Cat Prowls Fall Fair

Lillian, in full cat regalia, went to her school’s fall fair today with Yia-Yia Nancy and Lauren and had a blast. She didn’t win the costume contest, but when handed the microphone let loose a very convincing “Meow!”

She and Lauren (costumed as a Greek maiden) laughed and screamed their ways through a ride or two, and won some swag at some of the games. Lilz declined to ride the mechanical bull (she is sometimes wise beyond her years) and was too small for the rock climbing wall, but otherwise availed herself of the various amusements on offer.

Once she got to Yia-Yia’s after several hours at the fair, she stretched out on the sofa (still in costume) and went to sleep.

Lilz & Lauren

Josh & Lilz

Cat on the Prowl

“Meow,” says Lillian.

Girl in Sandbox

Lillian’s favorite thing to do: get dirty.

Happy Girl: An Update

Lillian is out and about today with her Yia-Yia Nancy and her uncle Richard’s fiancée, Lauren, and the girls are having a high old time.

We haven’t posted much in the last month or so as the primary poster has been recovering from prostate cancer surgery and its attendant side effects with a singular lack of grace and optimism. Lillian has done her very best to cheer things up and has mostly succeeded except when jumping on ePa’s stomach — and, as she is a solid 30+pounds these days, her jumps can have quite an impact. Lillian’s Yia-Yia took leave from work to help out during the post-surgical weeks and her great uncle Paul flew over from Finland to help out for a couple of weeks as well.

Lauren & Lillian

Lillian attends an Early Childhood Learning program now from 9 until 2 on weekdays, and seems to be enjoying it, although she doesn’t always do what she is supposed to do — she has a burgeoning reputation for stubbornness, which must be some kind of genetic mutation, because all the rest of her family on both sides are extraordinarily easy to get along with (or at least, that’s what they would maintain until their last breaths were you to ask them).

She’s missed several days due to various bugs that get passed around schools, but has gotten over most of them fairly quickly, although she also appears to be sensitive to all of the tree and grass and ragweed pollens that make Houston a paradise for allergy doctors.

She’s talking pretty much non-stop, loves to play outside in sand or mud, thinks her Yia-Yia’s iPad is the coolest thing ever, likes to pretend she’s a cat or a dog, and goes non-stop until sleep overwhelms her.