Lilly Girl

 

When I asked Lilly what makes her smile she instantly said, "Chocolate!"  She knows what she likes!  We have a little tradition that we do lately.  We go to the mall, we get chocolates at See's, we walk til we need a break (about 6 yards) and she finds a bench so we can eat our chocolates. And yes, she smiles!  Then we walk around and she hopes over the different color tiles.  We play on the playground.  If I'm lucky, I might get to shop a little.  But we have fun and it is our little thing.

Lilly has really taken an interest in cooking.  I buy cheap spices and other ingredients and she gets to "cook".  It is such a mess but she really enjoys it.  One night when she was sick we sat down together to watch TV.  I couldn't take another Barbie movie so I turned on Cupcake Wars.  She has a slight obsession with it now.  She loves to watch it, she pretends to cook cupcakes and we act out the entire show.  When I make cupcakes she wants to know if I used buttercream or ganache and she critiques my cooking.  Bridger is equally excited about the show, so we had a cupcake bake-off.  On one of the episodes their was a lady from Utah that won.  So the kids begged if we could go when we went to Utah...didn't have to twist my arm.  So we went and they were fabulous.

I don't know if her love of cooking has something to do with this or not.  She enjoys mixing things and has also taken an interest in chemistry.  She can spend the entire time at OMSI in the chemistry lab.  We bought a kit and she does experiments at home.  Fun fact:  Those were my strong subjects at school.  I scored top 5% in the nation in all science categories and a few others.

 She loves to be pampered.  Every time Bridger gets his hair cut, Lilly wants to.  Only problem is her hair hasn't grown much in years.  I know with curls, it takes longer to notice but I'm sure her diet hasn't helped.  She has been taking her vitamins and attempting to eat healthier so she can grow hair like Rapunzel.  She finally earned a trim on that gorgeous hair and she was so excited!

 My little nurturer likes to play that I am sick and she takes care of me.  This is what she brought me today.  The flowers were a nice touch.  She is the sweetest.  The other favorite game is to be pregnant.  Not sure why she is so obsessed with that.  She wants nothing more than to be pregnant and have babies.  I was doing a little interview for her scrapbook and one of the questions was: When you go to bed tonight what do you want to dream about? She got a little embarrassed and said you might think I'm weird.  After a little coaxing she told me that she would dream about being pregnant.  She would have one in her tummy and one that was already born.

Of course, being a princess will always be on her bucket list.  She is and will always be my little princess.