A Princess and a Dragon

The newest thing is to play "sleepover" although there is little resting involved.  It basically means dragging my decorative pillows and living room blankets downstairs to the basement, along with an assortment of Lylas dolls that she keeps on her bed.  They set up their "beds" on the floor, and then usually end up dressed up in their princess (sometimes pirate princess) and dragon costumes.  I think Matt had come home while they were playing and starting playing tackle with them here.  Both Lincoln and Lyla will throw their arms up in the air with clenched fists and yell "I'm the toughest!" as he does.  Sure do love this Daddy!
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I'm Two

Getting back to our car at the downtown library.  Lyla likes to pout when I ask her to smile for the camera. 

To give you an idea of how fast Lyla can change moods.  These were taken withing minutes of each other.

A great day!

Carrots!

I LOVE Kansas falls.  It was a super nice day, so nice that it motivated me to mow the back yard. Yes, I know that sounds weird but I actually enjoy mowing once in awhile if it's nice outside.  The kids also helped me dig up the carrots, although they did not believe me that they were actual carrots until I dug one up.  I also took Lyla shopping a couple times within the last week, and that has been a ton of fun since she seems to appreciate it almost as much as me. I say almost because I know riding the elevator and escalator are at least half the reason she shows such enthusiasm in the mall. She does seem to appreciate looking at "pretty" things though, and if I would say, "oh, that's cute," she would say "that IS tute!"  She is drawn to the jewelry especially, and once in awhile if she spots something she likes in particular will say, "maybe we should get that."  Tonight I took her to JCPenney, and after I picked out a few things for her to try on she said "let's go to the
dirl (girl) room."  (She was remembering our trip to Target a few days before where we tried some clothes on in the dressing room...not sure why she enjoyed this so much but she kept telling me she wanted to go back after we left!)   Turns out the JCPenney one ended up being in an even bigger hit as it was an all PINK dressing room.  I had a hard time convincing her to leave.

My FAVORITE thing she says right now, which she said while looking at herself in the mirror with a new dress on...."I'm a tutie!" (cutie)