Is It Naptime Yet

We often talk to Lilah about not wasting. We need to eat all our food and not use too much toilet paper. (The main examples.) She always asks why we shouldn’t waste things and we tell her it costs money to buy food and toilet paper so we don’t want to waste them. I’ve even threaten talking money from her piggy bank if she was to continue wasting toilet paper. (It seems she find a new way to play and waste it at least once a month.)
Well she asked Jon the other day about why we shouldn’t waste food. He said it wasted money, and her reply was “I want to waste my money at Chuck E’ Cheese. That would be fun.”  Maybe on Lilah day we’ll got to Chuck E’ Cheese and let her buy.:)

This past couple weeks have been crazy. I’ve been researching used cars, where to get them and how much. It’s been nuts. Well yesterday we bit the bullet and went and bought one.
Here’s my new-to-me 2004 Toyota Camry LE.

All the cars I wanted were sold and one had frame damage. This one we liked and our mechanic approved but said it had some rust, due to it being from Salt Lake City. We got it for a descent price and a really good warranty from Toyota. We were looking at going to an LDS guy who goes to the auctions and another one from Overton, but we decided that being able to see the car, test drive it and have our mechanic look at it were important, plus we got a really good warranty, in which had we purchased a similar warranty we probably would have spent the same amount. It was more than we wanted to spend overall. In some ways I think I was being too idealistic. We still bought within Jon’s income so any money I make will go to paying down debts and beefing up the savings that we just took from. I’m so happy to be able to go places! Though I’m going to try to stay close to home as to save money on gas. I love it! Lilah likes that she can see out the front window and it will fit three car seats! Yes an infant and two regular car seats. I love it. Jon says we can have a third, but I remind him that we do have a lot of bills right now so it might be better if we wait. Not that I would delay a child because of money but that is a factor in being able to afford one. We couldn’t have a third until we had a car to fit three and now that we have a car that can fit three we can’t afford it! Isn’t it ironic.

We also bought the car from a UNLV quarterback.(That was an old picture.) Well, we didn’t know who he was, even though Jon works at UNLV and I went there, but Jon researched his name after he told us he played. I hope he wasn’t too insulted. He was very nice, it was the manager that had the very typical cars sales man attitude. Yuck.

Monday, the 14th, Lilah had her first dance recital. I was a little nervous because at the practice she had refused to dance and was overwhelmed at the large auditorium and the strange people. (It was a the local middle school.) But after singing on Sunday she got a little boost of confidence about not being nervous in front of people. She kept saying how she wasn’t nervous to sing. So Monday came and I tried to prepare her mentally. It would be a big gym and there would be lots of people she didn’t know but there would be people she knew, like Daddy, Eden, Grandma and Grandpa, and Aunt Carolyn. She took a great nap and we got ready that evening. She didn’t eat much, but I was fine with that since it was early. We got there and Lilah saw her other dance friends and then the people. She seemed okay. She loved clapping for the first number and I think that got her ready.
Well the first number ended and Sam lead the girls to the floor. One girl was having problems. She didn’t want to sit with the other girls and Sam carried her out onto the floor. She started crying the music started and only one of the four girls started doing the motions. Sam was having trouble so I went up to help the girls while she gave the crying one to her mom. I stayed up there for lack of not knowing if it would look strange if I sat down. The remaining four did the motions and Lilah was so cute. She loved the applause and kept talking about getting one of the balloons after it ended. (The had balloons as decorations.) We didn’t get her one but I think we will for Lilah day.
We took a video, no pictures, but we don’t know how to put it up unless we put it on you-tube. I’m hoping to get the pictures that my sister Carolyn took.
It turned out well and Lilah is excited to do tap next year. Eden had a ball and would dance and jump along with the other girls. Too bad she has to wait another year.