Everyday funnies...

Baby Sister is due in 3 weeks! (March 25th)

(just in case that's the only reason you're here)

Lucy just gets more and more funny every day. She's totally hit her terrible twos--oh boy! It is killing me! She's such a stinker, but such a hoot too! Here are some of her recents:

• Lucy throws MAJOR fits when she doesn't get her way. She runs around in circles screaming, then lowers herself to the floor (carefully) and cries. I think it's kinda funny. I'm a bad mom.
• Lucy loves music. Her favorite song right now is "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis, sung by Susan Boyle. She asks to listen to the "princess song" every time we get in the car. Over and over. And she sings along loudly, with the vibrato. She's very talented.
• Lucy still only calls her dad "honey". It's super great.
• Lucy is super confused about who "baby sister" is. Right now, she thinks we mean her new cousin, baby Tommy. She uses the names "baby sister" and "baby Tommy" interchangeably. She is in for a BIG surprise.
• Lucy mostly talks in third person these days: "Lucy's toy!", "Lucy have treat?", etc.
• Lucy is still in love with her "binkia" (binky). But she's only allowed to have it at resting time. That doesn't stop her from sneaking into her room and somehow getting in out of her crib. Problem: she can't help but come show me how naughty she's being. Immediately. :)
• Lucy is really interested in potty training, but I think she'll have to go right back into diapers when the shock of baby sister arrives. So I'm not willing to put the effort into training right now. But almost every night when Kyle comes home, Lucy will have him help her go sit on the potty so she can go. I should just do it.
• I have trained Lucy well. She goes NUTS in the shoe section of stores. Like, out-of-control nuts.
• This morning in the car on the way to my internship, Lucy reminded me that we forgot to have family prayers. I told her we could have one now, and she could say it (with my help). She really liked that, because we then had to say 4 more prayers in the car on the way to grandma's house. They all included things like "Ellie be at grandma's", "play with toys at grandma's", "baby Tommy have a binkia" and "Uncle Travy" (Kyle's little brother who is on a mission. That one was complete with my made-up sign for Travis, an "L" on her forehead.
• Every time Lucy looks in the mirror she says "I'm so cute!". Yes you are, darlin'.
• Kyle always empties his pockets onto his nightstand at the end of the day. Usually, he has a few coins, so he's got quite the collection there now. Lucy is obsessed with dad's "moneys". She carries them around and hides them, then proudly shows Kyle where to find them. Lucy will also take my wallet if she can find it, looking for moneys.
• Lucy will literally (and has) sing the "Fun to do, to do, to do" song for a full hour. At first it's easy to think of things that are fun to do, but then she starts needing help. She'll say "Fun to do...hmmm....fun to do..." until I give her a suggestion. Basically anything is fun to do when you're singing about it.
• Lucy loves to have her picture taken now. The other day, she found one of my newborn props (a rug). She set it by the window, then ran over to me and said "take Lucy's picture! Ka-ching!".
• If mom's too busy, Lucy will set up photo shoots for her toys and take pictures of them with her pretend camera.
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Lucy "having a rest" so that she could have her "binkia".

Having a picnic with Dora.