5/31

Lorelai and Mama went to Lucas's baseball game this morning. Jacob was very excited to play with her on the swings while Uncle Ron helped to coach. Aunt Mo and Chris came to play for a while too! Lorelai entertained the crowd by making up new songs with her cousins about having fun and swinging together.

5/30

Happy birthday, Lucas! Lorelai had an awesome time with her cousins today at Lucas's party. There was splashing and candy, cake and giggles. At one point, all of the cousins disappeared and were found next to a pile of wrappers inside the playset clubhouse and they thought their parents wouldn't notice!

5/29

"Ta da! Look at my tall tall tower!"

5/25

Aunt Cait gave Lorelai a stuffed horse at Christmas. Recently, Lorelai has taken to grooming his mane and tail with her hairbrush, making him very beautiful and not so messy-mess. She also has taken over (for the most part) her own hair brushing. Mama and Daddy still like to give it a finishing polish but Lorelai enjoys being in control of things that she is capable of doing.

5/24

Lorelai had a wonderful day playing with her cousin Chris at the park and his house. After dinner, Chris took out his bike and Lorelai raced him on foot exclaiming that she is "fast like a cheeto!" Before going home, Aunt Mo gave Lorelai marshmallows and chocolate. She knows the way to her heart.

5/23

Lorelai is sporting another unique fashion choice today for our dinner at a restaurant with Grand Boop, Pop-pop, and Gigi. She is a little girl that knows what she likes.
Today we watched Cinderella for the first time. Lorelai was especially upset to see "those girls ripped Cinderella's dress" and the mice turn into horses. In the end, she was a fan of the Disney classic film. 

5/22

We went shopping for a birthday present for Lucas today. While out we ran into Peter Pan (Nana's friend, Eddie). Lorelai spun, twirled, and danced around while Eddie and Mama talked a little.

"Peter Pan liked my moves and gave me a Jesse hat!"

5/21

We had a 10am appointment today to visit Lorelai's new pre-school, Saint Matthew's Christian Nursery School. Lorelai was so excited to be there and to see all of the kids. She is going to have a great time starting in September!

5/20

Happy birthday, Mama. We went out to dinner together as a family to celebrate. Lorelai takes after her mother in being a big fan of breadsticks.

5/19

When Mama got home from work today, Lorelai rushed to show her "Lea-lard-o's" injured hand. Some time while she was playing today and swinging him around, Leonardo's hand ripped on a seam. Mama knew just what to do and sewed up his hand to be stronger than ever. While we were at it, we closed up a back seam on Lambie. Lorelai was very grateful.

5/18

Lorelai is allowed to make necklaces in the back room only when Lex is napping. Our beads are very small and could hurt Lexington if he puts them in his little baby mouth.
Lorelai continues to make necklaces almost every day. She likes to use long strands and bead for hours. Her current necklace has been earmarked for her Pop-pop. He is going to love it.

5/17

Lorelai has her Pop-pop wrapped around her finger. It never fails that when she is visiting, Lorelai will sweet talk him into giving her at least two sweet treats before we leave for home. And it would seem that Pop-pop is more than happy to be victim to her charm.

5/16

Today we mailed Lauren her Mother's day necklace. Lorelai wrote her a very nice card with lots of colors. She was pointing out her name on the card for Mama as well.
When asked about the necklace gift, Lorelai jumped around the room saying: "They are gonna love them. And put them on their computer. They're for Mother's Day celebration. Bead necklace!"  Lorelai is very proud of her creations.

5/15

No! I don't want to take a picture!

5/14

Lorelai has declared her new sun hat to be magic. She has been wearing it all around the house and driving daddy a little bonkers because she doesn't have a ton of spacial awareness. The hat has almost been crushed many times today.

5/13

She is growing up into a young woman so quickly. Lorelai is a remarkable little girl with a lot of personality and confidence.

5/12

Lorelai is building a wall to help keep Lex inside the back room. Lex has been on the move and Lorelai wants to help Daddy and keep her brother safe at the same time.

5/11

Lorelai woke up from a nightmare last night. She was worried about spiders and bugs. She asked for the stars light to be on so she can see at night. Daddy thinks it's because she saw a bee in her playroom yesterday.

5/10

"It's Mother's Day! All the moms are so excited!" - is what Mama heard this morning as Lorelai was waking her up.

Adorably, Lorelai expanded her Mother's Day necklace project from just for Nana and Gigi to include all of her cousin's mommies too. She declared that all of the mommys needed a necklace and got to work making them. Aunt Cait's was first then came Aunt Mo and Aunt Col. She keeps talking about making one for Aunt Lauren (she is a puppy mommy) and Pop-pop (not sure on the logic of that one other than she loves Pop-pop). Mama is hopeful that she will also be a lucky recipient of a necklace in the near future.

5/9

It was a super busy day today! Lorelai and Mama went to a project, went to Ikea with Nana, and made necklaces. Then we gathered up the family and went to dinner with Grand Boop.

5/8

Lorelai can recognize about half of the letters in the alphabet. Daddy and she have been working on them in her ABCs book. She is already great at singing them too!

5/7

Lorelai has a hilarious way of making Lexington laugh. She goes up to him and laughs as loud as she can in his face which usually makes him laugh as well. Goofballs.

5/6

Guess what arrived in the mail today. It's the paperwork for Saint Matt's preschool!  We told Lorelai that she got mail from her new school and now she keeps thinking she's going to school tomorrow with her cousin Nicky. 

5/5

This fashionista never sips a beat. She went to Lex's weigh in looking like a rock star as always.

5/4

May the Fourth be with you.

5/3

Lorelai was overjoyed to go to Nana's house today to play and for dinner. She and Chris played while the grandparents went out to see Nana's sister Karen for her birthday. Cousin Chris is so silly.

5/2

We went to Home Depot ( the Orange Project Store) and made a window frame today. Lorelai learned how to use a screw driver and did a really great job at it! She painted her masterpiece a combination of black, orange, pink, yellow, and tan. Later on, we went to Gigi's house to watch a horse race (and play with Uncle Spike).

5/1

We started using a leave-in conditioner with Lorelai (and Mama. We share big girl conditioner). With only two washes so far, you can really see the difference. The back of her hair is tangle-free, soft, and it curls a little. Now after a shower, we chat about big girl blue shampoo and how nice our hair smells. Same-same.