pajama party fun

Lily just loves when one of her little besties comes over to play. I must admit that I too love watching her play with other children as they get older and do more than just lay there… To see the exuberance on their faces when they greet each other or share some new discovery is priceless. To see what quirky ways they amuse themselves is delightful. And to witness their dance parties is amazing! Here’s a little glimpse of her latest (late night) play date with Atlas…

My little dancing queen

I have known for a while that a love of music is rooted deep inside Lillian. She sings all the time and can’t help dancing when she hears music. Even if it’s not a full on dance party, she’ll stop whatever she’s doing for a small moment and move her shoulders or shake her hips. It’s like an involuntary reaction. For some reason, we get the best shows at the end of movies. The songs always produce a wonderful little routine and I was lucky enough to capture this one on my camera last night. It’s a little blurry, but I didn’t want to miss the action  for slightly better focus. Enjoy :)

I California 
I don’t think I could say it enough, and I think almost anyone who knows me knows that. Having always lived in norcal I am so spoiled with great weather and I have no problem admitting that. Our current city, Redwood City, even has the motto “climate best by government test.” The one bummer of living in the northern part of the state is that the beach usually isn’t warm and sunny. The water is freezing most of the time and there is heavy cloud cover for a good part of the summer. But sometimes you get lucky. We were able to spend a marvelous January day at the beach enjoying sun and 68 degree weather. Even the slight breeze was warm :). Of course, over the weekend the weather became cold again. I guess I can endure the 50 degree cold if I have to- It is winter after all!  ;)

               
                                 
          

         
          
          

Vocabulary

As we approach Lil’s 2nd birthday I’ve been trying to capture not only the words she’s using but, more importantly, how it sounds when she says them. At this point she’s a little parrot.  Most everything we say gets repeated back to us in some form, which is often quite amusing. Here’s a little list of the latest, most used, and cutest sounding words she’s using right now.

There you are= dah du ahh

When asking for help= I hep you?

Banana= ganana

Monsters= monkahs

Juice= duce

Strawberry= dah-do-we

Atlas and Parker (her little friends)= Ashy and Pocket

Binky/Plug= beeky or pwug

Please= peas

Goldfish= guhfish

Hello= hewwo

Piano= peeno

1-10= ohn, too, free, fohr, fi, sick, seben, eigh, ni, ten!

Bath=baf

Peanut Butter= buda buda

Eye brow= eye eye

I love you= I wuv you

Grandma/Grandpa= gwah-gwah

Hug= huggie or “Oh hug”

Porcupine= capu-kine

Football= foofall

Lap= yap

Basketball=ga-ke-bahl

When asking to watch her Elmo movie= DDD?

The letter W = dudda-boo, dah-boo-boo, or doo-doo-doo

 

I’m sure I’ll add to the list if I hear/remember anything else in the near future :)