Lily Logic

Some of the statements out of Lily's mouth are completely logical but the fact that she was the one who came up with it make them terribly funny. Here's a few of my favorite:

Me (reading the Fresh Thyme weekly grocery ad): Ooo organic avocados from Mexico

Lily: Our avocados don't come from Mexico. They come from Forest Hills Foods.

Lily: I've been to Florida a tons of times.
Me: Where else have you been?
Lily: A tons of times?
Me: Yes.
Lily: Hawaii and the grocery store.

Uno rules: winner gets a banana

Lily: Mommy. Daddy doesn't cut my waffles that way.
Me: Well. Daddy is...
Lily: Way smarter than you.

Lily's game rules: throw over the circles you win a trophy, hit the dog you lose the trophy

Lily (Literally perched in front of the screen door): Mom. The concrete guys are taking forever.

Me: Be quiet they can hear you.

Lily: They should know they are taking forever.

Concrete guy: Do you want to drive the cement truck when you grow up or pour concrete?

Lily: Maybe.

Concrete guy: Don't do either. Stay in school.

Lily was right on one thing. The concrete guys did take forever. It wasn't 100% their fault and you know how patient I can be about these types of things. Since we moved in I wanted to have the brick walkways redone. Along the side of the house to the back deck the sand beneath kept washing out and no matter how many times Mike attempted to fix them it would just keep sinking. In addition, our front porch was severely cracked and after getting three quotes we were told that someone already attempted to fix it and it would all need to be replaced. So my quick and easy project of new walkways became a long drawn out project of ripping off the entire front porch. Oh yeah, and I wanted a 30 x 15 foot patio out back. All at the same time. Before my BFF's bridal shower.

The contractor we chose was a super nice guy - promised to have it all done in four days. He sent a couple of yahoos to rip everything out. By hand. For only a couple of hours at a time. I mean - I totally could have pulled out all those bricks in one day. Regardless of my whining and calling the contractor every day to check-in, they did indeed discover the magic of our home. As in nothing here is ever as easy as it seems. It was quite the process leveling it out, finding gutter downspouts where they shouldn't be, blowing a hole in our garage, exposing a zillion tree roots, and turning up a lot more wire bars than they anticipated. On top of that it rained nearly everyday after they started so when they got a break in the weather yesterday, they decided to finish the project in one day. I was skeptical but they worked their butts off from 8:00am to 7:30pm, calling three different cement trucks, and getting it done. He even let Lily put her hands in!

So only a week and a half later - although it truly felt longer with the mud holes the dog and Lily couldn't keep themselves from - we finally have our new sidewalks and amazing new patio.