What Ya Doing, Honey?

Lily's latest question. She comes up to me and asks, What ya doing, Honey? Or, What's wrong, Honey? She sounds exactly like me. It is so fun to watch her mimic me or Jeff.

Yesterday I was trying to get her to tell me her name, her whole name first and last, and my name and her dad's name etc. She didn't seem to be understanding the concept. I kept telling her our names and she would say her name is Lily, and that was it. She then asked me if she could watch Blue's Clues. So, I told her she could watch it as soon as she could tell me her name, my name and her dad's name. She rattled them off, followed by sister's full name, dog's full name, cat's full name and then she proceeded to get me the movie she wanted to watch.

That is the thing with Lily I can never tell if she is being defiant, bored, or just doesn't get it.

We have been playing hide and seek. At first she insisted on always being the counter, while I was always the hider. Finally, I convinced her we should take turns. So we take turns. However, on Lily's turn she always hides right next to where I am counting. As soon as I am done counting she jumps up, "You found me". My turn to count.

See my predicament, is she being slightly defiant (because she doesn't like hiding), is hiding boring, or does she just not get the concept? Yesterday, I told her to hide somewhere else, she did, and continued to hide in that new location, just around the corner, each turn for the rest of the game. She is a nut. I run the other way and pretend I cannot find her. I go to all the hiding locations I can think of. She chases me around, but I try to run fast enough that she cannot be found. And our dog always tells her where I am, is that fair?

This is what I have been up to, nothing very exciting. This and homework & housework. Life is pretty good, even though the snows, they have begun.