Siblings

March 3, 2010, 7:15 am

Noah and Lily have very little in common (besides the obvious like the same parents and the blue eyes and blonde hair). Noah is all about sports and goes from one season to the next. Lily goes along to his games but plays with her girlfriends and doesn't actually watch any of his games. Lily is all about dancing and art, and Noah doesn't always want to attend her dance recitals. Noah likes camouflage and guns, and Lily loves pink and frills. See what I'm working with here?

At home the two often disagree. A few days ago Lily proclaimed, "I just don't know how to be nice to you, Noah!"

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I pick the kids up from school. Lily loves being picked up, and Noah usually has basketball practice. Now that basketball is over, I decided to take the kids to the park yesterday after school. Lily was so excited, and Noah only complained a little.

They ended up having a great time together:




In elementary school, third graders are paired with Kindergarteners as reading buddies. The 3rd grader picks out a book to read to the Kindergartener every other week. Noah's class was paired with Lily's class this year, and Noah picked Lily. Lily is soooo proud to have her brother as her reading buddy. At dinner last week, I told Lily that I heard about her reading buddy and then went on and on with compliments about Noah. Noah smiled really big and said, "Hey, that's me!" Then I told Noah I had heard about his reading buddy and went on and on with compliments about Lily. Lily grinned and said, "That's me!"

Last night at dinner Lily told us that she wishes her reading buddy could come to her class every day. Hey Lily, I think you figured it out. You're being nice to Noah!

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It's Not a Hard Knock Life for Lily

March 2, 2010, 6:33 pm

During one of Lily's dance classes the girls started a dance by cleaning the floors and the walls. As a big Annie fan from way back, I immediately identified their new dance to "It's a Hard Knock Life."

Lily came home singing the song and practicing her dance moves. She often yells out, "Santa Clause...who's that? What's he?" which cracks me up.

When I went to Texas in January, Nathan ordered Annie off of Netflix and he watched it over and over again with Lily. Lily declared during "It's a Hard Knock Life," "This is just like Mama when she was a little girl!" Lily explained that I had 2 sisters so of course my life was like Annie in the orphanage.

When I came home from Texas, I had a great time watching Annie with Lily and I even went into the crawl space to find my old Annie doll from oh so long ago. Lily repeated her comment on how my life was like Annie's. I asked her to explain that and she said, "Because you had a mean person like Miss Hanagan." She was of course referring to my mean sister Janelle (who I of course adore now and was never even close to that mean to me!).

Last week Lily performed her dance to "It's A Hard Knock Life." I was so excited and proud!




Here she is on video (such a fancy-dressed orphan!)

Lily's Hard Knock Life

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