Our Big Three Year Old

Lilly is now a little girl and not a toddler. It makes me a little sad that my baby is growing up so fast. But it is so fun to have someone around all the time that acts like a little adult. She is always saying and doing things that make me laugh. Here are a few of the things she has said lately:

Gus and I were arguing over who got to sit at the computer and Lilly said, "Will you guys just share! Daddy can have the computer first and then mommy can have it after he is done!"

At the beginning of October, Lilly started saying "Oh, I want that for my birthday!" over everything she saw on TV or at the store. Then when my birthday rolled around she started saying, "Oh, I want that for YOUR birthday". She is very smart.

Before Gus and Lilly left to go on a walk, Lilly said, "Daddy, I need a water bottle so I can get thirsty."

A few days before Lilly's birthday we were all in the car and Gus and I were discussing things that we could get Lilly for her birthday. All of the sudden Lilly said, "Um...I'm right here!"

Lilly came up to me one day and said, "Mommy, today I am having a baby. I said, "Wow Lilly thats great!" And then she said, "But Mom, a baby is a BIG responsibility!"

For Joy School the children were asked to bring in a pet or at least a picture of a pet they liked. I asked Lilly if she had any pets she could take to school. She replied with a grin, "Yes, my daddy!"

Lilly was looking through a picture book of all her of her relatives when she stopped on her Grandpa Arnold's picture. She snickered and said, "I love that guy!"

We were getting ready to go to the store and Gus looked at Lilly and said, "Lilly, go get your clothes on." She looked at him and said, "I can't. I'm watching football." Gus couldn't have been happier.

During the last session of General Conference, Gus and I were hanging out on the couch listening while Lilly played dress-up. During President Monson's talk he said, "We're all in this together." Lilly looked up in astonishment and said "did you just hear the Prophet, he said 'We're all in this together' just like High School Musical!" At least she was listening.

After a small trip to Michaels, I buckled Lilly into her carseat and then got up front. I started looking through my bag for a treat for Lilly when I heard someone tap on my window, there stood a policeman. I opened my window and the policeman said, "I just wanted to say thank-you for strapping your little girl into her carseat. It always makes me happy to see people strap thier little ones in because there are many that dont." I laughed and told him "your welcome". After he left I looked back at Lilly. She was sitting there with a freaked out look on her face. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "I am SO glad I had my seatbelt on. He would have taken me from you! That would have been so scary." She talked about it all the way home. Lets just say I dont think Lilly will fight me about being buckled into her carseat ever again.

One morning I woke up to Lilly yelling, "Cockadoodledoo!" over and over. I walked into her room and asked her what she was doing. She said, "Waking you up!"