Easter weekend was BUSY. Lucy was cute and kept saying Christmas is over, so its Easter.This is a blessed little girl. On our way to Twin, we stopped at my old salon, and Grammy Randi had a surprise for her- Lulu the lamb. Lenny's scenty friend. Lucy was pretty funny laughing nervously. We got in the car and she wanted to know when we would be home so Lulu and Lamby could play.
I had to get dental work down in Twin. So we started the weekend early with her cousin Lily. They got to play all evening and color eggs. The next day we went to see the Easter Bunny at the mall. She was really excited and kept asking me what color his eyes were, I kept telling her it would be a surprise when we got there. When we got there she was super happy and said "look! His eyes are blue!". I asked her if she wanted to sit on his lap and she said yes, but the closer we got in the line the bigger her eyes were. It was finally her turn and she got up on his lap, and didn't know what to do with her hands, it was so funny. She would fold them and then put them down on her lap and the touch her dress. Until I asked if she could hold an egg. She got super quiet and took an awkward photo. We left, got in the car and she says to me, "that was so much fun!" She's a funny kid.
That night her Auntie Missy, and cousins Ashley, Emma and Josh came up to our house to hang out and play for the weekend. We went to Kline Park like we did last year, there were big bouncy houses and a huge egg hunt. They even had a little musical play and Easter bunnies sky dived in. She didn't really get the snatch and grab thing, She would pick up and egg and inspect it before picking up another one, I just stood over a few eggs and let her pick them up. After that there was a party with the Peeps across the way at The Village, where she got a free balloon, peep on a stick and colored a puppet. We came home and Lucy had a blast playing with her cousins.
The next morning the Easter Bunny came, and we had a small egg hunt around my back yard. She still didn't run out and grab them. The bunny had hid the the night before and it rained. So they were wet and had some grass clippings on them. She was rather upset and wanted them dried off before picking them up, but with some encouragement and promises that they would be dried off later started picking them up.
We had a nice little Easter lunch and Missy and the crew had to head home.
We then went to a friends house and had dinner and another egg hunt. They had a granddaughter that is about the same age, and they were instant buddies. Chasing each other and screaming together. They also had a little egg hunt for the girls. I think Lucy picked up on the snooze you lose. Her little friend took off and grabbed a few right in front of her. And then she realized she had to find them and grab them before anyone else. After wards they opened their eggs and found money, candy and stickers. She was super cute and shared her stickers with everyone.
It was a fun Easter. I think next year we will try and focus a little more on the spiritual part of it all. It was a good year. Lucy asked me today why Easter had to be over and what was is now? She catches on pretty quick.
It has been another month already! Lucy is doing so well.. Her teachers love her, and tell me that every day she is there is a good day.
She loves dance class and love to dance in general. We have dance parties in the kitchen when I'm cooking dinner and she loves it.
She likes to try and block Frank in the kitchen. She will move chairs and toys to make a barricade to keep Frank in, I don't think Frank really notices since he just walks under the chairs and goes to his bed, leaving Lucy confused and trying to figure out how he got out.
Lucy has started having longer conversations. And tells stories. She doesn't quite get the concept of time yet. She tells me about things we did all the time and refers to it as "yesterday"
She is a little OCD. If her clothes get wet. She cries and wants to change or wipe it off and complains/talks about how it will dry or it needs to dry or how I need to wash it because its wet.
Her on going love for My little Ponies is fun. They have started to have longer conversations and she likes to "drive" them to play at the park. Though she has a couple sets of ponies, miniature, medium, large and a few stuffed. I've noticed that if she isn't playing with the miniature ones she is playing with just the Pinkie pie ponies, or Shutterfly or Rarity ect.
Lucy has had some spring allergies. Poor kid, she'll wake up and come get me to tell me she has boogers in her nose.
She still loves to read and look at books. She has a handful of books almost memorized. I love hearing her read to her toys. One of her favorites is Go Dog Go. So when I drive she will say "we turned left" or "is the light green? Go dog go!" And whenever I stop she'll add in "the light is red now, stop dog, stop". She will also comment on when I speed up saying "oh, we're going fast now" or ask why we're going faster. I have a back seat driver at the age of 3...how did that happen?
She is also starting to get more opinionated. And notices everything- When people say they are little sponges at this age it is no exaggeration.
Lucy had her first school pictures taken this month! I'm excited to see them. I asked her how it went and she told me that the man would make funny faces and say funny things so she would laugh and the he would take her picture. I'm happy it was a fun experience.
She got a strider bike this month, they are made to help kids find their balance and pick up pedal biking faster. She was pretty funny on it. Telling me this is horrible. She also jumped and threw the bike down and said look "I'm Papa!" It was not a big hit.
Lucy quotes of the Month
"are you my mom?"
Every time Mittens runs outside Lucy gets sad and I say "don't worry he will come back" and then when she shows back up I say "see, he came back!" So the other night Mittens reappears and Lucy says "Mom! It's Mittens!" and I said "I know! What do I always tell you?" and she in a very stern voice and points her finger at me and says "You be nice to him, or he run away from you" I had to stifle a laugh, but managed to say "yup you have to be nice to him, but he came back"
"The sun is awake!"
"but my eyes aren't tired"
"Hey I have an idea! Lets go pet kitties at Kimberly's house!"
Me- " You ready to go to the grocery store?
Lucy-" Yay! And then we can buy a Pinkie Pie coat"
Me-" I don't think they have those at the grocery store"
Lucy- "ahh... Why not?"
Her current favorite movie is Enchanted. The other day I told her it was clean up time and she stood up and sang " ahh ahh ahh" (like Giselle does in the movie to call animals to help her clean) and the She laughed and said "oh mamo, I'm so funny! right!"
Daylight savings time has thrown our schedule BIG time! Lucy goes to bed around 8:30-9 and plays or looks at books till 11, when I go in and tell her to close her eyes. Her normal reply is "but mama, my eyes aren't tired" needless to say she gets up later and later in the morning. Since we didn't have to be anywhere this morning it was nice. We slept in till 930, crazy! Got up, ate some breakfast, ran around town, and went to a movie. We were going to go to the park but she crashed out on the 5 min drive to the park so we came home instead, and she slept for an hour. When she woke up she threw a fit because she couldn't get her dress off to change into a princess dress. She proceeded to scream in her room for at least 20 mins. She's had a little attitude, and has started arguing with me over everything. Being that special week of the month for me I kept thinking what is it gonna be like in a few years! urg! But over all it was a fun day. Tonight we brushed ponies hair and put them in curlers, read a few books and went to bed.
As I sit here and reflect upon my day I know it was a difficult day, but there is no where else I would have rather been. Silently I am glad she is a little stubborn, I hope I can instill the right morals and values, and the the stubbornness will help make these things stick and give her a firm foundation to build upon. I'm glad she has the spark and fire. Though it was far from a perfect day I am so grateful for the bonding time we do have over ponies and books. Those sweet quite moments are to quick and I cherish them more and more everyday.
Hello, March!
Have I mentioned that this little girl is a puzzle wiz? She LOVES puzzles, and she does them pretty fast. I'm always impressed. I feel like she had grown lots this past little while but at the same time nothing really changes- She is happy, loves to go shopping, play at the park, go on walks, chase the animals, paint or color, play with toys and just hang out.
She is slowly getting more sassy, talks back and likes to argue. Drives me crazy! Half the time she argues and doesn't even know what shes saying or argues when I'm agreeing with her... I wonder what the teenage years will look like- hehehe...yikes
She loves Frank and Mittens, I am constantly surprised by the amount of patience they have for her.
This month it seems like she smacked her mouth on everything. Her little lip would heal and then she'd hit it on something else. I am thankful she hasn't broken her little teeth out-
She is learning left and right- when we drive she will ask me and sometimes tell me we are turning - left or right. She will also comment on red lights and green lights- I think she got that from "Go, Dog, Go" Thanks Dr. Susse-
She sleeps in her bed all night every now and again- the other morning she came running into my room and said " I slept in my bed all night!", I said "good job!" and then she said "I peed my bed" runs back in her rooms and yells "mom are you gonna clean that up?" Which I said "yes, and you're gonna help me" And she tells me "oh, that's gross, mom"- welcome to my life kid.
We went and watched her cousin, Lily dance in Snow white- I think she liked it. She said she wanted to be a ballerina for a couple of days after.
She still loves her my little ponies and princesses, but has started playing with stuffed animals a little bit more which is nice since she has a lot of them.
There are times I look around at my messy house and think "what a mess" and there are times I look around and realize that one day, (that will come all together to soon I will miss this). I will miss toys in the bath tub and finding my little ponies in every room of my house. So I remind myself to smile and enjoy it while it lasts.
Let Lucy pick her own cards. I was a little surprised she picked My Little Ponies, just because there was Frozen and Princess cards too. She was pretty happy with her choice. I had her sign them herself which I have to say was pretty stinkin' cute. She wanted to sign all the Princess Celstia and Rainbow Dash cards first.
Hoping to find the sun we headed up to McCall to see the winter carnival. We struck out on the sunshine but we still had a good time. Lucy was a trooper. I knew she'd be good but I was a little apprehensive that I would end up carrying her. She walked up and down the streets and loved every minute of it. She would stomp through puddles and any fresh snow that we came across. There were a few sculptures she said were scary but over all I think the giant cake and snowman were her favorite.
We walked through town and then went ice skating. We went around the rink 3 times in 45 minutes... so she's not the next Michelle Kwan. But we had a good time. At one point she laid on the ice and asked me if we were done yet. unfortunately we had to get to the other end of the rink to the exit but she skated along and had a good time.
We went to a little sandwich shop and made a stop at the candy store. I let her pick out a treat, she was so excited but couldn't decide what she wanted. It took a little bit of running back and forth between the cases of chocolates for her to decide on a chocolate covered marshmallow with a red heart on it. She then proudly carried it through town, ate all the chocolate off of it and handed me the left over marshmallow and stick, telling me she was sharing and I could have the rest. (lucky me, I know)
It was a great day, nice to get away from town.
Past times I felt like it was everything I can do to appear "normal" like everything was under control and I wasn't stressed out of my brain. But recently I feel like we have found our groove. The stressers and worries are there, but there is acceptance, things are what they are and we will get to where we need to be, when we need to be there, and that brings a feeling of calm. No, I don't have it all figured out just yet, but things are coming together and our little life that we have now is good. We're gonna be fine.
Another month has some how snicked up on me!
This little girl is a busy one!
It is funny how quickly things change. Last year we would go to the park and I had to climb and slide down everything with her. This year, she could care less what I am doing as long as I am at the bottom of the slide to catch her.
She sings and sings. It is crazy how fast she picks up on lyrics. My music or Disney's.
She has also started to name things. In the past a baby doll was just a baby. and a stuffed animal like a bear was just "bear"
We've started night time potty training. And.....its.... going. The other morning she woke up and in her sing song voice and says to me "mom, guess what! I didn't pee in your bed!" It diffidently beats waking up damp.
She likes to try and "braid" my hair, which normally ends up with my hair in knots and 10 mini rubber bands in it. But it makes her happy- who knows maybe we have another cosmetologist in the making.
Lucy talks about everything! I mean everything and she picks up on things I say as well, even when I don't think she is paying attention she is.
Had a mini accident at the ice rink this month. She had her finger stepped on with a skate. Sliced her little finger and freaked me out! She was a trooper. Didn't really cry and when I did she said, I'm sorry mom, I'm okay- I always think I can keep my cool in any situation but this threw me- well the blood is what really through me. Her fingers have healed very quickly. There is one nail that is on the verge of falling off, she talks about making sure it stays on every now and again.
Lucy learned how to ski this month. Her dad took her up a couple of times and from what I hear she is a natural and she loves it.
She also dresses herself. Sometimes with my help, but she generally knows what she wants to wear- which still doesn't include tights or leggings.
The other day after watching Frozen I asked her who was her favorite, She told me it was Elsa- So I asked her why and she said- because she has a sparkly dress- obviously. (That's totally how I pick my friends too)
I figured out that she does not like surprises. She has always done well with a schedule, and even now for the most part if I tell her what we are going to do it goes a lot smoother, and that I have to follow up on what I say we're going to do. The other day I said we would go for a run. Come to find out later the stroller has a flat tire so I told her we wouldn't be able to go till I got it fixed- which she didn't understand. So we went for a run anyways... in the wind with the flat front tire, which makes the whole stroller wobble like crazy! But I got in some good resistance training so no complaints-
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