Liliana likes to help

Or at least that's the tittle of this post! I was cooking dinner one day in the kitchen and Liliana really wanted to help. So I let her make chocolate pudding, all by herself. She did a great job, but then mom wasn't quick enough so she started smearing it on the table lol! Just a little embarrassing moment!

Birthday Party time

Last Saturday the 20th of June we were able to make it to a few birthday parties. The first was for Jennifer's son Aiden. Liliana wanted to get in the pool but no deeper then the first step lol! Then we had cake and ice cream and headed to Melanie's house for a little get together! We also had cake and ice cream there. What a GREAT Day

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At Melanie's

Festa Time

On Sunday June 14th we went to the Portuguese Festa here in town. Liliana had a great time running around with Sophie, but didn't really like the sopas. Who can blame her they weren't all that great anyway! Here are a few pictures!

Just Had to share

On June 6th we went to a co-workers graduation party. His girlfriend took this beautiful picture of Lili and I love it!

Videos

So its been a while since I have posted any videos of Liliana, so I thought it would be fun to share these. Liliana is doing great at Luso practice but she doesn't want to be with the little kids, she wants to dance with the big girls, she is such a joy!

Dancing


Showing off


If you're happy and you know it

A trip to the Park

On Saturday after a graduation party we were able to visit the park. Liliana had such a great time, here are a few pictures.




Then it was off to grandmas and she got to play with the water house and the puppy lol!

25 months old

Favorite activities:
-Reading. She loves to read books and be read to!
-Playing Ball
-playing with dolls
-stacking blocks
-playing outside
-watching the puppy
-dancing
-playing with mommy
-playing the fisher price toddler games on the computer
-Coloring
-playing with other kids
-going to the park

*Favorite Shows:
- Sesame Street-especially Elmo
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Imagination Movers
- Blues Clues


* Things she says:
-thank you
-mommy
-daddy
-madrinha
-ball
-please
-da (give)
-a que (Here)
- puppy
-blankie
-milk(Portuguese)
-tractor
-truck
-sit(Portuguese)
-water(Portuguese)
-girl(Portuguese)
-boy(Portuguese)
-kids(Portuguese)
-grandpa(Portuguese)
-grandma (Portuguese)
-uncle (Portuguese)
-Polga(dogs name)
-Luis(my brothers name)
-bird(Portuguese)
-hi
-bye
-night
-water
-ashes
-pee pee
-ready set go
-oh my God (thanks Padrinho)
-mine
-no
-beep beep
-yummy's
-stop
-shhh
-one
-three
-down
-done
-book
-up
-cold
- oh no
-toy
-tia(aunt)
-apple
-crying
-funny
-running
-juice
-shoes
-Elmo
-Blues Clues
-stop
-blankie
-wow
-baba (sippy cup)
-balloon
-I love you (I U)
- two
-thank you
- candy
-truck
-play
-tree



* Things she does:
- Stacks blocks
- Waves
- Shares toys with Mommy and Daddy
- Gives her dolls kisses and hugs
- Turns on and off the lights
- Gives hugs & kisses
- Plays alone
- Blows kisses
- Feeds herself and gets with fork and spoon
- nods her head
-identifies some body parts
- finger paints
- Colors
- beads
-makes some animal sounds
-answers the question, how old are are you?
-answers the question, whats your name
-dances "If your Happy and You Know it"
-she can put together 2 word sentences, ex "mommy Please!"

* Favorite Songs
- Anything by Greg and Steve
-She likes Portuguese music too

At the Beach

I have this week off from work and Marco and I decided to take a little family trip to the beach! Liliana loved playing in the water, even though it was a little cold! She also loved walking in the sand and eating clam chowder! She had 2 cups throughout the day! Here are a few pictures from our day at the beach:







She also had a great time playing in the sand! She would shovel it and then try to pack it, but she ended up just spilling it!


While in our hotel, daddy and Lily enjoyed dancing to portuguese music from the laptop! Here are a few pictures from their dancing adventures!

Disneyland

So Marco has been working a lot and we decided that we both needed a break, I was content with a day at the beach, but Marco had big plans, he wanted to go to Disneyland. I wasn't going to argue, well maybe a little bit, we ended up having a great time! Liliana had a great time meting the characters, and she named them. Her first ride was pirates of the Caribbean, then it was the haunted house, the pooh bear ride. Then it was off to Toon Town, where we meet goofy, Pluto, mini and mickey. She even gave mickey a hug!
Here are a few pictures: