Coming into her own

Well, it seems Lillian is growing up. Here are a few of her antics from the last few days. We were at some friends house last week. All the adults were inside, so I (kyle) was outside monitoring the kids. When I got too close Lillian said: "Daddy, go inside now. I'm talking to the girls." I knew this would come, but I was thinking it would be during junior high.

A similar story: We were sitting on the couch together, and I had just turned on some of her PBS programming. Sensing that I might be staying for the show, she said: "Daddy is working now. Time to work." I got the hint and went to my study.

Recently, Katie told Lillian that she was going to wear a white dress in Aunt Rachel's wedding. Lillian's response: "I don't think so . . . [smirk] purple dress." And she nailed the 'I don't think so.'

And just tonight: Katie was at a church function, so Lillian and I were messing around/getting ready for bed. I told her to take a book to her room. Out of the blue, she said: "Kate's not here. Kate's not here." At first, I couldn't figure out what she was saying. Finally, I caught on and asked her about her choice of words, and she just chuckled.

Since I don't have any current photos to post, I've pulled these from the archive. Her facial expressions in them seemed to fit with the themes of this post.