Belated Happy New Year

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Matt went to Orange County with his bros for the New Year so Lily and I slept at my parents' house last Friday and then came home for New Year's Eve.  Lils & I spent all New Year's Day doing errands & playing... it was pretty perfect.  :)
Lils found her hat & mittens from our Chicago trip and decided to wear them all morning.

Yo Gabba Gabba inspired madness.

This is how Lily does the laundry.  Funny story: when she opened some clothes for Christmas, she said "laundry" and quickly tossed them aside.

Wearing my old ballet skirt and dancing up a storm last Monday.

Wearing her Tinkerbell boots yesterday as we were heading to my parents' house to watch the Saints game.

Lily's most recent art project at school.

We took this picture today for one of this coming week's art project at school.


This was Lily's first homework assignment and I had so much fun with it.  We had to fill this pink paper with a collage of photos.  The teachers are going to help the kids laminate them and turn them into placemats for their meals at school.

Clockwise from the top left:  Lily & her Chicago cousins sitting outside Homer's ice cream shop in October; Lily in front of her favorite fountain in Culver City near our apt.; Matt, Lily & I at Christmas; Lily riding her tricycle with Matt outside my parents' house in Sep.; Lily & her friends at a birthday party in Oct.; Lily in her room today; the exterior of our apartment building; Lily with Goofy at Disneyland in Oct.; group shot of everyone (except me) at her 2nd birthday part in August.

This week can't go quickly enough!  We head to Walnut Creek to stay with Matt's parents's for the long MLK weekend so we have something to look forward to.

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