2 Year Old In Trouble.

Lily is so excited that she figured out how to use the pump on the toothpaste that....
she did some experimenting.
Her father insists she was just practicing her caulking skills. She does look pretty proud of herself.

Here's Jackson's house he's been working on. It's the Plum Grove house that's located on Carroll Street. The first governor of Iowa lived there, Robert Lucas. His wife's name was Friendly. I love that. Anyhoo- they did a great job.


Below are some other houses that I especially liked...

Jackson Extravaganza!

The above is a whistle...I said, "Ooh cool dinosaur." Apparently it's in the shape of a guitar. Oops.

This week I've been volunteering in Jackson's class to help out with a huge project they do every year. They make replicas of historic houses around IC. There was an article in the Gazette about it on Wednesday. His teacher called and asked if I was able to help out, saying "It would be SO great to an artist's professional help!" OK... no pressure there. It turns out we're talking sponge painting, markers and construction paper shingles. Whew. I can do that. They all turned out really neat. And they have so much pride in their hard work. It was really neat to see. I will take pictures tonight at the open house and post them. I thought it would be only Monday and Tuesday, but ended up being Wednesday and today as well. Grandma babysat the first two days and I thought 'lets see what happens if I take Lily with me.' Turns out she was the star of the show with the 5th and 6th grade girls. She was pretty much mauled. She got carried everywhere, read to, taken to the water fountain about 43 times. At one point, they had her sitting in a chair and about 10 girls were surrounding her and they were all trying to get her to say their names. "Lily, can you say Sunny?" "Lily, can you say Abbie?". There was lots of squealing and much talk about her pink toenails, her princess sandals, etc. And she ate up every single minute. What did Jackson think about this? He rolled his eyes. All the girls were coming up to him and saying, "Jackson your sister is SOOOOOOO cute!" His face was a little red. I also might add that he was very adamant that I come back and help today and "yeah, you can bring Lily."

The Problem With Undies.

Day 2 of Big Girl Undies.

Day 2 went pretty well. We had one small accident. She decided since she was going to do so much up and down and sitting on the potty she would boycott wearing pants. Fine by me. We're that wierd neighbor everyone has that lets their kid run around the yard in their underwear. I never thought I'd say that. Hopefully, we'll get over that soon. She seems to have found a 'new confidence', if you will. Tonight as I was putting on her PJs, I started putting a diaper on her and she said, "WAIT! I do it." If she can put on her own diaper, perhaps she shouldn't be wearing them!?!? Hmm?!?

Little Toady, Jr.

We found this big guy in the middle of the street. We cause quite a ruckus as we saw him about 8:00 tonight, when lots of our neighbor kids are going to bed. Jackson was trying to catch him in a bucket. He was all over the place, laughing hysterically. Noah is jumping up and down, yelling. I'm screaming, "GET HIM, JACKSON! GET HIM!" Lily is caught up in all the excitement even though she doesn't even know what's going on. One neighbor kid who was supposed to be in bed opened his blinds and yelled, "Hey, what are you guys doing down there?!?" We booked it home and found a tub to put him in. We then had to go get some creek water and a rock. Finally, we're settled down for the night. They are so excited to play with him tomorrow. We made a deal that he goes back in the creek tomorrow night. As we were going inside, Lily bent down and said, "I love you, doggie!" Her brothers thought that was pretty funny. Noah was trying to convince her to kiss it so it would turn into a prince. Brothers are trouble!