The Ballard Five

My girls are absolutely enamored by the family who lives next door to us. (They truly are the nicest people and the best neighbors ever!) They are specifically fond of Sarah, the soon-to-be teenager. Sarah is the sweetest thing to my girls and the closest thing to a big sister that Sophie will ever have. She brought them over a bouquet of March lilies (daffodils) in a mason jar this weekend and they were so excited to put them on the kitchen table. (So was I!) As I was making room for them on the table, I was talking to Sophie and Lilly.

Me: Aren’t these pretty?!?!

Girls: (excitedly) Yes!!

Me: You know, Lilly…these flowers remind me of you. Some people call them daffodils but they have another name. Do you know what else we call them?

Sophie: LILLY pads!

Me: No, not lily pads but it DOES have her name in it.

Short pause

Sophie: Lilly-dils!

Me: (laughing) Close. We also call them March Lilies. And the make me think of Lilly because her birthday is in March.

Lilly: (beams)

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Evelyn is doing great these days. She is walking running everywhere and getting into everything. She just got her first pair of braces, SMOs and does really good with them. She doesn’t seem to mind them, and they don’t slow her down in the least. She has her next round of appointments coming up in June. She had her first “modeling gig” last month. The Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky wanted some of the little ones to be in some pictures to advertise their upcoming Oaks Eve Gala event. Oh, and she just might take up horseback riding. She’s awfully busy for a 16 month old!