Sick

Jud and I have been sick w head colds, so inside most of the weekend. Luckily Lucy has been fine and taking great naps allowing us to do the same! Leaving for sunny Florida on Thursday, yeahh!! I guess I have a few more gifts to buy, but I could not face hitting the stores this weekend. We saw Les Miz on Friday and it was awesome. All of the singers were Broadway-quality. Definitely not the local theater I was used to in Erie!

Happy Birthday to Mommy

The girls threw me a brunch-time party-thanks all! What's better than a playgroup with champagne punch on a Wednesday? Lucy and I went to the architect's office to meet Jud and reviewed our 3-d house plans, it is going to be so cool! Jud and I had a low key takeout dinner and Maggie Moos to celebrate. We need to eat after she's gone to bed every night!! After being up in Erie and learning my friend's 2 and a half year old Montessori-educated son is able to wash his own dish, that was enough for me to investigate it! I guess the gist of it is treating little people with respect and putting them to work because they like it and makes them independent, confident little beings. I guess if you can pull that fast one on them at an early age before they discover how much fun it is to sit on the couch with a bag of Cheetos and have your mom pick up your junk, all the better! So here is Lucy sitting at her own little table, practicing the fork. And using her fine motor skills to put the mardi gras beads into the cup and take them out. This all lasts about 5 minutes until she is on to the next activity, like climbing on top of the table, pulling the cord out of the socket or scaling the baby gate. I'm going to give it a few years till we try the pouring your own water activity!

Brunch with Santa @ BHCC

Lucy's able to keep her girlish figure because she eats the equivalent of three strawberries for breakfast. Lucy's now keeping her distance from all Santas.....so no more pics. In the 2nd shot, she is performing one of her tricks, squinting. She squints when you ask her to. It's kind of a random thing for her to understand, but it's hilarious! And eating while standing is much preferred to sitting, ever. 

It's Me, Lucy!

Like most kids, Lucy is obsessed with cell phones. And climbling things. She gets up on top of the kitchen table all by herself......oh boy. 

Jud as Santa

Jud agreed to be Santa for our moms club party and of course sweated through the costume in the process. He did his duty of scaring the daylights out of most of the toddlers in attendance. Lucy had no clue it was him and was not into meeting him. 

Goodbye Jack

We said goodbye to Grandma Allen's husband Jack at his funeral this week. Grandma is hanging in there and we were glad to see everyone in spite of the sad circumstances. 

"Helping" Make Cookies

Lucy did her best to help me make sugar spritz cookies in the cookie press. I got this from Susan for a wedding gift (I think?) and we use it every year; I love it! She was way more interested in climbing up and down from the chair. I was trying to get a cute picture like the ones we had of me and cousins helping Grandma Sheriff make Christmas cookies. She was truly the queen of cutouts!