FYI: These are just some stories that have happened recently in our lives.
Luke and Lilly are really excited about their birthdays this year. Luke was talking on the phone with Grandma Laughlin this morning and she was asking what he had done this week and he replied, "my birthday is coming up". Not quite what an answer to the question, but it sure is what he is looking forward to. She asked what kind of cake he wanted and he said, "a tractor".
You see, Luke doesn't beat around the bush. When there are things that he wants he will get to it no matter what distractions (or other questions) there may be. To get to talk to Grandma on the phone he came upstairs where I was still asleep this morning, grabbed my cell phone and asked, "What's this daddy?" He obviously knew the answer, but I played along. "That's my phone." To which he replied, "Call Grandma Laughlin." He loves his Grandma, so we gave her a call.
Now Lilly,....oh Lilly. She has an incredible imagination. In fact, if any of you were wondering where Seth, Matt, and Mia have been for the past three weeks; they have been at our house permanently. Lilly is big into jumping right now so she will say, "Daddy, watch me jump." So she jumps and I clap for her and then she says, "Watch Mia jump, then watch Seth, then watch Matt." But you see, they are only with us in her imagination, but we have to clap for them or she gets upset with us.
Over the past few weeks we've been feeding those three, wiping their tears (thankfully only tears), putting them to bed, putting band-aids on them, and just flat out having fun with them. Unfortunately, Lilly is "using" them to get what she wants. Gum is a huge hit with her right now, but she knows there are only rare occassions that she gets it. So one day she went up to Alison and said, "Mommy, Mia wants gum." Alison asked, "Do y0u want gum too?" She replied, "No,...(paused for a few seconds, then),...yeah." Bummed that mom had figured out her strategy I'm pretty sure she just walked away.
During this time that we've been playing with our cousins who aren't really here there has been an ongoing party in her mind. When you ask her what kind of party it is she says that it is a "pink party". So without a doubt, our third birthday party this year for Luke and Lilly will have lots of pink and tractors. What a match made in heaven.
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Lilly and my girls would become fast friends! They want everything to be pink (sometimes purple) - red has been renamed "dark pink."
Hope they have a fun party!
I am still debating on a tractor cake or a barn cake with farm animals around it. Kinley probably really doesn't care yet, but I think I'm going to go with the barn and animals since he will probably want a tractor cake next year. :) Sounds like fun around your house!
Well, I think a pink tractor would be a hoot! Tug just wants a bow and arrow (like Sath and Matt have)and a skateboard. Perhaps I'll save the skateboard for when he turns 13. We missed you this week... we'll get rid of our germs and hook up csoon!
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