Lillian running and counting down

She has started counting down with us: "set, GO!!!" or "Ready, RUN!!"
She also knows the words for numbers and understands that we like to say them together so she'll say things like 1,1,1,6! or TWO! and it is super cute.

Just before I started this video she was counting down without any prompting saying SET GO trying to race Simon home.

Dr Simon

Simon and Lillian have been playing doctor a ton. She will bring the doctor kit out and lie down - I think her goal is to get him to play with her. It works every time!

Dr Simon says: "It says start - that must be very bad." 

Did you hear that cough? 

There is a monkey in her ear!!

Lilly takes a call

A while back, Jessie gave Lilly an old nonworking phone of hers to play with.  Lilly still plays with it constantly, having long conversations and texting ("button, button, button") with whoever she's imagining is on the other end.  Often when she answers the phone, she pretends it's Simon calling to talk to her ("Oh!  It's Simon! [for] me!").   I missed her long chat just a few minutes before this video but you can still see her answer it a few times, and wave goodbye to the phone when she hangs up.

Outside Time!

It was a lovely weekend and we spent the majority of it at the park. 

She got up here on her own!

And did it again! She only took a couple steps on her own before tipping, but it was pretty impressive!

Playing catch with me from the slide!

Happy to play on her brothers tricycle - he was distracted playing catch.

Rounding out the weekend with the watertable!

Pull up champion!

Simon and Alan built a bedframe while Lillian and I napped.

Week with Lillian

Jessie was on vacation this past week so Alan and I traded off days at home with her. We had a great time with that little munchkin. She is so very joyful!

Don't you hang out in your halloween costume?

Fish samples at Whole Foods - she loved them.

They have been getting along together so well lately!

Such a happy girl all the time!

Feeding her puppy. 

Reading the book to Bunny. She pointed out the animals to him and everything!

Wall of Dog!

Making a fort with Daddy.

First Scooters cone all for herself!

Simon Spring School Picture 2015

Full resolution below is Simon's Spring School Picture from 2015. I'd like to say we purposely made it casual because his fall picture was formal, but really we just forgot it was picture day. He definitely makes it work though!

Mothers Day Weekend

We had a wonderful mothers day weekend. I had hoped we could spend the day outside, but it was cold and rainy. We went to the nature museum on Saturday and on Sunday we went to the Garfield Conservatory. Great weekend of snuggles and fun, despite the weather. We even got scooters - in winter jackets.

Mothers Day Snuggles

Guess who loves popcorn?

I asked for a smile and I got the best smile!

First Scooters of the year!