Lily's 4th Birthday Party

Lily has been talking about having her birthday party at Pump it Up for about nine months. If you would listen, she would tell you.

What a difference a year makes! For her 3rd birthday she was scared, not so happy, and it took her a while to get into it. This year she was so happy, and was so into it!!

We rented out the room so the party was just for her! What a great party she had. She already wants to have her 5th birthday party at Pump it Up.

Words can not express how much we love this little girl! She's so kind and generous. She says the sweetest things and she can make me laugh so hard. She would be a great actress if she weren't so shy. When she gets into character, watch out!! She is really great at playing different parts. She is just too smart. And I don't mean book smart. She can negotiate for things that she wants. She is so creative and has imaginary friends. She loves painting, drawing, building with blocks, playing pretend, and riding her bikes and scooters.

Cute Even in Hats!

Sedona

We left Hoover Dam and drove to Sedona. What a beautiful drive! The speed limit was 75 and there wasn't any traffic so we made really good time. We drove into Sedona right before it got dark and checked into our hotel, and grabbed some dinner.

The next morning Lily played in the back of our hotel room, jumping, running and checking out the cool mountains.

We then headed into town and did a little shopping. I can't believe how friendly people are in Arizona. We talked to so many locals as if they were our best friends. I love California but we are such snobs!! 
 

 

Hoover Dam

We had planned to go to Phoenix for a week early this year. We were going to fly but Jeff had been working a lot of hours and I mean A LOT. So much in fact that his boss told him to take mandatory time off. So I thought why not just add to our vacation?

I made it into a road trip. This would be Lily's first road trip so we had lots of stops in between. Frankly, I think it's cruel to strap your kid in the car for hours even with T.V, Ipads, and such.

We stopped at the Hoover Dam. It was nice to walk around and check things out. Lily is too young to appreciate it, so we just stopped for about an hour. Jeff and I had already done the tourist thing years ago but it was neat to get a refresher.

Baking Cupcakes

Lily loves doing a lot of things, but one thing she doesn't have any interest in, is baking, cooking, or anything related to the kitchen. I just started learning how to cook so I'm hoping that she will start to follow and want to learn as well.

One thing she loves, is chocolate and cupcakes. So, I bought a kids kit and gave it a shot. Oh my, she wanted to help out with everything! She had so much fun and couldn't wait for the cupcakes to be ready so she could eat them.

 I hope this is a beginning of baking and cooking lessons for Lily.

My Adorable Kid

Lily's Assessment

Lily had her first assessment from preschool. Out of 49 areas she got 49 perfect.
Lily's teacher wrote that Lily is friendly and kind to all of her classmates, is very helpful during clean up time, is a very sweet girl and is a pleasure to have at school. That sounds like my kid! I must say I'm so proud of her!

What? Disneyland Again?

If you go to Disneyland on Thursday what do you want to do on Saturday? Disneyland of course! We let Lily pick what we did for the day and Disneyland it was. She knows all the rides, and likes to order us around and tell us what ride will be next.

I was telling Jeff how lucky she is because in one week she went to Disneyland twice, Chuck E Cheese, trick-or-treating, bowling, and Mygym! All of those except trick-or-treating or normal activities.

Disneyland was filming their Christmas parade that is going to air on Christmas Day on ABC. 

Lily is giving her famous dirty look. Maybe she gets that from me. I do have the angry11 lines between my eyes!