NOT April Fools!

It was 82 degrees today. Seriously. On the 1st of April. Cra-zy! Lily enjoyed roaming around in the grass while I pooper-scooped and Corey planted peas in the garden.

As soon as I find a tackle box at a garage sale, I'm totally going to make one of these planters.

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/04/how-to_tackle_box_planter.html

Also, why did this pattern not come out until Lily was too big for them???

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/PATTduck.php

Red neck baby

She does wear clothing sometimes, I swear. 

Don't get the wrong idea, we haven't given up on cloth diapers. We ran out of covers this afternoon, so Lil was wearing a disposable while we washed them. 

Here is a video of her laugh:

And some photos of her new favorite past time. 

Spring cleaning

I spent much of the weekend cleaning all the windows inside and out and washing all of the screens. This task was way, way overdue. Feels good to have it done!

11 Months

(Testing the strength of the wire holding the grape vines up). You deemed it strong enough).

Dear Lily,

Yesterday, you turned 11 months old. You've developed a few nicknames, Lily Magoo, Lily Loo, Lily McNilly (and Lil McNill), Peachlet, Porkchop, Punkin' Head and many, many more.

You've been testing the limits a lot these days, getting yourself into trouble. You are investigating every nook and cranny of the house and, unfortunately, finding lots of the asian lady beetles which have found their way into the house.  At least once a day we find you picking one off the floor and if we are lucky, we wrestle it away from you before it ends up in your mouth. It is funny because you really don't put much stuff in your mouth, but those beetles are irresistible to you. They smell SO bad, they have to taste just as bad!

Yesterday, you said "da da" for the first time. Today, you've been saying it over and over and over. You even pointed at daddy one time when you said it, so hopefully you understand who da da is.

Other things we want to remember about this age:

-Your third tooth has started to erupt from your gums. You think it is really funny to grind it against your bottom two teeth but it makes mommy and daddy cringe.
-You would spend all day long in the bath if we let you. You go into the bathroom and slap the bathtub and look at us like "'C'mon guys! I want a bath!".
-When on the bed, you love to fall backwards onto your back. You think this is SO funny.
-You climbed all the way to the top of grandma and grandpa's spiral staircase (with mommy protectively hovering over you, of course).
-You've finally gotten back to sleeping through the night again. Yay!!!!!!
-Daddy has been introducing you to venison, but mommy gave you some seitan and you really liked that, too. There is hope for you to be a vegetarian yet!
-You absolutely LOVE pushing things. You pushed the grocery cart all around the supermarket yesterday. People were doing double takes and laughing when they figured out how the cart seemed to be moving all by it's self. You are so tiny, it looks really funny to see you pushing the whole cart full of groceries. You giggle the whole time you are pushing.
-You were scared to death of walking on the grass when we first got you out on it this spring. It has been so snowy and muddy this winter, you had not gotten a chance to walk outside much. Now that it is dry and you've gotten so much better at walking, you've been trying it out. At first, you cried every time we'd set you down on it. I think you just cannot figure out the grass. Your feet are used to carpet, linoleum and wood floors.

Here is a little video of you pretending to be Gretel (from Hansel and Gretel). Chloe likes it when you do this.

Earth Hour 2010

The three of us on Earth Hour 2010.


Lily was pretty intrigued by the darkness. She toddled around from room to room, giggling up a storm. It was after her bedtime, so after awhile, Corey rocked her to sleep and I proceeded with folded the laundry.

Bummer!

I found out one day too late about the Bloomington Egg Scramble. It is an egg hunt for adults with thousands of eggs filled with candy and really cool prizes from local businesses. Unfortunately, when I called yesterday they were all booked up. Darn it!! Next year!!!

One thing I will NOT be missing is Earth Hour. Please join me and others around the world tomorrow night at 8:30 pm when we make a stand against climate change.



My watch is set. Is yours?

If you do join me, afterward, please post what you did during Earth Hour in the comments below.

Spring is here

We planted these daffodils at each fence post in front of the house and along the stairs to the mailbox two summers ago. Last spring we had only a few blooms, but this year, they are going strong.