Sunday

Still pregnant.

But we just had a good chuckle as Andrew tried out his new whoopie cushion on Jeff (it was a party favor from yesterday's birthday party). Andrew was determined to trick his dad...but he's 4. So sleuth is not one of his strong points. Andrew and I were playing a board game while Jeff read the paper. And it went something like this...

Andrew (in a hushed whisper): Mom! We should try to trick Dad.
Me: But Dad is sitting on the couch. We need to set it up before he sits down to eat in the kitchen.
A: "Dad! Will you come read the paper in the kitchen?"
Jeff (who has heard all the "hushed" whispering): "Okay." Jeff gets up and sits in the kitchen.
A: "No! Not yet. Just get up and wait a minute."
J: "Do I need to go in another room?"
A: "Yes. Mom, quick blow this up."
One second later, A: "Okay, Dad, you can come sit down."
Jeff sits and the teeny tiny whoopie cushion lets out a little toot. Uncontrollable laughter from our 4 year old ensues. Which just makes Jeff and I crack up. Which only encourages him for later, I'm sure.


And in Lily stories...she is absolutely the silliest, cutest thing you ever could see. When we go to leave the house, we have a whole routine that we go through. She LOVES to put Shadow in her box. I say, "In your box!" and Shadow and Lily go running to the kennel. Lily says, "Teet" (treat). Then we shut the door for Shadow. Then Lily runs over the counter and says, "Kee" (keys). Once I find them, she says, "Tha ees!" (there it is!). Then she is running to the door saying "Oat" (coat). We put on her coat, and load her in the car, where she says over and over "Bee Bee Yah" because she loves the Elmo CD in the car where Elmo sings Beep beep, yah!, and she wants to listen to it for the 100th time.

The same thing happens every time. And I'm still so in love with it. How cute is she?

Other new favorite things she is saying..."Wha Da?" as in "What's that?" She just started using possessives, so she'll pick up Jeff's shoe and bring it to him saying, "Daddy shoe" or pick up my paperback book, bring it to me and say, "Mommy book." Not that we needed them, I think she's just proud that she knows whose is whose.

Love her love her love her.