a beautiful picture."

-I often hear her say "You're hurting my feelings." when I tell her she can't do something, or we have to leave gymnastics, or she needs to eat her dinner, or if she is asked to pick up her toys.

-This was a conversation we had the other morning on our way to daycare.
Me: "Lillian are you a princess?"
Lillian: "No, I a girl."
Me: "Is Mommy a princess?
Lillian: "No, Mommy is a girl.
Me: "Is Cinderella a princess?"
Lillian: "No, she can sing pretty."
Me: "Is Rapunzel a princess?"
Lillian: "No, she have beautiful hair."
Me: "Who is a princess?"
Lillian: "Boone and Bailey!" (our two yellow labs)

-Almost every morning around 5 a.m. or so Lillian gets out of her bed and we hear her feet pitter patter down the hallway and announces that she is in our room. We put her in our bed until we all get up for the day. In my opinion, it's kind of perfect because we still get that sweet snuggle time each morning. Last week she ran into our room and patty me on the shoulder and said, "It's okay Mommy I am here."

It's February!

It's hard to believe that February is here, but it is! Here are some pictures from Lillian's February photo shoot for her grandparents calendars. She loves this heart decorations, and calls them her magic heart wands.

New Outfits

When we saw my Aunt Kay at lunch on Saturday, she gave Lillian these adorable boutique outfits from one of my favorite stores, Hannah B's. Thank you so much Aunt Kay! This was so very generous!

Love Is In The Air

We have a few Valentine decorations out, and I thought I would share them. I kept Lillian's pink Christmas tree out (that goes in her room) and changed the decorations to pink, red and hearts and is now our Valentine tree. And as you saw yesterday, I changed the decorations on our wreath. I really need to get some Valentine M&M's for our heart shaped bowls, but I'm afraid I will eat all of them - ha!

Do It Yourself Tuesday - Mesh Ribbon Wreath

I've had my eye on these mesh ribbon wreaths for several years, and I was finally able to pick up some mesh ribbon at Hobby Lobby last summer so I could make one for Christmas. It was so much easier then I thought it would be. I followed the instructions from http://www.chicaandjo.com/ and slightly adapted it to supplies I had around the house. I had different sizes, but the 10 yards by 21 inches worked the best for the wreath.

Other supplies: wire ties and a wire hanger....that's it!

Bend the wire hanger into a circle. Take the end of the mesh ribbon and gather it together and twist onto the hanger.

Bunch the ribbon up again, about 8 inches from the first place and secure it to the hanger with another twist tie. Push it up against the previous tie on the hanger.

Work your way all the way around the hanger. Then you have a really full wreath. Tie a ribbon to the top so you can hang it on your door, or anywhere you wish. You can attach anything you want to the wreath. I ended up attaching a little Santa metal sign and a few ornaments. Since it was red I removed the Christmas decor and added some valentine ribbon and a glitter "love" sign and now it's a valentine wreath. This makes me want to make a quick trip to Columbia so I can pick up all kinds of colors of this stuff from Hobby Lobby. I've seen people use these for birthday's bringing home baby from the hospital, baby showers and holidays.

Voting, Gymnastics & The Zoo

We had a great weekend. Friday night we ate dinner at my Dad's and hung out a little bit. Saturday morning my Mom picked up Lillian and I and I voted then ran a few errands. We stopped for lunch and got to see my Aunt Kay who had shopped for Lillian that morning and gave her some beautiful boutique outfits (I'll share them later). Saturday night we had a fun time playing at the house. My Dad came over to watch Toy Story with Lillian (something we had tried to do for a while now, but never worked out until now). After the movie we enjoyed tacos for dinner.

After dinner I sent Lillian to her room to pick up the toys she played with earlier in the day, and 5 minutes later I found this...
Uggh! She took out EVERYTHING and it was a mess.
Sunday we enjoyed lunch out after church with Dad and Carrie and the hung around the house the rest of the day. This morning Lillian went to gymnastics and she loved it! She had such a fantastic time and told me that I hurt her feelings because we left. We went over to my sisters for lunch and my Mom showed up with our Valentine gifts.

On our way home Lillian and I went to the low country zoo, and had a blast. The cow in this first picture kept following Lillian, and watched her run back in forth. This time the alligator got a leaf for his snack, and the otters were cute and playful as always.

We had a great weekend, and are hanging around the house as we gear up for another busy week.

Look Momma...

Last night Lillian got a cookie after dinner. She took a few bites and said "Look Momma, it's a sailboat!"