Happy Birthday America!!!

Flip Flops

Lilly is like me with her love of shoes. Her new favorites are her flip flops. Last week, we were with some friends and Lilly wore her friend, Maeve's flip flops all evening.

Sunburst

We all participated in the Sunburst activities this year. Pete ran the 5K and Pete, Lilly, and I walked in the Family Fun Walk. Next year, I might try to do the 5K even though I don't run and really don't like it much. It's a good goal, though. We'll see how it all works out next year!

Lilly's shirt:


After the walk, eating popsicles (Lilly is next to her friend, Eamon):


After the walk and the popsicles we decided to eat ice-cream cones for dinner:

Outdoor Fun

Lilly loves being outdoors...here are some more pictures:

Splashing in the puddles after a lot of rain! She did this for almost 40 minutes yesterday...just walked and jumped and splashed in the puddles up and down our street


Watering the flowers:


Taking the baby (and her camera) for a walk. She would do this everyday if the weather cooperated.

Visit to NY

Over Memorial Day weekend, we drove out to Fort Plain, NY to visit my parents. We had a great time! Lilly did surprisingly well in the car (thanks to lots of sugar and the dvd player). Lilly's favorite thing to do was to read all of the books in Fiona's room (her "friend" as she kept referring to Fiona). She also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline and swinging with the other kids. Oh- she also loved the 5 cats that my parents have and she kept trying to give them toys to play with and read them books. The cats would always run the other way when Lilly came in the room.

Sports Girl

We bought Lilly a T-ball set this week (since she went to her friend Eamon's birthday party and loved his t-ball set). She has a pretty good swing and manages to hit the ball with both bats that we have, even though she holds the bat the wrong way! She also has been putting golf tees in the ground, putting a golf ball on one, and then using her plastic putter to hit the balls as far as she can.

Easter Activities

Coloring eggs in IL with Allison and Thomas:


Baking with Troy:


Easter Egg Hunt:




So, our Easter egg hunt in our yard today was pretty funny. Pete hid 10 eggs in the front yard and Lilly was so excited to find them. She then ate all the candy in them and wanted to hide them again. So, I hid them for her. She then went on to do this hunt over and over for an entire hour! I was getting a little bored and running out of places to hide the eggs, but Lilly would help by "hiding" them in the middle of the grass and then saying "oh, here's that yellow egg" or "where did that green egg go?" It was very fun entertainment for her. Good thing the weather was nice!