Clone.

Lucy just said to me...and I quote "you know when I was doing those exercises? Well, I fell and hit my head on some scissors. It cut me into pieces. And then we had to build a new Lucy."

Well I guess that was just kind of paraphrasing it.

Adventures in Potty Training.

Potty training Lucy has gone from non-existent to a possibility. Over the past 3-4 days Lucy has peed in the frog potty at least once a day if not more. On Thursday she peed in the potty 5 times! I am so incredibly proud of her. She still doesn't have the idea to tell me when she needs to potty all the time, but she is more interested in the frog potty now that she knows how proud we are of her every time she uses it. I had some friends over last night and she just HAD to go tell the boys that she pee-peed in the potty. They cheered, and gave her high-fives. I think this is the positive reinforcement she needs! For now, every time I need to go to the bathroom Lucy goes too. Hopefully we're on the right track! Yay!

Also, Lucy has been doing a lot of planning for the future. She has been telling me what she will be when she grows up. So far on the list:

Superhero
Cowboy
Doctor
Baseball Player
Soccer Player

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Keeping up with the Joneses.

So, I'm trying my very best to keep this updated more than I had been. So here is a brief summary of our last week.

Sunday we went to Lucy's very first Teeny Tiny Tea Party. She really enjoyed getting dressed up and she even got to wear a little make-up. That night she went to Lynn & Doug's with Yaya and Papa while I went to a "Soccer Bowl" party. At least that is what she thought it was called. She originally thought I had gone to a birthday party, since all events with the word party in the title are Birthday Parties. :)

Here are a some pictures from the Tea Party.







Lucy also got a very special present from Aunt Tess and just couldn't wait until Valentine's Day to open it. When she saw the gift bag she asked who it was from. I told her it was from Aunt Tess and Uncle Lee. She was immediately beaming from ear to ear and said "Aunt Tess is so sweet! She is the sweetest!" How could I say no to opening the present after that?






And finally, we tested out our painting smock and watercolors that we got at Christmas. Haven't had time for that big of a mess, but tonight she was lucky enough to break them in!




Oh, I almost forgot. Lucy has started saying "Did you know? Buttcheecks?" and then just laughs hysterically. I hate to reinforce her saying buttcheeks so often, but it's hard not to think it's funny and laugh. Well tonight I was standing in front of her turning on the TV to TopChef (so I could have a little culinary motivation while cooking dinner) and I hear her saying "Butt, butt, butt, butt, butt-cheeks, butt-cheeks." Over and over again. Well she had a small flashlight from my room that she needed to use while we were walking down the "dark hallway" and she was shining it on my behind, alternating cheeks with the rhythm of her chant. How could I not laugh?

Alright, I think that is it for now!

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Short and Sweet.

Last night Lucy and I shared a very special bedtime snack. We split a piece of cheesecake. After I told her what we were eating she took one bite and said "Mmm...cheesy." I laughed and we finished our snack. Later we called Yaya at the church to tell her goodnight and Lucy told her we had eaten cheese pie. I can see where she's coming from.

Tonight Lucy and I were in my room and Yaya had just left the room. I noticed that I smelled a familiar aroma. I said "Lucy, did you go potty?" Without missing a beat she said "No, it was Yaya." I thought we were doing so well with potty training Yaya, I guess we're back to square one.

Lucy has been very focused on bellies today. She told Yaya that her belly was her favorite ball to bounce her head on, and told me that my belly was her favorite ball to bounce her hands on. She just keeps walking up to me and pushing on my belly said "bounce, bounce, bounce." I guess no more bedtime slices of cheese pie for me!

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Not suitable for those with a heart condition. Keep your Bayer on hand.

"I better put my coloring up and get another toy in case I poop."


"Tooting is the name of my story."



"We are just like two peas in a pod."


Lucy just experienced her 3rd NYE. I had people over and Lucy was way too excited to sleep. After many failed attempts to get her to stay in bed, and many stories about Father Time and how he could not change the year until she was in bed I gave in. My stories of Father Time stared many questions about what kind of Daddy Father Time is. So finally we made a deal that she could stay up until midnight and ring in the New Year with all of us Older Kids.


(Lucy is sitting on the couch blowing air out of her nose)
M: "What are you doing?"
L: "I'm trying to get some water on the tv...my nose water"


(Yaya is in the hallway huffing about some tangled up fabric that she just took out of the washing machine)
L: "What are you doing Yaya?"
Y: "Oh, this material is just all tangled together."
L: "Just get some scissors and cut it apart."


"I love to be pooping all the time."


Lucy's imagination knows no bounds. She was in my room pretending that the (blue) carpet was water and that my desk chair was land. She "dipped" her toes in and told me how cold the water was.


Last night Lucy was an "animal rescuer." She started by saving a little green frog, and then moved on to little bananas. She would just up out of the chair and run across the room. Bend down and pretend pick something up off of the floor. Then run back and place it very carefully on the chair. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.


When Lucy woke up from her nap I checked her diaper to see if she had wet her pants. She told me that she had "only pooped just a little bit." And that her "pee burped." I have no idea what that means, but it doesn't sound healthy.


Lucy has been very interested in putting things in her socks. Just the other day she was limping around and I asked her if she was okay. She sat down and took a Super Grover action figure out of her sock. I told her that sometimes I worry about her, and she just laughed and laughed.


I had thought that Lucy was out of her "stripping" phase. I was wrong. Just the other day I turned around to find her taking her shirt off, arms through the neck. I gave her a look that said "what are you doing?" She just returned a look that said "this isn't normal?"


Lucy really likes her Gigi. In fact, if you ask her where she learned anything she will say she learned it from Gigi. Well the other day Lucy showed us a wiggle dance and when we asked her where she learned it she told us that she learned it from Gigi. I don't know about you, but I would like to see Gigi doing this wiggle dance. I think you have some explaining to do Grandma Green! :)


We try to teach Lucy the proper way to say different words and sometimes we break words down into sounds to make it easier. Lucy has started teaching me how to say different words. Just last night she said "Say co, say caw, (long pause to think of what comes next) say coconut." I said coconut and she praised me for doing so well! Thank goodness I have such a wonderful teacher here at home!


(Lucy is missing a cap from one of her markers, but is watching tv instead of looking for it)
M: "Lucy, have you found the cap to that marker yet?"
L: "Oh, no. (sing song-y) Oh cap, where are you?"


I think that is all for now. Sorry it has been so long, but with school I have been a little preoccupied!



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