Obviously not my kid

Yesterday, when Lillian woke up, Erik asked, "Guess what??" In a very interested whisper, she asked, "What?" back.

Erik: It snowed!

Lily: It did? I want to see!

Erik held her up to the window to see the disastrous white stuff that fell during the night that means the end of my life as I know it. (A tad too dramatic? Sorry.)

Lily: Oooooo! I LOVE snow. Oh no! I don't have snow boots!

Erik: We'll have to buy you some, I guess.

Lily: Yeah. Let's do that! (her new favorite phrase) Mommy doesn't like snow.

You got that right, kiddo. But I guess I should just be happy that this year, she's actually excited to see the snow because last year, she wouldn't walk on it. All all. Not one boot-covered toe was ever to touch that cold white stuff. So taking advantage of the excitement while we could, we went out last night and bought some adorable snow boots, trying very hard to keep her line of sight away from the Dora the Explorer ones. Amazingly, she did see them and put them back when we asked her to. Maybe she'll turn out to be an obedient child after all.

Now I guess all we have left to get is the small snowmobile she suddenly thinks she needs. (Daddy's is too big. She needs a small, pink one.) I'd say Erik's brainwashing her, but I was there when that phrase (I need a small one.) came out of her mouth. All on its own. Completely unrehearsed. That and her small motorcycle because Daddy's is too scary and loud. You should have seen the pure joy on Erik's face.

There's got to be some of me in her somewhere, right? Right? I mean besides the OCD. Anybody???? Sigh.

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Random blogging

Because I've been lax in my blogging recently and because nothing else is really going on, today's post consists of random bits of...stuff.

First of all, how about this adorable picture of Lily and Erik in their ties. No cute story. No funny explanation. Just a cute Fred Flintstone-ish tie that was just too cute not to share.

Second, I have to brag about how brilliant my child is. And isn't that really the point of any mother's blog and the right of every parent? I thought so. I'm sure every parent totally thinks the same thing about their kid, but mine's the real deal. ;) The other day, Lillian looked at my shirt (which happened to say Wal-mart) and said, " There are lots of A's on your shirt." I guess two is a lot to a two-year-old. But that's not the point. The point here is that she knew there were A's there at all. So I asked her to find each letter. AND SHE COULD. I was amazed. I guess I shouldn't have been since she's ALWAYS asking which letters are what while we read and she plays her ABC Zoo game online. And she's been singing the alphabet for while now. But she got every single letter right. All of them. Of course when I tried to show Erik, she got every single one wrong. But the other day, I let her tag along while I ran into the office for a bit, and while I put together some meeting materials, she played her game. When she got bored, I tried to drag it out just a little longer by asking her to find letters. Once again, she got them all right.

Erik and I, especially recently, are constantly asking each other if the average two-year-old should be able to do the things she's doing or if we are just easily impressed. Whatever the truthful answer is to that question, we're amazed every day at the little person she's becoming, and I'm looking forward to seeing her continue to develop.

My last random topic for this post is Lily's vocal performance debut:



Thanks, as always, for reading my ramblings. :)

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Where's Erik's Hazard Pay???

What's great about this is that Erik recently had an employee who threatened to bring a gun and shoot everybody. Needless to say, he no longer works for the company...

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

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