Lillian continues to wow us every day with her awesomeness, cuteness, intelligence, and quirkiness. She brings us shoes and socks when she wants to go outside (especially Gramma). She mocks our coughing or sneezing or throat-clearing noises while covering her mouth, whether we've made the noise right in front of her or from behind closed doors. She makes a similiar noise for snoring, thanks to Grampa's living room naps, and uses that sound any time any one is sleeping or lying down. Occasionally she'll laugh so hard she snorts, which cracks me up. A few times I've caught her swaying back and forth for no apparent reason - I think she's working on her Bouwman Rock. She likes to play in the cupboard where we keep the potatoes, and once she decided it would be great fun to bring every one of them to Grampa in the living room - one at a time, wiping her hands clean after every trip. A few months ago, we introduced her to blowing bubbles with a wand, and shortly after that she surprised us all with this imaginative display:
Lillian loves spending time outside, and she's done plenty of it this summer. She'll play for ages in the front yard, gathering fir cones and finding sticks to stir in Johnny's water dish. And she has even warmed up to Johnny lately - not only does she not shy away from him as much as she used to, but sometimes she even approaches him on her own to pet or even kiss him.
And sometimes she gets just a tad bit dirty:
When Lillian's playing indoors, one of her recent favourite toys is this tunnel thing that Lori gave us that she just loves to play in with a buddy. I think she gets a kick out of one of us rolling and crawling around on the floor with her for a change - she pats the ground with her hand when she wants me to come on down for "tunnel time." I love this picture Sally snapped - a lovely shot of me, and Lillian is such a whirl of excited motion she can't even be captured by the camera!
Lillian has become a master horsewoman, a trick rider even. She used to like to ride on the horse that Grampa made for her only if one of us was with her and rocking it for her. Then during the Landys' visit here, Emily showed her that she could do it all by herself - and man does she ever! Just a couple of days ago she even learned how to climb on board on her own, too. One more video for you today...
Stay tuned for next time... I think I'll post all about our travels around Oregon. Look forward to adventures with Aunts, Uncles, cousins, natural wonders, and a quilt-covered PT Cruiser!!?!?!?!?!?
TTFN
Okay okay... just one more...
