Lily Says (3 Stories About Our Little Chatty Cathy)

1.

With Thomas now in 1st grade his lessons are becoming longer and more in depth. When we do his schooling at home Lily is always around. She absorbs everything around her and finds a way to repeat it or work it into a conversation.

Right now in science and history/geography/social studies we are learning about sounds and communication. She wants her own worksheets as Thomas does his. I was going over different types of communication with Thomas like talking, sign language, etc. Lily is coloring on her worksheet when she suddenly says, "Momma, I'm talking. I'm communicating!"

So amazing! She had picked up the entire lesson.

2.

*Warning: Toddler Potty Humor*

One of the ways we got Lily to stay on the potty while she was potty training was to read books to her. She would climb up and either Thad or I would sit on the floor and read to her. Her book of choice was usually Big Sister, Little Sister which gives cute little phrases on each page about the relationship between sisters. Its also in rhyme which makes it very easy to remember. We read it so many times that she memorized it. Eventually we began to ask her to "read" it to us while she is on the potty.

One day she was going great with her "reading" when she got to the page where Big Sister is a cheerleader. At just the right moment she started to go in the potty. She was exceedingly proud of herself so she announced it right on the tail end of reading the page. This was the result:

"Big Sister teaches me to yell and cheer, 'I'm pooping, Momma! I'm dropping one in!'"

I completely lost my composure, literally falling over laughing! There was no pause between the reading and her pronouncement. Running them together created quite a laugh for me. I had trouble later even relating the story to Thad. I couldn't stop laughing. Even now I got a chuckle as I typed.

I have no idea where, "I'm dropping one in" came from but, WOW, was it funny!

She is so very, very, very vocal its astounding. Every now and then she comes up with something too funny to keep to ourselves. Even if that something might be potty humor.

3.

Just now as I was typing this post Lily pointed to the travel section of the Sunday newspaper asking, "What's that, Momma?"

"It's a cruise ship."

"Noooo, it's a BOAT!"