Jillyish

Delegating

Me: Jilly you need to clean your room, Ginny did not make the mess and you must clean it.
Jilly: Mom, you are not helping me clean!
Me: I am. I am sitting here and delegating.
Jilly: Mom, delegating is NOT helping clean it's telling me what to do!
Me: Exactly. I didn't make the mess so I am not cleaning it up.
Jilly: ARGH!!!!!!
But....the room is now clean and she did it by herself even after many declarations such as, "This is SO SO HARD!"

Opposable

Jilly:  Well you know, Pikachu doesn't have opposable thumbs!

(As a reasoning for why it is hard to dance with Pikachu).

Quotable

Jess: Jillian why are you wearing a swimsuit?

Jillian: Oh I am just wearing it for random.

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Caleb slams door in Jillian's face.

Jillian: That was hurtful!  That was VERY hurtful!

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Watching the movie Dolphin Tale...

Jillian: This movie is just like Soul Surfer..only with dolphins instead of surfing.

Quotes from Jilly's World- Age 3

Jillian is disturbed. She is coloring and just said,
"I'm making a bloody pony."
I said "What?"
Now she is going on and on...
"She's a fighter pony. She's a volcano sister. You wouldn't understand."

Now she just said, Whoops! My bad!

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Jillian ran up to me in a flouncy dress.
Jillian: Mommy, can you button my dress. I'm wearing my party dress!

The kid is ready for New Years!

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"Ouch Jillian! I'm playing words with friends and she saunters in and says, 'So, who's beating you now?""

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Me: Jilly, why are you out front?

Jillian: Mom, I'm just getting housesick?

Me: Do you mean cabin fever?

Jillian" Yes Cabin fever, I have Cabin fever!

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"A commercial for Happy Feet 2 just came on and Jillian asked:

Is this Alvin and the Penguins?"

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"Jilly: (whispering in my ear) Mom! If you let me play wii I'll give you a dollar...or a penny..."

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"Jillian: Look those trees are red!
Me: That's because it's fall.
Jillian: Well actually it's autumn."

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"Gabby: You can't come with me, you don't have money."
Jillian: "I have money! In my piggybank. Aren't pennies money??"
(Shows me 2 pennies in her hand)
"See, I have money!""

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"Jillian: "Mom! Maddy is not listening to me! She has her I-buds in!" 
LOL...I-Buds!"

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"Jillian decided to ad lib today in her scene. Amazingly she ad-libbed in context and stayed in character. Afterwards Casey Altenburg-Beckett said to her, "I heard you were a scene stealer," to which Jillian replied, "I did NOT steal the scene that was MY scene!" Yikes...and she is only 3."

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"Jess and Mike are at the table. Jillian walks in.
Jillian: I need the salt.
Mike: Why?
Jillian: What? I'm gonna kill a snail ok?
Off she goes with the salt shaker."

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"Overheard in the kitchen.
Gabby: Come on! My patience is wearing thin with all of you!
Jillian: Oh no, you did not just say that!"

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"Jilly just sashayed in and said, "Mom, look at my sassy walk! I like my sassy walk.""

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A Day in the Life Jilly Style

Jilly is a busy girl.  Any given day she can be found playing with her Littlest Pet Shops or creating an art masterpiece.  Sometimes though she is just plan goofy.  Today she helped me clean her room and I caught her peeking out from under her bed.

 

Later she had some fun being an angry bird.

And finally cozied up in some new footies.

Antidote

    Jilly bought two little white decorative doves at the Dollar Tree.  She named one Antidote and the other Rose.  Right now she is making them nibble each other while she says in a falsetto, 'Nibble Nibble.  Nibble Nibble.  They love to nibble each other!" My kid is weird.

Shoplifter!!!!

SHOPLIFTER!

 

I wanted to embed the video above but it was disabled.  That scene from one of my favorite movies Empire Records was the first thing that popped into my head the other day at the mall.  We had gone to the mall so the eldest girls could go and shop with their friend Sidney.  Sidney's mom Jane, the younger kids and I all shopped around and looked at toy stores and Target to kill time before meeting up for lunch.

Jillian had $15 that had been sitting around for months and so she was going to get a little something at Claire's.  She had been talking about getting a necklace but true to form she chose a stuffed puppy in a purse instead. We left Claire's and were looking around a toy and game store. She kept casually asking me to buy her things to which I replied, "NO. You spent your money and now you just can put things on your Christmas list." She hoofed around the store and hefted her bag with her.  AJ and Ginny were doing some puzzle games that had been set out and so I was watching.

" This bag is so HEAVY!" I kept hearing Jilly say and I glanced over my shoulder noticing that she was getting tired of carrying it. I wandered over and took it from her saying that I would carry it.

As I held the bag I thought to myself that it looked rather bulky for a bag containing merely a puppy in a purse and I opened the bag.  Inside I found several stuffed animals, erasers, games, a bouncy ball... 

SHOPLIFTER!!!!

As I looked into the bag Jillian came up and tossed another item in.  

So it was now that I had my first shoplifting talk with one fo my kids. Maddy once stole a bottle of sprinkles from Michael's but she was a baby and way too young to know what she was doing. In all honesty I think Jillian was using the bag as a shopping cart because she wanted to buy the things but I had the talk with her anyway and she hung her head and cried. We don't go to the mall much and I think the excitement of all the toys just overwhelemed her. I will say that I did NOT pull the "Santa is watching so BE GOOD," nonsense.  I hate that!

So Jillian, this one is for you. Next time you shop, bring some money.

 

She's Full of it

Spunkiness that is.

That's our girl

Jillian was feeling full of vinegar...or sugar...or spice...or something nice.  I snapped these pictures of her while she was full of herself.

This is the face Jilly makes when she thinks we are all full of cuckooness.  In other words she is thinking, "Dude, really?"

This is her "Don't wipe my face, I love having peanut butter facials." face.

The "Mama, you hurt my feelings!" pout.

This is her "I'm not gonna smile" face.

"See my throat mom!"

Smooshing those beautiful lips.

Yep, that's our baby!

Just Dance!