Lily Lamb

Lily Lamb came home from school with John McRae over the weekend.  He was over the moon excited about it, too.  Some of the sweetest moments in my life have taken place while picking JMc up from Pre-K in the afternoons.  He immediately tells me about his day (good or bad - the kid has no filter).  Then, he can't wait to get home and tell his Daddy (Many times it can't wait and we have to call him on 10 minute drive home.  Thank goodness for bluetooth so that he can just talk through the speakers).  We also had to call Grandma on the way home to tell her about Lily and to ask if she and Papaw wanted to see her.

Here's a picture of John McRae as soon as he got home and was allowed to get Lily (or Lamby as he called her) out of her bag.  Just prior to this picture, he said, "He can cuddle with me and sleep in my bed."  Over the course of the weekend, JMc accepted that Lily was a she and not a he.

  Isn't that the most precious smile, ever!
(And yes, we still have our Christmas cards hanging in the kitchen.)

Lily and John McRae played in his room with his toy animals and blocks Friday night.  Before the lights went out, I read The Crippled Lamb that came home with Lily. (Picture this: I was laying on the futon, Daniel was laying beside John McRae in his toddler sized race car bed, and Bubble Puppy was laying on the floor between us.) I didn't really know what to expect with a title such as that, but it really is a cute little book with a great message.  I won't spoil it for those who are yet to take home the book with Lily.  Just know, it isn't as depressing as it sounds.  Quite the opposite, actually.  When it was time for bed, Lily slept with John McRae.  You know, for that 2.5 hrs he spends in his bed each night before coming and climbing in the bed between Daniel and I each night. 

On Saturday morning, John McRae watched the DVD that Lily had in her bag in his room.  Lily and John played at Grandma & Papaw's house while Daniel and I went to Hattiesburg to do a little nursery shopping for baby sister, Sadie.  Lily took a nap with John, too.

Saturday night, Lily and I helped John McRae with his homework sheets.  John McRae tried really hard to do a good job and stay in the lines.  He is doing so much better and is getting really good at writing his name (with no assistance at all).  He sometimes writes J O H and then puts the N in front of the J...but it's usually because he runs out of room on the paper. =)

 
During the time we were home on Sunday, John McRae and Lily played in his room.  He took very good care of her to ensure that Bubble Puppy didn't "play" with her, too.  That would have been ugly for more reasons than one.

John McRae stated over the weekend that he did not want to take Lily back to school, but he didn't hesitate this morning.  He was excited that, "Noah will get his turn and then Kinsey will get her turn and everybody will have a time to get their turn."  When I asked him what his favorite part of having Lily come home with him for the weekend was he said, "Playing in the zoo (his room) with my animals and blocks."

XOXO,
Stacy