Lily's November update:
Lily loves playing with Clara and is constantly trying to initiate a game of chase throughout the house. She had her four year check up and did great until we put her on the table to give her shots and she screamed "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME??!!". I think she's almost forgiven me to for the shots. She likes living in the new house and I think she will like it even more when it's spring and summer time and we get to go for walks and meet more of our neighbors.
Loves:
-Baby Margaret (from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood)
-waffles
-sweet potatoes
-new house
-whipped cream
-Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
-Christmas lights
-Mulan
Hates:
-no internet and cable because of the move
What Lily's been saying:
-"I'm thankful that all my cousins are thankful....for me."
-"I know all about husbands"
-"Mommy.....him's a little handsome because him's covered in fir."
-"Mommy.....him's a little handsome because him's covered in fir."
Favorite books:
-Fancy Nancy and Olivia books
Clara's May update:
Clara is right on the threshold of the terrible twos. Just like when she was younger when Clara starts to throw a tantrum she wants a hug but then remembers that she is mad a me and pushes me away. She still loves baby dolls and running around after Lily.
Loves:
-The song house at pooh corner
-The book "If You Give a Pig a Pancake"
-Little blue truck books
-phones
-"Ho Ho"
-the new house
-smokey
-elmo
Hates:
-Loud noises
Hates:
-Loud noises
What Clara's been saying:
-"Cryin'......CRYIN'!!" (Clara's baby dolls are ALWAYS crying)
-"Tat.....Pet" (Cat....pet)
- "Gunnis" "Actililly" (Goodness and Actually)
- "Gunnis" "Actililly" (Goodness and Actually)
Favorite books:
Early in the month my mom and I took the girls to participate in the UT homecoming walk "Little Vol Walk". I would highly recommend it for other alumni. We were able to join in to the end of the homecoming parade, the took busses over to the baseball stadium (that has a playground) where the cheerleaders, dance team and Smokey did crafts, drew with sidewalk chalk and played on the playground with them. Unfortunately it ended early due to rain but they girls has a lot of fun.
I love how big Clara is smiling.
We found VFL Josh Dobbs
We did a lot of tailgating in November and, as usual, the weather went from comfortable to cold.
the oldest cousin with the youngest
The girls are always so excited to see the band.
For the rest of the day Clara would tell me "Band....too loud"
Here comes trouble.
The next day we drove down to Dayton, TN to visit Andy's oldest brother's family to celebrate Lily and our niece's birthdays.
The girls LOVE their cousin's doll house.
They played with it almost the whole time.
Clara and Hunter share space on Mamaw's lap
Nana took Lily to see a Daniel Tiger Show. Lily LOVED it and cried when it was over.
ice cream treat with Nana
She wanted to get a present for Clara who was home with Mommy
Speaking of Clara....we went for a chilly, and very slow walk around the neighborhood.
Clara is now using Lily's balance bike and hasn't perfected moving farther than 3 feet per hour.
The next morning when Clara woke up Lily gave her the Daniel Tiger doll that she got for her.
I'm not sure.....I think Clara liked it.
The next weekend we went out to my parent's house because we were having another open house at ours. The girls really missed CJ and loved getting to see him. He tried to climb in the car when we went to leave.
Clara attempts to force feed CJ a pretend cookie.
On the way home we visited with GG
And then we stopped for dinner at a local pizza place.
Clara was thrilled to be not sitting in a high chair.
Thanksgiving morning we had planned to eat breakfast then drive out to my parent's house for Thanksgiving dinner. We got a little side tracked when a wasp decided to crawl up the leg of Lily's PJs and sting her 7 times. Luckily we were able to get meds into her in time to reduce any swelling and pain but she did fall asleep on the way out to their house.
She made a full recovery for Thanksgiving dinner. Her favorite was the sweet potato casserole. She's very excited that we'll have it again at Christmas.
Playing with their second cousin Kim
The day after Thanksgiving the girls stayed at my parent's house and we (movers) moved into our new house. We tailgated the next day for the last game of the season. Of course the girls found the cheerleaders again and watched the band.
Things got a little crazy while waiting for the band
what a good dog.
The Sunday after we moved into our new house we were invited to a neighborhood Christmas party. We met a lot of our new neighbors and the girls has so much fun.
Lily made an angle ornament.....or maybe it's an alien.
The owners of the house had a dog that Clara found. His hair was covering his eye and Lily whispered to me "mommy where are his eyes".
Other pictures from this month:
Clara learns to play the violin
look who surprised me at the dentist
"I'm hiding I'm hiding and no one knows where"
cold playtime at the park
we got an offer on our house so CJ could come home!!
