The newest sport

Here it is, the reveal of the latest sport for toddlers. It's fun, exhilarating, requires little coordination, and uses common household objects. It's.....

Cutting Board Stomach Surfing



Here are the scores from judges (aka, Lilly and her dolls) who qualified this as an actual sport:

Exercise Effort: 9 - requires use of both legs and arms and you must be able to lay on your stomach for a long time (toddlers who are prone to throwing full fledged tantrums on the floor will especially excel in this sport)
Creativity: 8- this is similar to surfing and sledding, but is an inside sport (a positive for all parents who have toddlers at home during the winter). Several new moves have been recently developed including the one arm push off, the "look at me mommy" no hands slide, and the tandem surf (although this move has only been demonstrated by the most daring of toddlers who are willing to share their cutting board with someone else). The sport was invented in a kitchen by a toddler who has an obsession with taking out all cutting boards, cookie sheets, muffin tins, and pizza pans and laying them out on the floor.
Equipment: 10- this sport requires the use of a common kitchen item, the cutting board. The highest quality of stomach surfing boards is one made of plastic and large enough to fit a chubby toddler width-wise. Wood floors are the best to use. Tile is not as slick, so all toddlers with this flooring will have a significant disadvantage when competing against those with access to wood floored kitchens.
Uniforms: 10 -Uniforms are simple and depend upon the toddler's particular clothing choice that day. As seen in the photo above, pants are optional.

The scoring and point values have not yet been determined. The originator of this sport sporadically decides to take part in the game and will, under no circumstances, participate when prompted by her mother. The only known photo of this sport (above) was obtained by bribery with chocolate chips.

ND players?

Lilly's knowledge of ND players the other day during dinner:

Pete: "Jimmy"
Lilly: "Clausen"

Pete: "Robert"
Lilly: "Hughes"

Pete: "Armando"
Lilly: "Allen"

Pete: "Michael"
Lilly: "Finnigan"

For those of you who aren't as knowledgeable about the Notre Dame players as Lilly is, it's supposed to be "Michael Floyd." And, for those of you not very in tune with children's songs, Lilly was thinking about "there was a man called michael finnigan" (kids song).

Snowday

Here are some pictures of Lilly's first day in the snow this season! She was a little bored and wanted to go in after about 20 minutes. I tried to build her a snowman, but I'm a little snow-sculpture challenged.

Chicago and headbands

Those two don't really go together, but I am too lazy to post two separate entries.

My dad came to Chicago for a packaging show this past week, so Lilly and I went up to see him. We all went to the children's museum and had lunch. Lilly had a great time!! She is still talking about having french fries and ketchup and lemonade with papa michael. One funny story about the day: my dad and i were both concentrated on trying to find the McCormick Place exit so I could drop him off and Lilly heard a song that she knew on our cd playing in the car. So, she says to my dad, "This song same as at school, papa michael." When my dad didn't reply, she just said it again and again, and louder and louder until finally my dad said "yes, the song is cool." She needs immediate acknowledgement when she says something.







Lilly is a little attached to these running sweatband things that Pete has. She puts them on daily (usually along with her mickey mouse ears) and wears them around the house. She calls them "my headbands."

Lilly Goat

For those of you who didn't know, Lilly wanted to be a goat this year for Halloween. I tried to talk her out of it and suggested other animals such as a cat, dog, lion, etc, but she was stuck on a goat. The only reason I can think of that she wanted to dress up like this is her favorite part of the zoo - the goat petting part. She spends like 20 minutes in there each time we go to the zoo and we went fairly often this summer (about 1 x a week since it's so close to our house). The only goat costume I could find was for a younger child (9 months), so I decided to make one and I think it turned out pretty cute! She LOVED it and told everyone during trick or treating that she was a goat and then said "MAAAAHH!" She was mistaken several times for a bunny, a mouse, and a cat (hmmm, have you seriously never seen a goat before??). Lilly corrected every person though. "No, a doat." Of course, no one had any idea what a "doat" was, so I had to translate, but Lilly knew what her costume was. She also enjoyed trick or treating, as do most kids, I'm sure. She was very excited to get candy and kept checking her pumpkin to make sure the candy was still there while we were walking. The temperature was almost 70 yesterday, so that was great for trick or treating.




I do have a funny Lilly saying to post also:

Me (looking at a picture of a chicken): That's a hen.
Lilly: No, sorry, it's a chicken.
(she actually does this "no, sorry" thing quite a bit. Especially after she's asked me "what is that" and I answer her with something she wasn't expecting. Why she asks in the first place when she already knows is funny anyway.