Halloween is in the air!

I just had to show off these fantastically scary ghosts my little Lilly made the other day at art class. I love how simple they are with just using a little bit of fiberfill, wiggly eyes, leaves, glue and paper. Lilly went a bit overboard with the wiggly eyes. They were clearly her favorite part! Now they hang in our window scaring everyone away ;)

Lilly's Birthday Party!

So yesterday was the big day of Lilly's 2nd Birthday Party! All the preparation totally paid off because it was just perfect! Perfect weather, perfect guests...we had a blast! I know Lilly will be talking about it all day tomorrow!


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Enthralled in her cake!


And soooooooo happy with her presents!
At the end of the day, we all went down to the water and had a fire to makes S'mores! That was so much fun and not just the kids loved eating them!

Wordless Wednesday

Lilly is so soulful!

Wordless Wednesday

Little Lilly now just wants to take all pictures herself! I have to be really fast to take one before she is too close to the camera asking to have it!

Nikolaus came last night

These are Lilly's little shoes that Nikolaus filled with chocolate and stickers last night! It is a German tradition that on the 5th all the children clean and buff up their boots and put them outside the door (or on the steps, that is what we always did) for Nikolaus to come during the night and fill them with goodies. Only the nice kids with bright and clean shoes would get something nice. The kids with the dirty shoes would get coal. So it's a little pre-Santa!
Lilly has been singing: "Chocolate in shoes!" for weeks now and couldn't believe when she saw her boots filled with Chocolate Santa’s and stickers.


She took them all apart and we were filled with stickers in no time!


And then Lilly had the great idea of using the tiny stickers as earrings! Doesn't she look grand? So now every Dec 6th Lilly will find some chocolate and other goodies in her shoes!

In awe

Lilly does not cease to amaze me! I'm sure all parents feel that way, and grandparents, and aunts, and uncles,...

Yesterday afternoon we were all sitting together downstairs. My sister and I crafting away while my parents tried to keep up with Lilly. She was running from one thing to the next and starting to get tired. Then suddenly, she points to the dresser and says 'mommy music'. All of us stopped and thought 'Did she really just say that?!' So to make her point clear, Lilly walks over to the TV and starts padding it. I took the remote from the dresser and put on her favorite music channel and she was happy as can be dancing and bobbing.
We used to do that before, but with the nice weather this summer, we were playing outside most of the time. So I just can't believe that she remembered it! Such a good girl!!!

Lilly is 14 months now!

Lilly just turned 14 month today and she just has been blossoming the last few weeks that I have to write an update on all the great things she can do. Otherwise I will never remember her early accomplishments. And how will I be able to brag about them then!
So here it goes...
She has been walking since 11 month and started throwing the ball then.
Now she loves to kick the ball with both feet while running after it. She also started to head bang the ball after Opa showed it to her.

She is so observant and sees all the birds, airplanes, even bees. She also saw the fishies at the Ashland pond after I showed them to her. She wanted to go catch them!

She has been clapping hands to the beat for a while now. Now she also counts her toes and loves to tickle them! She will also spin and say 'kreisel, kreisel' anything with a hole in it. It's the cutest! She also likes to twist flowers or little sticks between her thumb and pointer. Also VERY cute!

And she is becoming a big talker - both in German and English. A few of her staples are: mommy, daddy, book, buch, palme, picture, bear, kreisel, opposites, oopsy daisy, nase, music, alli (gator), peekaboo, up and down, buy, hi, oma, ina, tante, meema, papa, bottle, water, wasser, durst, milk, milch, pretty

And a great anecdote while I still remember it...

The first time she really said a word (other than momma and dadda) and really meant it was when we went to Florida to visit Grandpa Sol and Uncle Fred. We were just shopping and there was a little book with fishies that I thought Lilly would like. So I handed it to her to look at and then I took it away to see if she really wanted it or not. She was sitting in her stroller and stretched and stretched to get to it until she said 'book'. I was totally stunned because I didn't even realize that she new what that word was let alone say it. From then on I knew that her vocabulary must have been pretty big already even though she couldn’t say them all. And to this date she can point out so many things if you just ask her to. Amazing!

Wordless Wednesday

My sister and I are working on a tutorial so everyone can enjoy the fun of embroidery and felt! I was taking pictures of my sister while she was working on this flower hair clip. When it was done, I put it in Lilly's hair and she just LOVED it. Later on, she took it off and kept putting it back on her head. Of course it fell off all the time but she was persistent - just wanted the flower in her hair!

Wordless Wednesday

First time going with Wordless Wednesday and already loving it! Got to show off one of Lilly's cute pictures. She just learned how to walk and looks adorable from behind, don't you think?! Apparently I am new to the wordless world - but I will get it eventually ;)

Summer Fun!

Nothing is more fun that being on the swing for the first time with the sun shining over your head! Lilly just took to the swing right away and LOVED it.

One and counting...

My baby girl has turned 1! It's hard to believe, but now she is already starting to talk and walk. So busy and cute. Today she started to talk on her play phone. She holds it real cool behind her ear and just babbles away with a very serious look on her face. She even stepped a bit away from us so she can have a private conversation! LOL.