Horsies! The Beach! Parker!

Chincoteague- Where's Parker?

I'll let one blog take the place of a week's worth. We had a great time at the beach with the whole Jefferies family. Lucy LOVED seeing and playing with Parker and her favorite phrase of the week was definitely "Where's Parker?" (even when he was directly in front of her sometimes). She smiled the biggest smile ever when he let her hold his hand and she would squeal with delight at the very sight of him. Parker indulged her by tickling her chin and neck and by constantly trying to get her to say whatever words came to his mind. The conversations usually went something like this: "Hey Wucy, can you say octopus? Can you say thank you say thank you? can you say your welcome? can you say pee pee head?" Of course, she obliged and then got in trouble for saying "pee pee head".
Lucy got lots of time with Gramzie and Pop Pop and as usual had Gramzie wrapped around her little pinky. They would sit on the beach and eat cheese crackers, dig in the sand and Lucy would take over Pop Pop's chair. Pop Pop would take Lucy and Parker to the water in the evenings to see the lighthouse.
Lucy loved getting into the water, digging holes in the sand, filling her bucket and climbing the beach over and over. She also loved the ice cold beach showers and would sometimes start heading down to the beach so that she could take a shower- so independent!
She already misses everyone and has been doing a run down of who she will see in Kentucky in a few weeks. Things are just not the same around here without Aunt Taylor and she misses her so much!

Out to Lunch

We met Ian and our friend Matt for lunch to say good-bye to Matt before his move to Minnesota. Taylor came with us as a final hoorah as well. We took this picture since we never get a chance to take a photo of all 3 of us together.

Flip Flopping

Lucy is very eager to try on anyone's shoes at anytime. Today it was my flip flops, which of course pose a challenge when it comes to walking. Thankfully, the pool was calling so she didn't complain when I told her she couldn't wear them to the swimming pool.

Blonde Bombshell

Lucy is so blonde right now. The pool and playground have really lightened her hair this summer and it is so perfectly blonde. She is the cutest!

With the fam

We had Taylor and Coulter, Lauren, Hunter and Kate over for dinner on Saturday. Lucy absolutely loves Coulter and likes to yell "Coulter chasing you!" and waits for him to come and get her. The rest of the time she just hangs on him. We will miss Taylor and Coulter so much when they leave next week!

We met Taylor and her charge, Eli, for storytime and lunch on Monday and Lucy got some good Eli time in as well as lots of chips and salsa!

With Aunt Lauren

Uncle and Aunt Invasion!

Hunter and his girlfriend, Kate, came in Wed to visit for a long weekend and Aunt Lauren came in on Friday for the fun. Lucy was so excited to see everybody! She loves all the attention and being able to show off for everyone. We went to the National Zoo on Thursday night to picnic and listen to a free concert by the Army Blues Band. Lucy danced and walked around on her play phone having a very serious conversation with folks that were sitting on the very picnic blanket she was circling.

Relaxing

Lucy has really gotten into "relaxing". She finds ways to "lay back" on everything- on the playground, on the couch, at her little table. She actually says "I'm rewaxing", just so we know.

At playground with Taylor

Taylor met us at story time today and went with us to Lucy's school playground. We are trying to get her used to going there and becoming familiar with at least part of the school before she starts after Labor Day.

Ronin's 2nd Birthday Party

Ronin turned 2 on Saturday and Lucy was there to celebrate with him. She "helped" him gather his presents, open them up, and even tried to help herself to a few. They had so much fun just running wild and blowing bubbles, eating ice cream. Lucy kept yelling "Happy Birthday To You Ronin!" and, as usual, loved singing the happy birthday song. She snuck a cupcake which of course she didn't eat, but she sure does love the idea of cake (still doesn't like cake!??!)

We spent the rest of the weekend swimming, painting with water colors and Aunt Taylor came over Monday for storytime and some playground time at Lucy's school. Lucy absolutely loves when she comes over!

Swimming

At art museum with Taylor

We met Taylor at the National Gallery of Art on Friday. Lucy liked the Degas sculptures, pointed out tiger lilies in a painting and yelled "George Washington" when we saw his portrait and then got totally tired of being there. We headed out to have snacks next to an outdoor fountain where she demanded "money", or pennies to throw in the water- one of her new passions.

Raincoat

We got a drizzle of rain today and Lucy insisted that she wear her raincoat.

Future's so bright I gotta wear Goggles?

This child never ceases to crack me up. We were at the pool today and she was playing quietly and happily next to the water while I was talking to a friend. Then I hear "I gotta go potty" and looked over to see her sporting these goggles which she would not take off for the next half hour or so. She thought that she was pretty cool in them, and actually told me that she was "cool".
She played with her friends Jackson, Jane, Dagney, and Teagan until she couldn't take it anymore and said "I'm ready to go- NOW!"
Then when we got home from the pool she read some books and went down for a nap. When I checked on her some time later, this is what she looked like. She was so sweaty under that blanket- but at least she was asleep. Lately, we can' t get her to shut her trap long enough to go to sleep- she talks to anything and everything in her room until she passes out from exhaustion.