A Hard Day

I want to give another update on Lily. According to Amanda, yesterday was a very hard day. She was up very early, so she wanted a snack in the middle of the morning. Grandpa gave her some peanut butter & jelly toast which was a fine snack, but it spoiled her appetite for lunch. She wouldn't eat her sandwich for lunch, so they saved it for dinner. She wouldn't eat it then either.

Apparently she got sent to her room, but she wouldn't stay in there. Three spankings later Amanda stayed in the hall and held the door shut to keep her in there. Grandpa was very kind and came upstairs to hold the door. Lily did settle down eventually and turned the charm on full-blast for the rest of the evening.

In a sense, we kind of like it when grandparents get to experience some of Lily's temper in action. She seems so sweet when she wants to charm someone, but she really is a classic manipulator. She isn't taking "no" for an answer right now. We need to work on that...

More Memories

Lily is definitely my daughter. She played Memory against Grandma Judy yesterday and beat Grandma pretty soundly. We kind of predicted that as Lily could make money if there were Memory boards set up in parks like there are chess boards. What was funny was that my mom didn't make very neat rows and columns when she set up the cards. Lily didn't like that and asked that they be straightened.

My mom does want for me to write the disclaimer that we were discussing my new ice cream cookbook while she was playing.

A Visit

My mom is coming down for a visit this weekend. We have a bevy of activities planned including:

- Lunch on Friday
- A trip to the beach on Saturday
- A potential trip to Fearrington Village on Sunday
- Going out to Beef O'Brady's to see the Cavs and the Indians play on Sunday evening

It's always good for Lily to get to interact with a grandparent. Unfortunately, there really is no way for us to live closer to any one set of grandparents without alienating the other two. It's good for Lily to spend time with them and I know that they consider it a treat to spend time with Lily (leave a comment if you disagree).

Now if we can just get Lily's 'tude to settle down...