Lily is the consummate little smart girl. She reads
people quickly and she knows where and how to work her way into any situation
with a smile. She's also the master of delaying bedtimes! First, she comes into
our group bedroom and is adorable and gets her Daddy to cuddle with her a bit.
Then, she'll wait a bit and ask me if I can come cuddle her. Like I would ever
say no to that.
But, to cuddle Lily means cuddling in her 'training bed.'
To call it a 'bed' is an insult to beds everywhere. It's actually a crib
without the legs or the prison-like bars. No, really. It is a crib. It has a
crib mattress and that mattress uses size crib sheets.
Now, imagine a 3 year old in a crib. That doesn't sound
very comfortable right? Now, put a grown adult woman in the crib with the 3
year old. Can you hear the sound of my spine protesting and considering going
on strike? My knees are around my ears and to 'cuddle' Lily means to be
contorted in a way that basically the youngest of the Cirque du Soleil gymnasts
could only dream of doing.
The pretzel'ing is all worth it though because Lily is
the sweetest cuddle bug. She throws her arms around my neck, snuggles in, and
then says hilarious things like "I have eyes. You have eyes. All people
have eyes. We all have eyes, and penises and vaginas." Yes, yes we do
Lily. Then, as she starts to get drowsy, she starts with the tiny baby kisses.
A kiss on the forehead. A kiss on the chin. And then, a drowsy, "I love
you Mommy." I tell her I love her back and she says, "This is the
best! This is the BEST! I love you and you love me and we love each
others." *yes, she said each others.
Finally, after she falls alseep, I use my cat like
reflexes to slowly sneak out of bed without waking our dear little princess -
who, if the last two months are any indication, will be up at about midnight to
say she can't find her blanket (it's in her bed), that she's cold (ditto the
blanket), that she's hungry (she should have eaten more at dinner) or some
remnant of a dream she's been having (Dolphins).
We're soaking up all this cuddle bug time with our baby
Girl because we know that the time goes by fast and we want to bottle up those
happy emotions and connections while she's still wanting to. I did manage to give myself a lovely case of bursitis in my elbow thanks to those contortionist like movements but it was totally worth it.
We went to a safety fair right near our house (so much fun!) and the kids got to see the inside of helicopter, meet firemen and, climb in and out of a model house (fun times for all).
The kids also got to see the inside of an ambulance. Hopefully that was their first and last time =)
It was so fun getting all the cousins together. Alise and Lily play particularly well together and it's fun to see Lily's clothes on Alise (red shiny shoes; polka dot pants) and remember her good memories in those clothes.
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