School Rules

Each day before Lilly goes to school we go over her rules for the day. No hitting, no choking, no biting, keep hands and feet to yourself, and make good choices. (We hope this would allow for anything she may do or has done already)

Monday as I was leaving for school we went over all of her rules and I was heading out the door. Lilly calls out "Mama, wait! Be careful and keep your hands to yourself." Good advice, fortunately I have a good group of kids and I am not tempted :) Sometimes Lilly can be such a challenge and others she is so sweet.

Lazy 5 Ranch

Our first trip as a family of four was to the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, NC. It is kind of like a zoo. Less variety of animals, but more interaction with the animals. Lilly loves to see the animals, especially the giraffe and zebra. We had a nice dinner with Heidi and Rob and Mom and I got to shop for a while on Saturday. Jackson was not very excited about being away from home. He is my little home body, he likes his own bed, his own toys, in his own house. He also doesn't really like his carseat and riding, so that made the trip even more interesting. Lilly now wants a pet pig and lion. We are trying to convince her a puppy would be best!

"Cadpoles"

Lilly's preschool had open house Sunday and while we were there Lilly told Ms. Ann we had a pond and she saw the "cadpoles". Well Ms. Ann asked us to bring some in. (She wanted 25-50, that seems a bad combination with 3 year olds, but she wanted them!) So we came home and went fishing for "cadpoles". We have tried to scare Lilly away from the pond, but I don't think it is working. We all enjoyed catching the tadpoles and minnows, however if we ever depend on Jonathan to catch food with his hands or net we will starve. Lilly and I were much more successful!

First Major Accident

Sunday evening we had our first accident with Lilly and Jackson. Jonathan and the kids were outside on the swing set and when he turned to go lock the gate Lilly dumped Jackson out of his swing. Inside I heard "Lilly NO!" So I go running out to find Jonathan picking Jackson up off the ground. He only cried for a minute, but it scared the LIFE out of Jonathan and me. We didn't have to go to the ER, but I did call the on call nurse and my Mom. Thankfully Jackson showed now signs of a concusion, but we woke him up several times in the night and went to the doctor first thing Monday morning. I will be glad for him to defend himself against his sister!

Going to a Hockey Game

Lilly and I are going to a hockey game tomorrow night. She told her teacher at preschool that she was going to a hockey game and wearing hockey shoes, hockey shirt, and hockey hat. She doen't even know what hockey is. She actually thinks she is going to play a game. She may be disappointed and if she knocks out the next person who "doesn't listen" she learned it from hockey, not me!

Figuring this out

This is just a trial run to see if I can get this to work. I am finally home alone for the first time in over a year, so I may get more than five minutes on the computer.