Lily's favorite things (age 3)

1. Shoes (and socks)- for fun she just sits by her closet trying on shoes (including shoes from past months that are way too small for her) and then stands up and looks at them in the mirror. For some reason she must be wearing socks to don her shoes :)

Really got my money's worth here; Lily first wore these shoes at 15 months.

In mommy's high heels with yellow socks. Lovely!

Another nice look: She's wearing her purple princess high heels with Christmas socks :)

2. Eating (she is always hungry!)- anything and everything except for onions, black olives, and fresh mozzarella cheese. Mashed potatoes is her current favorite, followed closely by cheeseburgers and baked ziti :)

3. Being Dora the Explorer!

Lily's (I mean Dora's) outfit is complete with a pink t-shirt, orange shorts, white sneakers, yellow socks, a backpack, and Boots too:) She'd wear this everyday if she could!


4. Painting - rainbows have been the most frequent subject of her paintings for some time, as you can see in the 2 below:

Title: Rainbow

Medium: Watercolor

Age: 2

Title: Rainbow

Medium: Watercolor

Age: 3

5. Books- Here are Lily's favorite books over the course of her 3 years:

age 1: Water, Water Everywhere - Lily just couldn't get enough of that "opopus" (aka octopus)!
age 2: Millie Moo (given to her by Aunt Amy) - She loved this one for two reasons: It's all about bright and funny animals and, due to the repetitive story line, she was able to remember the words so that she could "read" it to herself.
age 3: Ballet Kitty - for obvious reasons :)


6. Doing EVERYTHING all by herself! Here are a couple of examples:

Ex. 1 Dressing herself

Nice job Lily!

Actually on closer inspection looks like she made a booboo with the shorts (they're on backwards)

and oops- the shoes are on the wrong feet :)

Ex. 2 Going potty (sorry Lily- I couldn't resist)

She now even refuses to use the potty ring. She just hoists herself up there and balances on the front of the seat!

7. Beginning and ending each question or statement with the word Mommy- just kidding :)

Not so favorite things:

1. Going potty in public restrooms (the result of the infamous chuckee cheese incident )

*Update: she has recently done this 3 times in bathrooms that I have made sure do not have automatic flush toilets (incentives were involved, of course) Yeah!

2. Strange/loud noises (ie "Mama, what was that noise, Mama!?" ) - fireworks, thunder, people banging around in the condo above us, and of course loud automatic flushing toilets, to name a few.


3. Sharing her toys with Sophie- getting better at it, though!- when not tired or hungry :)

4. "The hand"- a disembodied hand that she believes resides at Grammy and Bebop's old house. Thank goodness they moved!