Lucy's Two!

Lucy turned two on August 28!

 

She started the fun by opening the first of her presents.   

 

We didn't open all of them because Mark was still at work but we did have a little sidewalk chalk celebration while he was gone.

  

We celebrated that night by going to Wendy's and letting Lucy have her very own frosty.  Afterwards, she got to open the rest of her presents.

 

One of her presents was a bubble machine!

I love this two year old stage with Lucy.  She spends her time doing the funniest things.  These are some of my favorites:

Lucy loves to find a seat in the most random places.  She has tried sitting in pots and pans, her diaperbag, and most recently an attachment to my wheat grinder. 

 

My favorite place she loves to sit though is in my lap.  I love it when I am sitting indian style on the floor and she backs up and sits on me unexpectedly.  I also love when she cuddles up next to me while I am laying in bed.  She pulls the covers way up so they are tucked under her chin. She is sweet when it comes to being close to us. 

 

I love watching the things Lucy figures out.  I fed her some raspberries the other day and she would only eat them if she stuck her fingers in the holes first.

It makes sense--it's just like eating olives the fun way!

 

One of my favorite routines is wrapping up Lucy in a towel after she takes a bath. She is only happy if I wrap it really tight around her so it stays up by itself.  It is so tight that she can't even move her arms.  Then she waddles off in these little baby steps to her room to get dressed.

Lucy has become a great helper.  She is good at helping me unload the dishwasher and pick up toys.  I think she thinks that it is helpful to give me things now because she is constantly bringing me random items and expecting me to give her a happy thank you.  Lately, I caught her sweeping the floor and mopping. I hope this stage lasts forever! ;) 

 Lucy has a shoe fetish.  She spends a lot of her play time trying on shoes.

  

She also likes to dress up in things.  One morning I caught her walking around in one of my pajama pant legs like it was a skirt.

 

I love how she tries to copy me. I caught her trying to put on my earrings, using my make up brush on her face, putting my chapstick on, and trying to hold her cup high enough to get a drink from the fridge. This morning while I was doing my hair, Lucy did hers. 

This was the front view...

 ...and the back view.

Lucy also likes to play with her push toys outside.

 

She liked switching off between this one...

...and this one...

 

until she realized she didn't have to choose between the two.  :) 

Other things I love is how Lucy kisses anything she likes whether it has lips or not, how she smells flowers whether they are real or not, how she tries to tickle my neck, how she fake laughs to try to fit in, how she tries to feed her puppy her drinks, how she imitates my "whee" and "whoo" when things are fun, and how she says "oo" when things are heavy or stuck.  We love Lucy because she brings us so much joy each day.