August

Summer had been great! 

Lucy started swim lessons! The first week was a little rough. She was reluctant to get into the water and wouldn't listen to her teachers, one of the days I even had to place her in the water. I took her to the pool that weekend for some mom and Lucy swim time and with in an hour she was jumping and and letting me help her float. 

Seems like we've been busy having fun, went to the park, pool, movies and Roaring springs. ( I haven't taken many pictures this month)

Roaring springs was a blast. Lucy was scared of the kiddie slides but by the end of the night was walking as fast as her little legs could carry her up to the top.

Her recent thing is to draw food, animals and accessories, cut them out and play with them. I have only once caught her trying to cut her hair...I may or may not have had a tiny freak out....needless to say we had a long talk and I haven't seen it happen again.

Lucy and I have been working on some writing and math. She's a pretty smart kid.

This little girl is growing up way to fast. I have a love hate relationship with how independent she is!

July

I think I start every post wondering where the time goes... so... seriously, where does the time go?
We've been busy having fun! 
Lucy, Kaycee and I ran the Boise Spartan! Lots of fun! Lucy actually loved her race this year! It took my some coxing to get her into the mud and water but other then that she ran, hopped, climbed and smiled her way to the finish line. And at the very end announced that the slippery mud was her favorite! 
We made a visit to the zoo. She likes feeding the goats this year and wants to know the names of all the animals... Some of them have some funky names. 
There has been lots of running through the sprinklers and playing in her pool. 
She still loves to check on the chickens and make sure they are happy.
I found a wagon on craigslist and took her to buy it. When I paid the guy I had only small bills and she looked at him and said " He's taking all our money!" He stopped counting the money and looked at me. I really wish I would have played it off a but better but I explained we got the wagon so he needed to give him some money. So far we've done some grocery shopping in it and its been a good thing.
Fourth of July was on a Monday, We had a nice relaxing day. We walked to the grocery store, bought some fire works, went to a movie, and just had a nice easy day. I thought she would like sparklers, because at Kaite's wedding she totally dug the sparkler send off. but she was not a huge fan-

Lucy quotes of the month
"The chickens are out with the dogs! There's gonna be blood!" 
( no chickens or dogs were harmed)
"Boy chickens lay chicken nuggets and girl chickens lay eggs"

Dance Recital!!

Lucy did SO well! Lots of smiles and waves!

Mel and Katie's wedding

Flew to Austin for Katie's wedding. The flight was pretty uneventful. Besides landing in LAX when Lucy's ears didn't pop. I told her we were about to land and that should help, when she announced in a loud voice that ":the plane is going down!" when I tried to correct her that "yes, we were landing" She couldn't hear very well and yelled it again.... it was pretty funny. Our last flight into Austin we were landing and she missed the window of bathroom use, she told me she really had to potty and 5 rows of people let us get off in front of them! That's how you get off a plane quickly!
We got to hang out with Katie the next day, just us for a while. It was nice to get some sister, sister time.
The next day, Mel's family started to show up at their house and Lucy decided to make fans for everyone in case people got hot. Lost among other Asians Lucy came up to me and asked me which one was Katie...maybe we all DO look alike! hahaha
The wedding was beautiful. Lucy did well. She dumped her flowers at the start, picked them up and put them in her basket and then forgot to throw them down the aisle. She remembered and threw them as she walked out. 
During Mel's Dad's speech Lucy frog hopped over to me and announced that she had peed her pants. and after getting cleaned up - thank you Tasha- she can and told me in a loud whisper that she didn't have panties on...kid has timing!
I shocked Katie and Mel with my Rap/ Speech! Mission accomplished!
Luck was with us on the flight home and we got moved in to first class our last flight from LAX to Boise. It was a fun trip, glad we got to go and enjoy the festivities and family.

April- May

This little girl has been fun, fun, fun...
We got silkie chicks that were 3 days old! Lucy has been in love! Almost every morning she asks for a bar and milk and to hold chicks! Its crazy how quickly they grow! Its been a fun learning experience for both of us.
It's been a quick month. We've been busy with dance, trip to the park and an evening at PoJo's, where all she wanted to do was ride the little quarter rides. Silly kid is easy to please.
Mother's day we went up to McCall for the first time this year. We spent the afternoon kayaking. It was a perfect day to be on the water.
She also got sick for the longest she has ever been sick! Poor girl was down for 4 days. She had a high fever and then nothing and then a high fever. It was a little scary. But she's bounced back and is happy and healthy again.
Lucy had her first sleep over with her buddy Anya. I took the to dance and McDonalds and then they played and played. It went well they finally passed out around 10 and woke up to play more around 8. 
This month she made valintine's cards for every one and drew Easter eggs with sidewalk chalk. She loves her holiday's.
The End of May we did her first 5k. The Bubble run! It was different. The bubble pits were a little intense and she was less then thrilled. But we finished and she loved the bubble party and doughnut afterwards. So It wasn't a total fail. 

March

March is here!
Lucy has been doing great! She loves her dance class and if full of fun and songs.
After dance the other day, to make up for the no ticket thing, I bought her a unicorn. While driving home I asked her what she was going to name it, she says...umm...how about Horny? Because she has a horn! I had to hold the laughter and tell her she needed a different name since her unicorn was pink it should have more of  girl name. So now we have Suzie, the horny unicorn.
We have been talking about her aunt Katie's wedding and it has given her idea about how I need to get married as well... yikes. Though I much rather talk about that then babies coming our o my belly and how they got in there in the first place.
Had a scary morning the other day. She didn't like the last couple of clean dresses she had so, she dressed herself in tights and a tee shirt, and came into my room for the usual inspection. When I told her she needed to wear pants. She stormed off and came back in jeans and burst into tears claiming she looked like a boy in boy clothes and that she was ugly...we talked about how clothes don't make you pretty and that she was wearing girl clothes ect... so she stopped I made breakfast and then went to my room thinking, Oh man...I'm in trouble!Where does she get this stuff?!
Lucy loved egg hunting this year. It was fun to hide them a little more and watch her try and find all of them.