I love my Fridays.

Baby napping.  A little bit of WifeSwap and a new blog entry.  What could be better?  Oh yeah, a clean kitchen/dining room and living room.  All of which I did this morning.  Laundry is going and the oven is cleaning itself.

There is something to be said about the relaxed feeling of calmness (is calmness a word?  I didn't think so) that follows after you get a ton of stuff done and you don't have to do anything but enjoy it.

Miss Lily and I do need to run some errands today but I'm not sure I'm feeling it.  She doesn't really need those diapers does she?

Tomorrow we are going to our local winter holiday parade.  I'm pretty excited about it.  Adam and I try to go every year as one of our traditions.  Last year, however, Miss Lily was only 6 months old and she wouldn't have gotten much out of it not to mention we would have had to try to bundle her up and take her out in the cold.  But this year.  I can bundle her up and chase her around the sidewalk for a while to keep us both warm.  It's supposed to be decent tomorrow.  Right around 30 degrees so hopefully the wind stays down and we'll have a grand time. 

The rest of the weekend we really don't have anything planned which is nice.  Just stay home and watch some movies or something.  Should be nice.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Chore Charts and other Boring Junk

So anyone who knows me probably knows that I am the "only clean really good when company is over type". I mean we don't live in complete filth or anything but it's no where near as clean as it should be.  My worst enemy are the dishes.  I despise doing dishes.  I don't know why either.  I mean it's not like they take a long time, it's not like it's hard.  We have a dishwasher so it can't be that either.  But I honestly think I would rather do anything besides doing the dishes.  My other arch nemesis is the laundry.  I don't mind washing and drying the laundry but folding/ironing and putting it away take time and usually I'm tired by the time I get upstairs to do it.

So ANYWAY, the point of this is. I need a system.  Like, Tuesdays I clean the bathroom, Sundays I do laundry etc.  But I'm not sure where I start.  Obviously Adam isn't thrilled with the idea of a chore chart.  He would rather I just tell him what to do.  So What if I made a chore chart and just told him what to do and when.  That could work right?  I mean besides the fact that he'll see this post I don't see why he'd even have to know where WAS a chore chart.

So tell me, What's your system?  Cause Lord knows I need one.

So What Did We Do On Thanksgiving You Ask?

Ok so no one asked.  But I'll tell you all (all 3 of you) anyway.  We got up bright and early, like 7:30.  Actually that's kind of late for us since the girl is usually an early riser.  But the point remains the same.  We all got dressed and ready and I brought Lily downstairs to get her dressed and put some Elmo on (that is like magic in our house) while she ate her breakfast and I got a few things packed up and ready to go.  Adam was pretty surprised to come down the stairs and see Miss Lily sitting by herself on the couch wrapped in a towel with a banana in one hand watching Elmo on the laptop while I was in the kitchen.  Oh well.  You gotta do what you gotta do right?

So we left to go to my parents.  Lily was pretty excited to get there, when she saw where she was she clapped her hands.  It was very nice to see all the family.  All my grandparents and of course my parents.  So we ate a delicious meal there and then headed to Adam's aunts house for dessert and to visit for a while.  Lily napped in the car.  We got to his Aunts and visited for a while.  The girl always stays busy so we don't worry about her too much.  Left and got home about 8 or so, so not too far off of bedtime which was nice.

When I thought about it, Lily got to see every single one of her grandparents and great-grandparents that day.  All 8 of them!  How cool is that?  She's a pretty lucky little girl and that's something to be thankful for I think.  And we're pretty lucky too!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to take a minute to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!  It is the time of year where we realize what's important to us and what we are thankful for.  So let's do that.....and eat turkey!

My 18 Month Old...

...will sing twinkle twinkle little star right along with you.  Even though she doesn't sing the real words her version is much more interesting and much cuter than the original.

...can say more real words than I could make a list of without forgetting a bunch.  She has exploded with new words and new things she can do in the last few months, it's been exciting and tiring for all of us!

...says 'Daddy?' when she is with me and 'Mommy?' when she is with daddy.  She always wants to know where we are.

...has taken her interest in Elmo Melmo to a whole new level.  We are now subjected to watching videos of him.

...has her 8 front teeth a right bottom molar and working on a top right molar too.

...loves her 'puppy' and he is certainly learning to love her too.  Especially since she will scratch his tummy for him.

...goes to sleep at 7:30pm and sleeps until about 6:15am.  And takes about a 1.5-2 hour nap in the afternoon.

...has had her nails painted a few times and she loves them

...loves to read her stories to you. Turning each page and reading them one at a time.

...can throw a mean tantrum and has spent some time in time out already. Usually just a warning is enough to get her to stop though.

...is loved by all.  We have been told so many times how good she is and how easy she is to take care of by many different people.  This fact makes me worry for her Teen years.  Surely she won't stay this way right?  It's ok, I know I'm doomed.

Love you my big girl Lily!

Philippi Family Picture.

Family photos.

A couple of family photos.

*I'm still getting the hang of the new editor.  Old habbits die hard and I can't figure out some stuff with regards to the photos.  So it goes.  Bear with me people.