I'll push myself up through the dirt and shake my petals free
I'm resigned to being born and so resigned to bravery.
~Dar Williams

Monday, April 21, 2014

The Lily Chronicles: Spider Baby

Lily is, as Jill will attest, “pure Dickey.”  She loves to climb on things, and I just dare you to tell her not to do it.

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“Hey Mom, I’m just up here eating all the things.”

eat 3

“Hey Mom, I’m just up here eating all the things again.  No seriously… I took a bite out of every single item of fruit in this basket.  Orange peel tastes like diesel fuel, in case you were wondering.”

table 2

“Hey Mom, I’m just up here eating all. the. things.  Kale is not quite as good as escarole, but it’s slightly less bitter than bleach.”

table 3

“Hey Amelia, I know you spent hours building this cool gingerbread house, and you probably don’t want me to obliterate it, but it’s my job to eat all the things.”

table 4

“Hey Mom, this light is burned out.  If you let me stay up here for a couple more minutes, I’ll try to fix it.  I’ll probably burn the house down, too, because that’s how I roll.”

table 5

Lily:  Knock knock
Me: Who’s there?
Lily:  Sorry, I lost my train of thought because I saw this glass of milk and knew I had to stick my fist right into it forthwith."

table 10

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So we took Jill’s advice and put the chairs on their sides on the floor.

“Hey Mom, I’m smiling like a jerk because within about five minutes, I’m going to figure out how to push these over to the table and climb up.  Nice try, though, Mom.  It was a cute idea, LOL.”

table solution

“Hey Mom, thanks for putting all the things on the table.  Imma go eat them now.”

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1 comment:

Michelle said...

I love these posts. Keep them coming.