Classic

The three of us have been enjoying our days off together this holiday season but we have also been given many moments to laugh about.

Our favorite, however, took place just the other night. Let me preface this by saying Brandon and Goober share a love of peanuts. Brandon prefers the seasoned kind (most recently the five alarm chili seasoned nuts) and Lily prefers the regular kind. Brandon was encouraging Lily to eat a couple of the peanuts seasoned with the five alarm chili stuff. Now, she had eaten one the night before and promptly spit it out, telling us "I only like the good ones!". So of course Brandon had to get her to try them again. And he was successful. She ate a couple and promptly spit them out, repeating herself by telling us she only likes the good ones. He waited a few minutes, told her he had added the good ones and she ate some more. This is my reality people. A trickster hubby & a sometimes gullible daughter makes for some interesting moments in our house.

Once again, we figured we'd see the same response as before. Except we didn't. This time she spit them out, gave him a dirty look and said "You won't make a fool of me again!" before running into the living room to pout in the chair. We couldn't stop from laughing with each other because it was so adorably hilarious.  I seriously almost peed myself, I was laughing so hard.

Just another entertaining snippet from our lives. Good times, people, good times.

Welcome to the Land of Loopsy

Christmas, as always, is a hectic time of year for our family. Usually we open gifts at home, get ready and then drive to Springfield to spend a few hours with my family & a few hours with B's family. This year we changed things up and opened our gifts, as a family of 3, on Christmas Eve so we wouldn't have to rush before heading to our respective families homes on Christmas Day. It also left more room under the tree for her presents from Santa. :) It went smoothly and Goober enjoyed being able to take her time, sloooowly unwrapping each present from Mommy & Daddy.

I could give a list of all the things she received for Christmas (it's spans a variety-from her "kiddie kindle" to farm houses w/animals) but the gift of the year was...Lalaloopsy! Those creepy-cute dolls that have buttons for eyes. Goob cannot get enough of them. Especially the mini-lalaloopsy dolls. I do have to say that she is obsessed with all toys tiny and collectible, lalaloopsy just seems to take the cake right now.

And so, the day after Christmas our house looked like the land of Loopsy. She now has 22 mini-lalaloopsy's, the bus, the ferris wheel, the treehouse and the carrying case. Along with lalaloopsy lip stuff, mini carrying case for said lip stuff, a tin purse with the Jewel Sparkle lalalaoopsy on it and the regular sized Jewel Sparkes lalalaoopsy doll.

22 mini lalaloopsy's + 4 accessories per doll = a lot of little toys to keep track of!

Just playing with all these little toys! Thank goodness for the carrying case, or I would lose my mind!

The tree house, the bus and the ferris wheel. She loves it all!

Opening her Jewel Sparkle. She sleeps with it every night.

Along with her Littlest Pet Shop jet and accessories, we've played with the tiny toys for innumerable hours so far and it doesn't look like there will be a LaLaLoopsy reprieve anytime soon. But she's happy and takes great care of them, so who I am to complain about all those creepy button eyes?

A Plate for Santa.

Ok, yes it's the New Year but there are a few posts from Christmas that I need to catch up on. So bear with me and all the new posts!

Now, for those of you who know me, Christmas has never really been my favorite holiday of the year. People tend to be rude and inconsiderate, the hustle and the bustle drives me crazy and I'm not one of those exuberant gift openers. I usually sit quietly with my pile of gifts, open them carefully, smile and stack them in an easily movable pile for when it's time to go.

However, since announcing our pregnancy on Christmas day 2007, I have taken on an entirely new attitude throughout the holiday season. And this year Goober was really into Christmas. Every year has been more fun than the last, but this year she really "got it", which was the icing on the cake for me. :) 

One of the more delightful things we did together was bake cookies for Santa. As some of you may recall, Goober insisted on an addition to the traditional cookies and milk plate usually left for St. Nick. She decided that Santa absolutely had to have an egg. Just one egg, but it was a necessity. Our plate just wouldn't be complete without one. And so, while she was decorating 2 special cookies for Santa, I boiled an egg (after convincing her it was Santa's favorite way to eat them, because they were travel friendly).

So here it is, our non-traditional plate for Santa!

Oh, she also refused to leave milk for him. She thought he'd prefer water instead.

I love how her unique mind works. And I'm kind of hoping this turns into a yearly non-traditional tradition!

Where did my baby girl go?!

So, every year for Christmas we take a picture of Lily in front of the tree. She's worn the same Santa hat since she was barely 5 months old in each picture. Tonight, we pulled out the Santa hat, placed it onto her cute little head & I realized that she won't be wearing that Santa hat next year. After 4 Christmas', she's finally outgrown it.

And I suddenly had a total Mommy moment. Where did that sweet little baby go? 3 years has flown by in what seems like the blink of an eye. I know every Mommy has moments where they just realize it's going by way to quickly. Well, tonight was one of those moments for me. My sweet little baby is now an entertaining and energetic, imaginative and very creative 3 year old. I figured tonight was the perfect night for a quick trip through memory lane. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I do!

5 months, 4 days old

1 years, 5 months, 4 days old. We had to bribe her with candy to sit still for 10 seconds...

2 years, 5 months, 4 days. Growing so fast.

3 years, 5 months, 4 days old. My sweet little girl is growing up fast!

As an added bonus, here's a picture from tonight while she was decorating cookies!

What a cutie!

Looking back at the last 3 years, it's easy to see how truly blessed we are. I have a wonderful little family (complete with 2 crazy dogs & an even crazier kitty) and have so much to be thankful for. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and holiday season with their loved ones.

Merry Christmas!!

Talking in her sleep...

The older Goober gets, the more she talks in her sleep. It tends to run in my family. My middle brother has always talked in his sleep. Heck, he and my cousin would have sleep-talking conversations while on hunting trips with my G-pa and Uncle. So it's really no surprise that Lily has inherited this trait.

This week it has been especially entertaining, however.

On Monday night, she started crying and whining so I went to check on her. She was sitting up in her bed, asleep, and mumbling to herself. When I asked her what was wrong she told me "I just want to see the sun!", with big tears rolling down her cheeks. I told her she would see the sun in a few hours and to lay back down. She did, I covered her up and back to sleep she went. No big deal.

A couple nights later, it's the same thing. She's crying and crying, so I go to check on her again. Only this time it's much worse. I go through the routine "what's wrong, let's lay down, it's ok" but she won't stop crying. And the big issue tonight? When I asked her to tell me why she was upset, she wails "I just want big savings!"

Oh. Big savings. I even repeated what she said to make sure that's what she wanted. And yep, it was. My daughter was crying in her sleep over big savings. She finally calmed down enough to sleep, but only after crying and mumbling for several more minutes. Over big savings.

I'm curious to see where the next sleep-talking episode takes us but I'm not sure anything will live up to the humor of big savings.

Oh the imagination of my child...

So, a few weeks back Goober and I were driving in the car, heading down to visit my parents. At some point, Lily got pretty emotional and started crying. When I asked her why, she told me her fingers were fighting and wouldn't get along. Not really sure where this was going, I asked her which fingers were fighting and she showed me her pointer & middle finger on her left hand and said that her pointer finger was mad at her middle finger because they were too close and he needed some space. Huh. Who knew fingers could disagree? Certainly not me!

I was kind of dumbfounded, so I simply told her to tell her fingers that there was plenty of room for everyone and to get along. And she did. She pointed at those two fingers and told them exactly what I told her. Then she tacked on a "No more fighting. Be nice to your friends!" for good measure. Apparently, fingers need some tough love sometimes too.

This leads up to today. During quiet time (we don't call it nap-that would create a meltdown of epic proportions!), Brandon heard Goober talking in her room. When he went to investigate, Goob told him that those same 2 fingers were in time out because they were pinching. She showed him how she put them in time out (by putting her fingers together and pushing down on her bed) and how they were pinching (by grabbing her wrist and squeezing gently).

All I can say is, yep she's my kid. Her imagination is outrageous, her creativity knows no bounds. I wouldn't change her for the world. But I'm not quite sure how I'll handle the next finger dispute...

It's been awhile, so here are a few treasures from the past few weeks...

While playing with the kids downstairs, Lily responded to a comment with "That's what she said". Wonder where she learned that?! ;)

She believes I have a direct line to Santa. She has requested that I call him at home, just so Santa knows exactly what she wants for Christmas.

She can burp like a grown man. I was shocked the other day when she let one go for close to 10 seconds. Then I gave her a hi-five, because let's be honest, she definitely gets that from me.

She has a definite flair for the dramatic. Now when she gets hurt while playing, I hear "I hurt myself. I'm not gonna make it" along with tears and screaming. You know when she's really hurt, because she doesn't say anything. But those minimal, and even fake, injuries? She's just not gonna make it.

She has been requesting "Camerica Idol" on the t.v. Apparently, she loves American Idol and can't wait for the new season.

She has been crawling up and down the stairs, groaning "Mom, turn around" for the past two days. When I asked why, she told me it was because she's Candace from 'Phineas & Ferb',  and she's trying to bust her brothers. Evidently, the episode where Candace has a broken foot really resonated with her....lol


I'll do my best to keep up with more Goober gems...I know there are wayy to many that I've missed but I hope you all enjoyed these!