Today's Lily tale:

She's discovered how to open the door. She's also very much obsessed with going outside, which, as you can imagine, is a bad combination. I'm constantly reminding her not to open it without permission (in fact, as I typed this, I had to put her in time-out for yet another case of her ignoring me telling her to close the door). Anyway, this morning she asked if she could go outside, and I said not yet, because I had to breastfeed Owen. I told her we'd go outside when it warmed up a bit and the sun came out.

LILY: Can I go outside by myself?
ME: No, Lily, that's dangerous.
LILY: Why that?
ME: Because I don't want a stranger to come and take you or you to get hit by a car and hurt.
LILY: Why hurt Lily?
(uh-oh, I can see us getting into the weeds, here)
ME: We have to be careful about strangers.
LILY: They eat me?
ME: Um...sure.

Lily said her first solo prayer, and I got Owen to smile at me. It was a milestone-tastic day!

Lily's prayer when something like this:

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for food.
Thank you for mama.
Thank you for dada.
Thank you for baby brother.
Thank you for Owen.
Thank you for everything.
Bless this house.
Bless mama.
Bless dada.
Bless baby brother.
Bless everything.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

This morning Lily really managed to get me laughing. After rushing to get Kevin to the bus stop on time, we were driving over to McDonald's. Lily was upset that Kevin ran off to grab the bus before he had a chance to give him a kiss goodbye. I explained that Dad was in a hurry and he'd give her kisses tonight. This only satisfied her to a very moderate degree, hence, McDonald's. I was in the mood for a large Coke Diete anyway. (Only $1, any size for a limited time only!). Anyway, so I switched over to my man, Bryan Suits, local talk radio man.

LILY: No! I don't like the radio!
ME: What? Why?
LILY: I want music!
ME: Why don't you like the radio?
LILY: Because...because I am not old!
ME: What?!
LILY: Because I am not mama!