A Typical Day with Goob

I thought I'd give Lily fans a glimpse into a typical day/evening with Lily Anne. No real reason, other than she's a fun kid to be around and I'm sure a few people are interested. :)

She was up ridiculously early (6:45 am to be exact).  She spent the day playing with her friends, terrorizing Dora (our kitten), taking care of her babies Belle & Ariel, and giving me birthday presents. These gifts included an old band-aid, a picture she drew, a sticker she found in the basement & one of my ink pens. According to Goob, my birthday is everyday. Such a sweetie.

After work, we had some errands to run. Let me just say, Goober is a trip to take in public. She's one of those kids who waves to everyone then acts shy when they speak to her, she has to touch every toy on every toy shelf she comes across...you get the idea. Tonight she discovered  the patio "tents" in the home & garden section of Kmart. We sat under each and every tent while it was "raining" so we could be safe & sound (her words, not mine).  We did this three times, in every single tent. Awesome.

In the midst of all this, we were trying to find a swing set. We walked around the store for awhile trying to find them ourselves. No such luck. So we set off in search of someone who could help us. Apparently, no one knows anything about the store, because they had no clue and sent me to customer service. This is about the time she found the dinosaur place mat. Yes, my child is obsessed with dinosaurs. Like a moth to a flame, she is drawn to all things dinosaur. And she had to have the place mat, so she could see dinosaurs while she was eating. Just like Dino Dan (it's a show on Nick Jr. She is fascinated by it). That's my girl, breaking those stereotypes!!

It took the staff almost an hour to tell me that the swing set we wanted was not in the store. This just gave us seemingly endless time to play while we waited. Nice, right?!

Lily kept herself entertained by "cooking" me dinner on the grills they had sitting out for sale. I had chicken. It was fabulous. She also played with every single toy in the clearance aisle that was at "Goober Level". Every single one. Nothing I did could distract her from her mission. Then she found the Dora sprinkler, which she hugged like it was a long lost friend and carried around until it was finally time to leave.

Needless to say, we left without the swing but Goob did score the dino place mat and a Goodnight Moon dvd. She's very excited to watch it.

When I told her she could pick whatever she wanted for dinner, she chose...chicken salad?! Yep, my girl loves chicken salad. When most 3 year olds are begging for chicken nuggets and those golden arches, my little lady wants chicken salad from "Carl's house" (the local ice cream shop just up the street).

In the bath, she entertained me by doing magic tricks. Which means she wraps a bath toy up in a dora washcloth, covers it in a diego washcloth, chants "abra cadabra",  pulls the top washcloth off with a flourish and a "presto!". And then unwraps the washcloth containing the toy. She repeats this about 10 times.

We finished our night out with ice cream (in our Kai-lan pj's) while watching Ni-hao Kai-lan. It's a requirement that we watch Kai-lan when wearing those pj's. Nothing else will do.

And yes, I realize that she sounds like a walking billboard for Nick Jr. I can't complain though. Her favorite shows emphasize the same things we do here at home (good manners, taking care of the environment, being nice to our friends & trying new things). It's always nice to have it reiterated to her in ways she remembers later.

And now I'm off to put Goober to bed. Sure it's late, but she had fun tonight and that's really all that matters. Hope you guys enjoyed this glimpse into a day with Lily.