Things they say...

Lily has been cracking me up this week with the funny little things she has been saying. Katie was over here and we were eating dinner with Lily at the table. I was telling Katie about someone we know who is pregnant. Lily chimes in "Yeah, I'm pregnant, too." !!! Just like it was nothing! :) I asked her if she knew what that meant and she knew exactly! She said she had a baby in her tummy. Oh well... I've really fallen down on the momma job, I guess...already gonna be a granny. :)

We went to the fishing lake the other day and daddy pretended to throw her in (it's a rite of passage for all kids in our family). She was not at all upset that he might drop her, but when he finally put her down, she huffed off and crossed her arms and said, "Paw! Now my shoes smell like fish!" Who is this child and where did she come from?

I am so impressed with her vocabulary, too. The other day she used the word "circulation"...and used it correctly! I asked her what it meant and she told me it meant her blood moving around. I was amazed! Sam always says, "Actually..." at the beginning of his sentences. He sounds like Brainy Smurf when he does it. He really is a brain, too. He brought home straight A's again and I am so proud... cause I'm NOT one of those momma's who does her kids homework for him. He does it and I look at it (most of the time). We don't spend time studying spelling words or word lists and he makes hundreds and passes those lists off like it's nothing. I'm not bragging about how little I am involved with my child's schoolwork, because I know I would be more involved if it was necessary, but it's not. Not yet, anyway. You know, I know he is my child and I am biased, but he is just such an all around good kid. He likes to play outside and he learns so much that way. He wants to watch things on tv like animal planet and dirty jobs, which he learns from. He reads without being forced to. He can get a little wild, especially when he's getting attention and he starts showing off, but for the most part, he is mild mannered and sweet. He still has enough child in him that he wants to cuddle up to mom every morning for a few minutes before he gets ready for school. And it still just melts my heart every time he says he loves me out of the blue. I really am proud of who he is becoming.

I've been really busy this week catching up on all the laundry from being out of town last weekend. I haven't had much time to write on here but I have definitely been thinking about it! It is such a release...just like I am talking to someone and getting it all out of my system.

My friend Kathy wants me to go on Biggest Loser with her. She is crazy and I have this fear that with her as my partner we might actually be selected. I definitely need to lose the weight ("Don't you want your hot bod back?", she says) but I am a lot more reserved and introverted than her. She says let's apply and if we get selected it's God's way of saying get up and move! If we don't she says we'll just have to call and make each other exercise and eat better. I still have my hesitations about it but the odds are on my side that we won't get picked and I won't have to go on National TV in my bra and panties.

Speaking of bras and panties, I will close with one more Lily funny that I was just reminded of... I was getting dressed for school the other morning and she was sitting on my bed watching me. She said "Mom, you look so beautiful in your polka-dotted panties and your brown bra." Only Lily.