Wow 2 Months!

I won't even attempt to totally catch up, but here are a few pics taken of Lily in the past few months.

These are her in her Halloween costume (sorry, they're not the greatest quality, my scanner literally died right after these pics were scanned)A couple from trick or treating...
The pre-K and Kindergartners at Lily's school did a program for Thanksgiving on Grandparents Day. I wish I had the pic scanned of Lily with her Grandma and Nana, it turned out so cute. She loved having them at her school for the day!
These are just a few other pics that I loved...

Pumpkin Patch

Warning: Picture Overload! I took over 90 pics on Saturday!

We went to the pumpkin patch last weekend! We had so much fun! We went to Dewberry Farm (dewberryfarm.com), it was our second year going there. We took my little sister Ally, Lily's friend Cameron, her little sister Samantha and her mom Christie. There is so much to do there! We got to the farm at 12 and left at 10...yep, 10 hours with plenty to do. They have a 16 acre pumpkin patch with pumpkins that you can cut off the vine. They also have a ton of pumpkins placed out there, along with gourds, squash and pie pumpkins. There is also a 7 acre corn maze. We didn't do the maze this year, because last year the little ones got a little scared not knowing where we were or how to get out.

The girls all trying to fit in the wagon together...Cameron and Lily telling us where we were going first... The duck races...Lily said she won every time, lol, competitive???Picking pumpkins, they were much more interested in taking home little pie pumpkins than a big one to carve, that was fine with me, less to carry...All the girls by the pond, this was at the beginning of the day and Lily was already tired of me taking pictures, I think she finally got the point that I wasn't going to stop and started giving in! Doesn't she know me by now?Feeding the donkey and the goats...Even though it has been record highs around here lately, it was a gorgeous day. Lily got a little cool at night after getting wet mining for gemstones (no pics of that, how did that happen?) but other than that it was great weather.Ally and Lily on the farmer flinger...The roller slide. This was so fun, you roll down and it's a bumpy ride. I rode down with Lily and we went so fast!

And the corn train...the driver was crazy, but the kids loved it and rode it over and over again!

Tired of pictures, or just plain tired?! 10 hours is a long time doing all this in these pics, plus much more I didn't even get pics of. The girls were never bored though and all passed out on the long ride home!

We will definitely be back at Dewberry Farm next year!

Concussion!

Yep, Lily has a concussion! Yesterday she and I were sitting at the kitchen table having lunch. Lily leaned back in her chair and fell straight back onto the ceramic tile floor. We have a high table and the chairs are more like bar stool height, so the fall was about 5 feet. OMG, she was in so much pain, her back was immediately bruised up, she could barely catch her breath! I called my mom who of course told me to take her to the ER, but I called her pedi instead who told me to bring her right in. On the way there she was complaining that her neck hurt and that she felt like she was going to throw up. By the time we got to the doctors office, her pupils were dilated, she was mumbling through her sentences, and acting very hyper (which is one symptom I had never heard of). She could not sit still, which was reassuring that nothing was broken. She had a knot on her back, along with lots of bruising and a knot on the back of her head. No broken bones, just a mild concussion. I had to wake her up every two hours last night, which annoyed her, but it was really just a nudge to get her to roll over, or do something. She was able to go back to school today, but I had to send a note to her teacher, just in case she started acting funny, the pedi said that could take a few weeks to get completely normal. She seems to be ok today, though her back is obviously sore.

Poor baby...poor mommy too, I was so scared! I'm just so thankful she is ok!

Proud Mommy...

I'm a proud mama today. This morning Lily told me that she is going to be doing Rise and Shine. Every morning at her school they gather in the cafeteria and go over the annoucements, birthdays for the day, they sing their school song, say their school creed, have a joke of the day, quote of the day, pledges, etc. Anyway, it's really cute! Well it is all student-led except for the annoucements that are done by the principal. The pre-Kers though, do not get to participate in the leading, is what I had been told by Lily and my little sister Ally. Well, Lily, not sure why or how she was picked, but she has been asked to help with a kindergarten class when it is their turn! She is reciting the school creed, which she has memorized. She is so excited, the only bad part, which she let me know about as soon as I picked her up today, is that she is missing recess to practice in the other classroom!

Something funny to add to this...at Open House a couple of weeks ago, Lily's teacher told me that she was her "super star" in the class, which I of course was very proud of. Apparently Lily overheard me telling, my mom, dad, sisters, friends, whoever, because today I was telling her how awesome that is that she was picked and the only one in her class doing R&S and she said, "yeah, I think they picked the super stars!" LOL

So yep, I'm excited...I'll post pics, not sure when her day is yet though.

Spent the day with Cinderella...

Today we went to the high school I attended to have "lunch with Cinderella" and also to see the play. Lily had a blast! We invited her best friend Cameron and her mom to come with us.

We had lunch and got autographs from all the cast members, which the girls thought was sooo cool!

the stepsisters...

the fairy godmother...

Cinderella, Lily and the Prince in the carriage...Lily's favorite characters were the evil stepmother and stepsisters...they were hilarious! During the lunch they were following around the prince and the queen, they played their parts so well.

After lunch and having a blast with the cast, it was time for the play. The girls had such a great time. It was really fun for them to see all the people they had been hanging out with for the past 3 hours up on stage. The play was fantastic, they really did a good job. We had such a great time, I'm so glad we were able to go!

Bad Mommy Award...

goes to me today! I go to Lily's bus stop every day at 5 til 12...every day! Well today apparently that wasn't early enough. I walked to the stop and didn't have my phone with me. I stayed down there until about 12:15 thinking they were just running late, it usually gets there between 12 and 12:05. I walk home to get my phone to call the school and find out what's going on and my phone is ringing. It's my mom, the school has called her because she is the emergency contact (they called me first, but I was outside at the bus stop and didn't hear it ring!), to let her know that Lily is at the school. Yep, I missed the bus and they took her back to school, they won't drop her off without someone outside (I do love that rule though). This is one of the only times I've found a disadvantage to living in a cul-de-sac. They are great as far as less traffic, playing outside, etc. But I would have heard the bus if we weren't so far from the main street. Uggh, boy did I feel like an awful mother walking into that school to get her. Luckily the lady at the office was very nice. I told her I was out there at the same time I was every day and she said that is was a sub driver and maybe she just got there a little early. Lily also said that there were not many kids on the bus today, that would make sense! To top everything off, the school called Matt, so he was calling me finding out what was going on! Ugggh bad mommy, bad mommy! Monday I'll be out there at 11:30, the time she gets out of school!

Family Reunion

This past labor day weekend we had our family reunion. I know, I'm a little late posting about it! Lily had a blast on the water slide they had set up on Saturday. Too bad the pics look so blurry, they are nice and clear until I upload them :(

She and her cousins also had a ton of fun digging up huge rocks and throwing them into the lake.

The reunion lasted Friday night, Saturday all day, and Sunday all day. Saturday the kids spent most of the day on the water slide, then playing by the lake. On Sunday they did a pinata and played a ton of games. It really was a fun weekend!We were able to see tons of people we haven't seen since the last reunion (every other year) and were also able to go visit my Grandpa who lives nearby. On Monday, Labor day and my birthday (27th uggh!), Lily and I just hung out around the house. We were tired from the long weekend and the 5 hour drive home on Sunday night.

No idea where to begin...

where, oh where do I start? It's been over a month since I've posted, so a lot has happened. Of course Lily is finally home after a grueling summer (for me anyway), she's started pre-K, and we've been up to lots of fun times.

Lily's first day of school...

With Ally (my little sister)...
The second day of school and first day to ride the bus (I would take her and pick her up every day if she'd let me, she loves to ride the bus!)...
And this is her first school project, her family poster. I decided to make it a family apple tree, she had fun making it...

Blog Neglected...

Off to get Lily from the bus, but I'll be back later today to update! :)

Has she forgotten about me?

Yep, another depressing post from me! I haven't heard from Lily since our fiasco of a day last Thursday. I don't usually call her because I don't want to upset her or remind her that she misses me, but I think I'm going to today, I need to talk to her. Only 3 more sleeps, I'm so excited!

Just uploaded some recent pics...

so I thought I'd share...there are a ton of pics, I haven't uploaded in a while!

These are from Lily's last swim meet (divisionals) of her first summer league season...

I videoed her swimming, so I don't have any still pics of that. She did sooo good!

These are from her end of year party for swim team, it was at Incredible Pizza...

She had a lot of fun! Someone is a little competitive though...A few random shots...

I uploaded a ton more, but I think the rest are gymnastics pics, I'll share them in a different post, another day!