Daddy...want me to tell you a story?

Tonight, Lili hopped up on the couch and sat down by Daddy.
She looked at him and asked, "Daddy, do you want me to tell you a story?"

Daddy replied, "Sure, tell me a story."

Lili said, "Once up one a time there was me..."

Daddy looked at Lili, waiting for the rest of the story.

Lili stated, "That's the end of it."

Those are dirty hot dogs!

Tonight we had Johnsonville Brats and Mac & Cheese for dinner.

While I was making the Mac & Cheese, Daddy was cooking the brats on the grill. Daddy brought in the brats from the grill and set them on the table, to which Lili promptly made note, "Those are dirty hot dogs!".

Daddy and I laughed.

Then Bella corrected Lili and said, "Those aren't hot dogs" and Daddy agreed with Bella and said, "You're right, those aren't hot dogs, they're brats."

Bella replied, "I know, I'm too smart!"

Seriously, where do they learn this stuff?

Super Girl!

Lili Jo picked out a Super Girl costumer for her costume this year.


Look! Up in the sky...it's a bird, it's a plane...no, it's Super Girl!

Thumb Sucking...

So, the time has come that we're going to try to break your thumb-sucking habit. On Sunday we stopped at Walmart and bought the No Bite nail polish. On the way home you thought you were going to take a nap and also suck your thumb, but you took it out of your mouth very quickly with a very sour look on your face. So, we talked about the fact that sucking your thumb is yucky (which the taste reinforces) and that only babies need to suck their thumbs, and you're not a baby, you're a big girl. That night you did fine and only tried a couple times to suck your thumb...here we are now at Wednesday and you're not even trying. I think that we might be getting through this easier than I thought we would.

A Chilly Spring Day...

Today was a bit colder than it has been, but we had some fun outside anyways.


You had fun once the four wheeler came out...

You were on a mission to get somewhere and fast!

A glimpse of Lili at 27mos

Today we took some fun pictures!


You didn't really want to have yours taken, not that that's surprising. This was the end of one of your Drama Queen tantrums...it got you nowhere as usual.


But you did have lots of fun dancing and twirling in your pettiskirt.

Fun in the Sun...

Today you decided to "catch frogs" in the rainwater stream in the backyard.


You were having quite a good time...can't you tell by the look of your jeans?


I think in this one you were stabbing the frogs!


And now you're clobbering them.


When we were all done with the frogs, it was time to play on the play set a bit. You have so much fun on the slide!