5 Things Friday - Lyla's Favorite Things

My baby girl is going to be 3 on Monday.  3 years old already!  She becomes less of a baby and more and more like a little girl every single day.  We are so lucky to have her in our lives! 

When she was born I started taking a picture of her every month on her monthly birthday, then plan to continue every year on her yearly birthday.  I have them all in an album that I love flipping through and seeing the progression. 

I was thinking now that she is almost 3 and can talk and has her own opinions, along with the picture each year, I want to do a little interview with her as well.  I think it will be fun to look back at the pictures and look at how her "favorites" change from year to year!

And just for fun I videotaped it!

The transcript (& my answers/opinions):

Q:  What is your favorite song?

Lyla's Answer:  Fresh Beats!

Mommy's Answer:  She does really love all of the Fresh Beat songs right now.  She also really loves "Live While We're Young" by One Direction - much to her daddy's disgust.  lol

Q:  What is your favorite food?

Lyla's Answer:  Watermelon!

Mommy's Answer:  She does love watermelon, but she also ate that for dinner right before I asked her...  She really loves tacos and raviolis right now.  As well as any fruit or vegetable that you give to her especially watermelon, cantaloupe, peas and corn.  And black olives... lets not forget about that current obsession!

Q:  Who is your best friend?

Lyla's Answer:  Becca!

Mommy's Answer:  Yes, Becca is absolutely her best friend.  She also talks a lot about Hannah and Joshua from work (daycare).   And she always tells MY FRIEND Ashley that she is her best friend.

Q:  What is your favorite color?

Lyla's Answer:  Blue... and Pink

Mommy's Answer:  She changes all of the time.  A lot of the time it is purple and pink.

Q:  What is your favorite TV show?

Lyla's Answer:  Fresh Beats!  No.. Yo Gabba Gabba ... AND Dora.

Mommy's Answer:  She used to be obsessed with Elmo and Sesame Street.  Then she sort of moved on to  Blues Clues then to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Now there isn't really any ONE SHOW that we have to watch over and over.  She watches a variety.  Which I really like a lot better so I don't get worn out on the same show over and over.  

Heard Around the House #24

Getting Lyla ready for bed last night:

Lyla:  Can we read this I don't like Green Eggs and Meat book?

aka - Green Eggs & Ham.... lol

Hello Again Summer - Thanks for coming back!!!

I love Summer.  I love the heat.  I hate winter. 

So last weekend was Memorial Day Weekend, what better way to celebrate Summer finally returning than with a party with all my friends and family??? 

Gary got to finally use the new grill that Santa brought him.  My Grandma is in right now from Texas so we got to see her.  It was a really perfect day!  :)

And the pictures to prove it!

Dress Up

Lyla has been REALLY in to playing dress up lately. She is always either a princess or she gets out all of her doctor stuff and is a doctor.... Sort of one extreme to the other! lol But the last couple days its been mostly princess... Oh and did I mention she is a magic princess with a magic wand?? Oh yeah.. She has got an imagination that's for sure!! :)



Heard Around the House #23 - Mothers Day edition

Sunday was Mother's Day.  Seriously not a big deal to me.  Anyways... I was down in the basement Sunday morning and when I walk in to the kitchen:

Gary:  Lyla wasn't there something you wanted to tell Mommy?

Lyla:  Be Nice!

Gary and I crack up!  Then he whispers in her ear...

Lyla:  Happy Mothers Day!!

A Shower for Erin & Andy - and yes it "showered" aka ... rained

Erin and I have been the very best of friends since we were very little girls.  She has been in LOVE with Andy since the 7th grade and at the end of July the will FINALLY be married!  Their wedding will be at the beach so since a lot of her friends and family from home won't be able to make it we didn't have a traditional shower for her.  Instead it was more like the reception before the wedding.  We invited everyone including the men and all the kids.  We had rented out a pavilion at the park because we were having it in May.  For sure the weather is going to be warm right?  I mean, there is always the chance of rain, but it should be warm enough.....  It was so cold on Saturday!  So SO cold!  But we toughed it out and it turned out to be a beautiful day for the two of them and that is all that mattered!  I can't wait for the wedding!

5 Things Friday - 5 Favorite Jessi Memories

Jessi's mom updated her facebook status yesterday with this message for all of us:

Today our Jessica would have turned 30. Today, we say goodbye to our sweet little girl. My heart is broken.
So many of you told beautiful stories of Jessica I have to say these stories of love, friendship and hope, are what kept us strong last night. Ben, Ed, Jay, Nikki, Megan, Mike, Skyelar,The Hilborn's and yes our sweet Keagan (so much like his mama), these stories will help us hold on to the beautiful memories and this what will get us through. We are so blessed to say Jessica is ours! I thank God for that privilege.
So today we won't morn a death we will celebrate a life. Happy Birthday baby girl! Until we all are together again.

 

 

In line with celebrating Jessi's life I want to do my 5 Favorite Memories with Jessi:

 

1.  Riding the Steel Phantom

We went to Kennywood with her sister and her sister's friend.  I didn't ride a lot of roller coasters growing up but we had just got off of the Pittfall so Nikki said come on, we are riding the Steel Phantom.  So we get on, Jessi and I are sitting next to each other.  It starts click - click - clicking up the hill... Jess looks over at me and says "Are you crying?"  Oh yeah... I was crying.... lol 

 

2.  Ouija Boards

We loved playing with the Ouija Board.  And we believed everything that it told us!  So silly and so much fun!

 

3.  Dances

We loved getting all dressed up for homecoming and prom every year.  One year we went to homecoming with brothers!  Jessi always loved to get the big extra poofy princess dresses and she always looked beautiful! 

 

4.  The Fairs

Every year Jessi showed pigs at the local fairs.  We would spend that entire week at the fair.  All the fair kids had a special bond and would have such fun that week.  I wasn't technically a "fair kid" but thanks to Jess I got to experience it and make lots of special memories. 

 

5.  Driving

I have so many memories of riding in cars.  Back when we were teenagers (I feel so old) gas wasn't so expensive and quite often there wasn't anything to do so you would just go drive around and randomly meet up with people (because we weren't in constant contact on cell phones).   The unplanned, randomness was always so much fun.