Graphically Speaking

Another website that I have a slight addiction to, graphjam, really has some great visually displayed insight into the world. Even parenting (see the last two graphs). Click on the graph to zoom.

Lily Roof

Lily has known her name for some time, that is not new. What is new is finally getting the full pronounciation on video. She often calls me (spelled phonetically), "Mommy Roof Stohman". She even occassionally calls herself, "Lily Moof Stohman". Moof? Really? You know what, who cares? It's so precious I may never correct her. (Reason #9 why we will never home school Lily.)

Want to see my Top 10 List Why I Shall Never Teach Home School?
Click HERE.

Funneh Critterz

I have a weakness for this website (www.icanhascheezburger.com). I have "Futility" displayed on my cube wall. It applies ALL too well!

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Phone Pics - June & July 2009

Cleaning out some pics from the ole phone....

Hanging with Nena at World Market...



Ready for some stylish cruisin'...




A sign of the times...my 2 year old is Pretend Texting.



Hanging out at the Harbor...






Our A/C was out for 24 hours over the weekend recently.
For me- it was almost like we were back in the stone-age.
"Lily, play with ball. Too hot for TV."
Of course, Lily had a blast!

Paranoya...and its Source

Do you ever feel like you're...being watched? Though I'm not prone to abnormal bouts with paranoya- I get that feeling ever-so often in Lily's room.

Click here for, what I believe, might be the reason for my paranoya.

Its the same stare....over and over and over! AHH!!!

Lily Doins 08-02-09

The latest in Lily doins and vocabulary (VocabuLily?)...

Newest words we can identify:
* Woah
* Stuck
* Itch
* Color
* Look Mommy: said A LOT
* Whats That?: also, said A LOT
* Tickle Tickle: the high pitch and speed used to pronounce this really drive home the cuteness
* Lily Did It!
* Back: with “stop” hand signal meaning she will be back
* Booger (we blame school)


Words not quite right but too cute to correct:
* Dat Sound?: what is that sound?
* Paainnnnting: Painting, every syllable pronounced
* Cewking: cooking
* bUg: lower jaw juts out with the “ug” part
* Yemmin? : What ya doing?, an indicator that she is about to demand whatever it is we have
* Purr-pillll: Purple
* ‘Mout: Time Out – occasionally, she puts her dolls in ‘Mout which makes me wonder if she or someone were put in Time Out at school that day
* Horfles: Waffles, because Waffles is way to easy to say (like her “guraarkk9kkk” for “dark” a few months ago)
* Daddy Me: for some reason, this is an alternate to “Mommy”. I think she means to say Mommy, realizes she is saying Daddy and tries to correct it halfway.
* Dommy: a better version of Daddy Me as it is the ambigious term for BOTH Mommy and Daddy.
* Piggies: besides the animal, also pigtail styled hair
* E-yay-go: Go Diego Go on Noggin
* Bueez shoez: Blues Clues
* Bahyahyahs: Backyardigans (we watch tv from time to time)
* Tewt: Toot
* Goo Jah: Good Job! (accompanied with dual thumbs up usually)
* Dis, Dat: This and That
* Cake: Milk Shake
* 'd'chya?: Hold ya?
* Munch Box: Lunch Box

Habits and/or Personality Traits:
* Bossy bop: Lily loves to boss around her dollies (and Max). While playing with them, she’ll cycle from loving, to disciplined, then talk sweetly followed soon by a session of ‘Mout.

* A animated retelling of something important: Lily will run up to me, babble something 80% understandable, bobble her head, eyes looking here and there, waving her arms all to tell me something very important.

* The magic word: One night, Lily was demanding something. As we are continually working on those toddler manners (an oxymoron to an extent), we prompted her with "okay, but what is the magic word?". Our goal, of course, being "Please!" She responds with, "Word". "No no, THE magic word....". She pauses from thought and answers confidently- "Word". She has a point. In that sentence, "word" IS the magical word.

* Replaying a most recent Boo Boo in greater detail, several times, accompanied by “Dat, Dis, Dat” as she all-too-accurately shows how she hit her head or fell on her face. Her Boo-Boo Reenactments bare striking resemblance to the real thing.

* Bedtime Stories: We read one book at bedtime - most often, the Tickle Me Elmo book. When done, she grabs it, insists on going to bed then reads the book back to her baby doll (as we confirmed via video monitor). It is so precious to hear what she remembers from the story and how she retells it to Baby.

* BoBo identification: with baby dolls, Lily… also Mommy and Daddy (she’ll point and yell BOBO! then giggle). If you know anything about my sense of humor, you know I am indeed very proud.

A John John July

Lily and her sweet classmate/friend/betrothed-husband-to-be, John John, have seen each other a lot this month (in addition to school, which they attend together). John John's birthday, a play-date at Lily's casa, a stop at the aquarium and various nights out at church have yielded a bunch of pictures I have to show.

Check out the pics and video below. There are several more videos on Youtube (click on the video to seem more). Oh yes..there are more!! Not only does Lily have a blast with John John but his parents are our good friends and are fun to hang out with. Arranged marriages? They don't sound so awful from this perspective. haha!

My favorite of the John John and Lily Videos, titled: Ow! and Aw!