Lillian - Year 2 - Video

Last minute projects

I have been looking at apinterest again. Knowinh that i have less than a week of summer vacation left I've been doing some projects.

For this one I put magnets onto my most used makeup and hingba baking tray on the wall. Now I have a neat and easy way to store my makeup that doesn't take up space on my dresser.

Fun in the Pool

Painting Princess

From the Lilly Archives

Watch "Giving Strawberries" on YouTube

Mommy's Shoe

Lilly likes to put on our shoes and attempt to walk around. It's very hard to catch on video because if she notices that you ate filming her she immediately leaps out of the shoes so she can see what you ate filming. It's become very difficult to get quality recordings of her. But this one is pretty good.

Watch "Mommy's Shoes" on YouTube

A Marvelous Idea...If it works

Lilly loves playing with my makeup brushes and gets very upset if I don't allow her to participate when I am putting it on chapstick. I've also found her in my bag of lipsticks with a rather large mess more than a few times. So, I have been looking for a set of fake makeup for her. However, I have been unsuccessful.
I found online where people took old compacts (or bought new ones from the dollar store) and chiseled out the makeup. They then pour nail polish into each compartment. I thought that sounded like a lot if work and kind of bad as far as odor goes. So, I had a genius moment. Why not pour mod podge over the makeup?! So I bought some Makeover from the dollar store and gave it a shot. I think it's going to work! And it has almost no odor so it's definitely better than nail polish. Even if the experiment is a failure it only cost about four bucks so I'm ok with it.

Grocery Shopping Video

Watch "At the Grocery Store" on YouTube

Grocery Shopping

I brought Lilly's shopping cart with us to buy groceries. She thought it was great and told every single person at the store about what was in her cart.

Fun at the Park with Grandpa and Alecia

Lilly and Uncle Alex

Taking a Ride

Mom and Tim came for a visit. We went to the mall and Lilly got to ride in one of the moving trucks for the first time. She only liked the ones with a lot of buttons like this ice cream truck.

Arts & Crafts

Watch "Painting with Lilly" on YouTube

A Homemade Playhouse

I made Lilly this playhouse with a yard of fabric, scissors, fabric markers, Velcro and tension rods in just a few hours. I think it's pretty fantastic. I think she likes it too. When it was bedtime she went running into her house screaming "mo" which is Lilly for "no". It was cute.

Celebrating Todd's 45th Birthday

At the Park

Pigtails!

Lilly has enough hair for pigtails!

Cheese!

Pool Party

There were a few babies at my friend Shelly's barbecue so they had a pool for everyone. Lilly loved it!

A New Hat

I've been wanting to get her this hat from the Gap but it was too expensive. Today they had it on sale for $1.17!

At the Pool

We got a kiddie pool for Lilly after she spent almost 3 hours in one at a barbecue. She loves it! It has a waterfall and a slide and I can get in with her so I don't die of heat stroke. It's pretty great.

Just like Uncle Alex

I bought Lilly a tiny notebook/Sketchbook upon the recommendation of Alex. She spent about an hour sitting and drawing with him in his Sketchbook and he thought I should get her one of her own. He was right. She loves it!

Mother's Day

Derek and Lilly got me an iPad 3, Derek made me breakfast, we went to the park and the mall and then had dinner at Olive Garden. It was a great day!

Silly Faces

Playing with a Big Girl

We went to a wedding shower and Lilly enjoyed playing with an older girl. When Derek tried to enter the room Lilly got very upset because she didn't want to leave.

Lilly at Play

Cool Lilly

Fun with Yogurt

I added a little color to some organic vanilla yogurt so Lilly could have fun with edible finger paints. She thought it was pretty fantastic.

Prom

Derek and I decided to make the most out of my requirement to attend prom so we got fancy.

Lilly at the petting zoo!

Lilly in Hot Springs

Pretty Lilly

Adorable Lilly Video

Watch "A Tour of Lillian's Face" on YouTube

Easter Lilly

We had fun at multiple easter egg hunts. The only problem is that now Lilly thinks that all eggs contain candy.

A New Music Video!

I made this one to teach the preterite tense conjugation. It's a little less serious but just as educational.

A Circus Birthday Party

We went to a birthday party and had a lot of fun.

It's Soooo Fluffy!

Lilly... and Ernie?

You don't see him at first glance but once you do it's hilarious. He really wanted some egg.

Shopping with Lillian

Great Grandpa

Punk Rock Lilly

At the Zoo

Breakfast

We had breakfast at the edge coffehouse this morning. It was very nice outside.

Outside Fun with Pancakes

Enjoying the Weather

Lilly and played outside today and enjoyed the lovely 70 degree weather. She discovered some flowers/weeds and enjoyed picking them. She also had fun picking up every rock she saw and handing it to me while trying to say "rock". It was fun.

At Panera

Lilly likes bagels.

Fun at the Park

This is a super awesome playground. I probably had as much fun as Lilly. You can rock climb up the walls to the castle turrets, it has steep slides, cool monkey bars, a wobbly bridge and swings. It was really fun.

Fun at the Target Dollar Bins

Lilly the Rabbit

My Music Video

I re-wrote the lyrics to the song "Someone Like You" by Adele so the song would teach the Spanish grammar concept of stem-changing verbs. Then I enlisted the help of the media/tv teacher at school to record a music video of me singing the song in the style of Adele's video. I think it is FANTASTIC and I am planning on making some more videos that teach grammar concepts.

At the Mall

A couple of weeks ago I went to Target before the mall opened on a Sunday. I decided to venture into the unopened mall to see if there were many kids in the play area. Normally, it is too croweded and dangerous, in my opinion, for Lilly but, there weren't many kids that day so I felt comfortable with letting her play. She had a blast.

Valentine's Day Dinner

We went to a fancy restaurant for an early Valentine's day dinner. It was good and we had a really nice time.

Disappointing Snow

It snowed. I got excited. I thought I would get a snow day. I didn't. I was disappointed.

Lilly Loves her Baby Doll