Anson, Tamara Mae, Lily, Dillon, and Lacy: Happy 2nd Birthday, Lily!!

A Day in the Life of a Two Year Old

Lily sleeps in until about 8:00 every morning. This varies on the weekends and days when she goes over to Nana and Papa's for the day.

Her first request is milky. "Milky, milky, milky" she will scream. Then she wants to know where Daddy is. "Daddy?" she'll ask. "Daddy's at work," I reply. "He soon?" She asks, hoping he will be home soon. "He'll be home later," I say. Then she continues to ask about Nana, Papa, Jinxy, and Jamie. After I tell her where everyone is, she is usually content.

Her next demand is usually "Boots." Which is the monkey from Dora for those of you who aren't familiar. So we watch one of the DVRed Dora episodes.

Breakfast is a battle. She doesn't eat much. "Strawbies and Boobies" (Strawberries and Blueberries) are her favorite, and we can occasionally get her to eat some canadian bacon, eggs and toast. Even when Anson makes his amazing oatmeal pancakes, she won't touch them.

After breakfast, she usually requests to go outside. She will go and get her shoes and say "Shoes on" and then "coat." I prefer to take her outside in the afternoon so I tell her "later." Then she'll say "House." So, we sit on the floor and play Little People house, which is fun to me. I always liked Little People when I was a kid.

We play kitchen, we play babies, we read books. In between it all, I'm doing dishes, preparing dinner, and taking care of Dillon.

For lunch, she loves soup. Princess soup is her favorite. (aka chicken noodle, but the noodles are shaped like crowns and she can pick them up easier) She'll also eat turkey, cheese, pasta pick-ups, veggies, salad, etc. But, overall she never eats much.

Usually sometime around 1, she gets sleepy, and asks to go "nigh-night." She amazes me when she asks to take a nap or go to bed at night. She almost demands it.

She's been binkie-free for about a week now, and she still asks for it when she goes to bed. Sometimes it's hard to ignore, but we haven't given in yet.

When she wakes up around 3:30-4, we usually go outside. I'll pull my car out and we'll play in the garage. She loves music and always wants to dance. So I turn the radio on and we dance around. We also twirl our batons together. She loves watching me twirl and I really miss twirling. We also draw with sidewalk chalk and blow bubbles.

Then it's time to make dinner and wait for daddy to come home.

After dinner, she asks for a bath. Her and daddy play in the tub for about 20-30 minutes every other night. She drinks more milky, brushes her teeth and goes "nigh-night." around 9.

Some days we play playdoh, others we color. Some days we practice going potty, others we have pillow fights on the bed.

When I put my make-up on, she's right by my side saying "make-up" and playing with my lipsticks, and brushes. Sunday she got the cap off my lipstick and made a mess on our bed and all over her pj's. Owell, she had fun.

She's such a good big sister too. Always willing to help when she can like going to get me a binkie or handing me a spit rag when I need one. She gives Dillon hugs and kisses. Surprisingly knows what is Dillon's. She'll say "DingDong's" - like if she finds one of his socks, blankets, bibs or binkies. We do have to watch her closely, though. When Dillon is in his bouncy seat, she sometimes shakes it pretty hard. And the other day she decided he needed a pillow and put it on his head. I never leave the two of them alone together.

She's so precious and this age is so fun. I love her so much and can't believe she is 2 years old today!

Tomorrow is her well-child check-up. I think she has to get some shots =( I'll be back to post her stats.

Tonight we are taking her to a nice park in Jackson that has a huge playground to play on. Right now she's napping. Here are some photos from our day so far...

Eating her bowl of fruit for breakfast