Written 5.17.12 but never published!

Lila loves to read books. She wakes up and says book book. Before the last page is closed she is already saying again and signing more! Her favorite book is the one we are reading!

New things always...

New signs...
Bird
Dance
Sing
Cat "oew"

New things she knows and says...
Head knees toes eyes nose mouth ...

New words...
Kitty cat, twirl, ready, yes!, dress, shirt, so many I am sure I am leaving some out! Lila is a little parrot saying everything mommy and daddy say.

Today we had this conversation...
Lila "Rabbit shirt " (a bunny is in her pajamas..
Me "Yes a bunny on your shirt"
Lila " hope hope hop " with her hopping hand motion
"hop hop hop"
Lila "High (hands up) low (hands down" this is a song we sing.
She giggled and smiled..
I sang the rest of the song.
Here is a picture of Lila drinking water after playing at the park.

Today is Tuesday

Today is Tuesday and today was amazing. It was a day to live in the moment (i think everyday should be!). It rained, we opened the screen door. We danced and ate yogurt and waffles for breakfast. Danced some more while the rain smell flooded the house with each cool breeze.
We play pretend and it was so fun. Lila napped a couple of times and I laid down next to her and watched. While I prepared dinner, Lila played with flour and water and made dough. We took the wagon to the park because the sun came out to play. We ate popsicles on the way.
We were interviewed for the local news at the park. Lila's second local new appearance (once in Santa Barbara). We played and slide down the slide a lot. We collected moss on the way home, Lila decided to throw it put of the wagon after pulling it apart. Then we played in the front yard and picked flowers while dinner was heating up. We ate. We bathed. We read. We nursed. Lila reminds me to live in the moment. Thats a gift. Thank you.

Time for you to sleep

How do we learn to be mothers? There is a instinct inside us, we are just another part of the animal kingdom. And then there is the part of experience. Quantum science says you can only know what you have experienced.
I have witnessed this theory many times since having Lila. The song I sing because it was sung to me. (Jeff had a very similar experience with a Christmas tune)
I wonder will Lila sing "night night" to her babies? She already does!

The past week.

Nana, Papa, and the Beers came over for dinner last Saturday. We went to little Stacy Park. Lila had fun playing with Jack.

Lila and mommy waking up from an afternoon nap with Baby.

Reading books with Avery. She came to visit for a couple of days before heading to Denver!

Eating applesauce and feeding mommy.

Playing grocery store :)

Chasing squirrels in the park one day, splashing in puddles the next .

Dance dance!

Lila loves to dance. She requests to dance several times a day. I turn the music on and 80% of the time she comes over and says "mom me, dance!!" we twirl and spin and two step around the room. I leap, skip, sway, tap.. Small routines have Ben been made.
Lila has been working on twirling on her own for a couple of weeks. But yesterday she did it!! And now she twirls twirls! She mostly likes to twirl with one hand up in the air, maybe for balance.. She is a great dancer and has tons of moves. Two more years until dance classes! Haha

Opposites

Lila knows lots of new things. Open and shut, open and close.
High.... Low.... She songs these in the said tones, I made up a song about here comes the bunny... Hop hop hop... He hops high and low... It's is a goo way to teach notes and that up is high down is low.
She knows up and down too. For a while "up" was everything and anything that she wanted (to be picked up or for her to pick or hold something... Now she has it figured out!
On, off. I love how she says these."on! Offffff..." On and off is for water faucets, clothes, shoes, diaper, etc.
Here are some pictures from today.