lily took her first steps

sat, at helena's tball picture day...in the gym at schlesser rec center. she can stand for a while but then rocks usually just one or two steps before she gets where she needs to go.

my roommate andy's brother chad's daughter nesta (can you follow that?) was over with chaddy last night. nesta is 4 as well, and those 2 little girls are amazing. they had a tea party with "smelly water." i didn't ask why the water smelled (foolishly assuming that they were up to no mischef). it turned out that in the little teaset, for one round they used half the bottle of dishsoap because they liked the lemony fresh smell that slightly singes the nostrils.