On Saturday, May 18, Lucy and I went to Louisville to watch Daddy and his girls run their way to second place in the state! Hooray to Coach Daddy and the NCC girl's track team!
We left home early enough that morning that Lucy slept just about the entire drive down which was perfect. She was happy to see her daddy when we got there:
We walked around and watched a few events but by then Lucy had spotted the playground and kept asking to go play. She had TONS of fun!
We tried to leave in time for nap but she fell asleep on the walk to the car but woke back up as I was transferring her. She was still a very good girl on the way home, finally falling asleep briefly when we were almost home.
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We have a 2 year old on our hands so of course we see our share of tantrums and deal with some attitude issues. But really, Lucy has been so cute and funny lately. She lets me take her picture more easily lately and likes be silly for the camera:
Lately, we have been taking her baby for a walk most evenings. I love when she makes her baby (or other toys) "talk." She changes her voice a little...we were walking recently and she was pushing her baby in the stroller. She stopped and said "Mama!" in her "baby's voice" and turned to me and said, "Me are her's mama." So she checked on her baby and whispered and soothed her and then we resumed our walk...she's such a good little mama!
Just this past week, I've noticed Lucy saying "you're welcome" when she's thanked. Dave said he'd heard it before when I thought she'd said it for the first time but no matter when it started, it's very cute and sweet! She can be such a polite and nice little lady! Sometimes when she bumps us she laughs and says "sorry!" Super cute!
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On Memorial Day, we went to the Dayton / Bellevue parade and Lucy had fun running around and catching "prizes" (candy) to put in her bag. I wanted to get a pic of her festive outfit but she was too wound up to stop long enough for that. I did end up with a couple of cute shots, though:
Hair bow from Cleo, sunglasses from Auntie, tank dress on loan from RC
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A few weeks ago, I had a nasty cold that really drained me - to the point of taking time off of work. But on the day I'd stayed home from work, Dave had a commitment at school so the girl and I were on our own. Luckily she was content to sit on the front steps and pour water on our feet for over an hour:
This started because she was eating her dinner - pasta salad - on the steps, and she accidentally knocked the bowl over. I went in to get the pitcher of water to wash it away and she said "Me do it!" I filled the pitcher up again and again and she was a happy camper.
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Lucy is officially a big girl now. First of all, I was updating some information on Pampers.com and it made me select her age range. My options were infant, toddler, and preschooler and it would NOT let me select toddler once I'd input her birth date! She's a preschooler??
Second, I had her carseat turned around in my car...she's so happy! She was content to be rear-facing and there was a mirror strapped to the back of the seat so she and I could still see one another via that mirror and my rear-view mirror...but Lucy has realized what she's been missing!
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We got the water table back out recently so she's been loving life...now she likes to use the hose to fill it up herself...the other night, before I could stop her, she'd completely saturated her feet / gym shoes ("Me takin' bath!"). Those puppies took awhile to dry (which is why we usually try to do Crocs while playing with water).
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| See what I mean?! Such a little sweetie!! |
She definitely loves playing in water...one evening after we took turns squirting one another with the hose, I hooked up the sprinkler. She'd run over to it and squeal then yell, "Run away, run away!" and run to the other side of the yard. We did this repeatedly - and I had to do everything she did (per her instructions).
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Lucy and I have also been walking to Daddy's (and other friends'!) softball games on Thursday nights. Possibly because she was wearing a white shirt, Lucy got dirtier than ever before at last week's game - but she had so much fun in the process:
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On her last day at Dominic & Talia's, she woke up really early...maybe out of excitement? She was in the best mood and just wanted to get up and play and begin her day.
I had to get some pics on the way out - doesn't she look like such a big girl carrying her lunch bag??
She's such a cheeser!
When we got there, Lucy was standing beside me, still holding her lunch bag. Tammy laughed and said, "Well this is new!"
She had an adventurous day with her friends - playing in a pool, a sandbox and on a trampoline!
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Lucy and Daddy's summer of fun has begun! Next week he starts summer school so she'll spend half of her day with Auntie & co. or Fawn and Cooper but they packed a lot of fun into this week. They went to at least two different parks, exercised together at the gym at Daddy's school, played drums at Daddy's school, and went to the zoo! Lucy's going to talk her Daddy into taking her back to Recreations Outlet once summer school is over, too!
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The park at the city building was closed for a long time
and here's one girl who is very happy that it has reopened!! |
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| Knowing she was going to the zoo, she chose to wear her zebra shirt! |
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| She touched a turtle! |
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She's a sweetie!
She's been very clingy lately but not in a bad way...in a very loving, can't-get-enough-hugs kind of way! We love it!
