Lucy's VA bday party

Lucy had her friends birthday party at the Lee Disctrict ReCenter. They played in the soft playroom, the ball pit, the playground and the party room. She wanted a bug birthday party so we gave bug cages to all her friends, decorated everything with bugs and even had dirt cake with worms for desert. Aunt Lauren made her tshirt with two candles on it and it was the hit of the party. She woke up Sunday morning wanting to do it all over again. What a great day!

School Open House

Lucy had a dry run for school on Thursday. She insisted we pack her lunch bag (a penguin) and pack her backpack (a horse). She went in shy as can be and about 2 minutes later she felt right at home, was talking to her new teachers, Miss Chris and Miss Sophie, talking on the play phones, making play food for everybody and didn't want to leave. Here is a picture of her getting ready.

Stealing Peppers

This kid loves peppers and onions. Whenever I am cutting them up she grabs her stool and starts eating away. Today I walked away from my cutting board and came back to Lucy eating a bowl of peppers and onions- no shame about it!

National Zoo

We went to the zoo on our first day so that we could get our "Boo at the Zoo" tix. We invited Andrew along and they played on the big pizza, the prairie dog tunnels, and loved all the animals.

Two year olds just can't show excitement over a sweater, no matter how nice the sweater!

with Nanny and Pa

Going to KY with a banjo on her knee

Lucy had a great time in KY and has been a bit disappointed that everyone didn't follow her to VA when she got back. She has played with all her toys and loves her birthday cake, her princess jewelry and tiaras, her make up, her "Little Engine that Could" book, her pink chucks, her cutting food, her animals (all 25 of them!) and her doctor kit. She has played dress up and has dressed up her snap n style books, played with her puzzles and has loved every minute of it! Here are pictures from our trip.

Go Bulldogs!

Hot Buns Anrew!

Lucy went to "Anrew's" house on Wed and squealed with excitement when he came out of his room in just a diaper and shirt. Then he added the navy socks and the fireman's cap and she yelled "Hot Buns Anrew!"

All this started because we called Lucy's bottom her "sugar buns" for a while. Then she heard the song "Hot Cross Buns" and assumed it was talking about her "buns" Now she just calls them "hot buns". What have we started!

Happy 31st Ian!

Lucy has been in birthday mode all week. She helped get ready for Ian's 31st birthday by going on a special gift buying outing, she helped wrap the presents and decorated the wrapping paper all week with her drawings, she put sprinkles on the cake, made him a card and a happy birthday sign and practiced singing "Happy Birthday To You" as she likes to call it. She then helped by blowing the candles out (which is what she is saying at the beginning of the video). When she woke up the morning after the party, she said "another birthday party?" Needless to say, she was thrilled to learn that the next party will be for her!

Pour Some Water on Me!

Lucy had a sopping wet time with Ian at the pool and helped him cool off by pouring water over his head. She sure will miss the pool when it is closed next week!

Marco! Polo!

Lucy and I went to the swimming pool today where she joined the big kids for some fun (or at least, she tried). First, she threw a group of 4 little boys totally off when they played Marco Polo and she would yell "Polo!" whenever one would call out "Marco". They kept finding a squealing 2 year old instead of their friends- she loved it, not sure they did though.

Then, she stood on a kickboard and said that she was "Shurbin" or "surfing" to those of you who don't understand Lu. She was pretty proud of this. Then she immitated 2 older kids who were running with kickboards into the water, as if at the beach. She would always stop just short of going under water but the highlight was her yelling "Watch Momma, I'm doing it!"

All that hard playing and she was totally wiped out and ready for a nap but before she went to sleep she told me that "Aunt Taylor is in Kentucky. I'm going to Ky in a few days to have a birthday party and eat cake." Then she added, in a whisper "and get presents". She's got it all figured out.

Good to be home

Lucy was so happy to get home on Sunday night. Parker came with Gramzie and Pop Pop as well to see Lucy's house so she got to show off all her toys (and silliness) with Parker here. On Monday she played with just about every toy in the house and talked about Reggie nonstop (and Where's Parker?- too bad we didn't leave that question at the beach!)

Parker is in the owl mask.

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