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| Chris and Matteo share quality bonding time |
Dang that went by fast! Vacation seems like a distant memory that happened sometime before the whirlwind of May. Not a lot to report this month as I was heads-down at work and sadly didn't journal antics as I normally do. Silly job, always getting in the way.
A few standouts include Mother's Day....or actually the Saturday before when Lily presented me with an overflowing bowl of cereal:
Lily: I know this isn't what you asked for, but I made it anyway
Me: Why?
Lily: Because it's Mother's Day so I wanted to make you breakfast
Me: Thank you so much, but Mother's Day is tomorrow
Lily: I just don't know my days
I don't care if she knows her days or not, making me breakfast spontaneously is not something Lily would have done a year ago. I love that she is becoming ever more thoughtful...it's the little gestures that make your day, you know?
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| Lily's note to her Tooth Fairy |
Lily's thoughtfulness didn't stop with me. She lost her first top tooth this month and while getting ready for bed that night, she pulled out her tooth pillow (aptly named "Toothy") and put a dollar in it along with a note and her tooth. When I asked her why the money, she replied "because my Tooth Fairy is always to nice to me, I want to be nice to her." Seriously. The "Tooth Fairy" was so touched she remembered to leave money, but forgot to take the tooth. Silly emotional Tooth Fairy.
Matteo also felt Lily's largesse this month. Lily had a toy motorcycle that Matteo has always coveted and that she'd always denied him. The morning of his birthday, without being asked, she went and got it and presented it to him, saying he could keep it. Again, without prompting. And silly me thinking it wasn't possible to love her more.
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| Matteo actually clean |
While Lily was showing her thoughtfulness, Matteo was busy turning 3. As his vocabulary continues to explode, so does his helpfulness. His new favorite question is "Can I help YOU?" and his favorite declaration is "I HELP you!" (caps representative of the up-and-down cadence of his voice). This kid actually *wants* to go to the grocery store, pet store, etc with me and really does try and help. The only thing that rivals his sweetness is perhaps his dirtiness. Man does this boy love dirt. Now that warm weather and long daylight hours are here, he's basically turned into PigPen. Every day at pick up, we brace ourselves what will surely be an impressive amount of filth. The boy never disappoints. He loathes baths, so one day I changed him out of all clothes (pull-up included), wiped him down from head-to-toe, then let him lay down in our bed. When he got up a short while later, there was a small pile of sand left behind. Where did it come from?! I try not to dwell on that question too much - there is no good explanation.
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| Matteo's first pedi - 100% his idea |
The month wrapped up with Matteo's birthday week. I say week because it started with a visit from Grandma one weekend, followed by is actual bday, followed by his Tumble Bus bday party the next weekend. I think he may have gotten a little too accustomed to special treatment as the week after his big day, when Chris went to pick him up from school, he announced he would like "TOY STORE!" for dinner. Nice try, buddy, nice try.
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Rock climbing at REI...in a dress with
Moosie hanging from the belt |
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