Another Monday

1.  I really need to start taking more pictures.  I have none to show for today but decided to post anyway.

2.  Today was Lily's Special Day at school.  We did this last year and this year went much better.  Last year she screamed the whole time and wouldn't let me read the book we brought to share.  This year she wouldn't stop talking about our book and the pictures we brought to share.

3.  I totally "recycled" her poster from last year's special day and just added a few new pictures.....I don't feel bad about this at all.

4.  I am about half done with Christmas shopping and would love to be totally done by Thanksgiving but don't know if that will happen.

5.  My brother and sister in law were here for the weekend for a wedding.  Lily and Hannah had lots of fun playing with them and Lily was very upset when they left.  When we got home from school she kept asking where Uncle Drew and Aunt Ashley were.

6.  The girls and I took a walk yesterday and met another little girl who was outside playing with her mom.  She is a little younger than Lily but they played together for aobut 15 minutes and had a great time.  It just so happens that her name is also Lily and she goes to the same preschool and is int he class Lily was in last year.

Miscellany Monday

I am trying something new so that maybe I will be motivated to post a little more often so I am joinging in on Miscellany Monday with Carissa at Lowercase Letters.

1. Lily managed to almost break the garage door this morning. I heard her hit the garage door as we were getting ready to leave for preschool but didn't think anything of it. Apparently she managed to throw the dead bolt like lock half way and when I hit the opener the door made it half way up and then the lock slid into place freezing the door. I had to hammer the lock thing back through so the door could finish opening. Thankfully the door is fine and we made still made it to school on time.

2. We found a baby sitter and will be going out on date night this weekend.

3. I am obsessed with coupons and managed to get 4 movie tickets for $20 today through Groupon. This weekends date night will be a movie and dinner.

4. Lily loves school but for some reason she starts to cry every day when I pick her up. She is fine until she sees me and all of a sudden it's instant tears.

5. Lily is sitting next to me on the couch right now and just put her head down and went right to sleep, I guess she's tired.

6. Hannah is playing with a laundry basket. She climbs in with a toy or two and 5 minutes later starts yelling "helpy" because she can't get out. I get her out and 5 minutes later she gets right back in.