Ochies

Lily has reached the age of the skinned knee. In the last week she has drawn blood four times! Granted, three of those were on the same scraped knee  (the fourth was from falling in the tub on the drain and scratching her bottom). The first time she fell on the knee was at the park and she didn't cry or anything. She just got mad at me for having to clean her off when she wanted to play. The second and third time she was sad and kept saying "all done knee" which I think was because she wanted to be all done with it hurting.

I'm actually sort of surprised at how tough Lily is. She very rarely cries and we have learned to not react too strongly when she falls. She usually gets right up and says "I'm ok." It's kind of funny. Still, it is a tough line between letting her explore and play and keeping her safe.  I think Josh and I somewhat disagree about how much we should let her climb and risk. I am a worrier and don't want to see her hurt. Josh takes more of a "scraped knees are part of childhood" approach. What do you think?

When she got hurt at the park, I realized how unprepared I was. I had to make a trip to the store for peroxide, bandages, and neosporin. Now I keep a bottle of water in the car and bandaids and neosporin spray in my diaper bag. What other advice do you parents have for a first aid kit for toddlers?

Father's Day

In honor of Father's Day, I wanted to share this picture of our awesome dad! Let's be honest...if one of us was going to stay home with the kids full time, I think it might be him. He is so good with both of them, and they sure love their daddy. I think everyone's favorite time of day is when daddy gets home. Lily goes running to the door saying "daddy, daddy, daddy's home" and Jack gives him big smiles. Mommy is glad too! We are very blessed with a great daddy!

In honor of Father's Day, Lily climbed up in Josh's lap and said "I love you, daddy!", which is her newest adorableness. Jack is also doing some Father's day tricks. He laughed at Josh for the first time today and rolled over! They each had their own special way of saying "Happy Father's Day!"

My Little Artist

One of Lily's favorite things to do is "color". She will draw with any drawing instrument on any kind of paper. I really think we may have a budding artist on our hands. Just recently she has also ventured into the world of sculpture with play dough. I consider us very lucky that she rarely tries to eat either the crayons or the play dough. My only concern is that she may be color blind. At this point, everything is "green". Although, to be fair, I do love green and it is typically the right answer to the question, "What color is...?"