I'm Dreaming of Pink Presents

Tonight on the way home from work Lucy informs me that it is Christmas time and Santa Claus will bring presents. I ask her if there are any special kind of presents she would like. Her response: "My want Santa Claus bring pink presents." Good thing there will be a few pink things under the tree this year!

Lucy Girl Tid-Bits

Lucy has a really cute and funny personality. She is vibrant and full of energy - and so much fun to watch! Lucy now understands a little about smiling for the camera. If the spirit moves her she will look at you when you are taking a picture and say "cheese." The end result is the, and I have no other word to describe it, cheesy grin you see in this picture. So funny.

As toddlers typically are (at least that is what I keep reading), Lucy is quite particular about things. She does not like it if Brian sits in my seat at the table, or vice-versa, and she is sure to remind us where we are supposed to sit... Momma's seat! Daddy sit right here, said while pointing to Brian's regular seat. Trying to explain that the chairs aren't really assigned is completely lost on a 22 month old...

One day when we were getting ready to leave the house, I told Lucy she was cute. Her response: Momma's cute too. So sweet!

Lucy has become quite talkative now that she has a sufficient vocabulary to share what she is thinking. She loves to say It's right there, we don't always know what it is, so this often results in a guessing game where we guess until we get it right. The other day when I picked Lucy up from school she used this famous line while pointing to her pocket. I assumed she was showing me her pocket and letting me know about "it." Ms. Debbie then mentioned (luckily!) that I should be careful with her shirt because of all the rocks in her pocket. I then peer into this little shirt pocket and find at least twenty little stones! Apparently, Lucy enjoys collecting rockies when the children are outside playing. We gave the stones back to Ms. Debbie for next time. Lucy seemed reasonable to Lucy.

As we leave Bright Horizons and on the way home I always ask Lucy about her day. I usually get vague answers or just yes and no responses. When I picked Lucy up from school today we had a real conversation! She was wearing a different shirt than this morning. I asked her what happened to her shirt. Her response: yogurt on shirt, lee lee shirt off. So I confirmed what I thought she was telling me - You got yogurt on your shirt and Miss LeeLee changed it? Yes, that was it. If there was any doubt remaining, it disappeared when I pulled the yogurt covered shirt out of the bag when we got home. I am so excited to have gotten such a great response to my question! Lucy sure has grown!

Chatty Lucy

Lucy's vocabulary has really expanded! The most exciting part is that she is starting to string words together. She uses phrases such as, here you go, thank you momma and there's no more. Her vocabulary ranges from people's names, animals, the first five numbers and most of the ABCs to food, drinks and objects.

Here is a brief sampling of her vocabulary, hopefully most are new since my previous post: outside, inside, milk, mine, Dewey (and the less formal D), Malley, Daddy, Quinn (pronounced Kin), Ella, Amy, Bill, Emma, Ming Ming, George, tree, butterfly, birdie, kitty, bike, chicken, peas, beans, blue (boo), green (but only said at traffic lights), go, please, thank you, friends, cheers, five (as in high five), cereal, move (as in move Dewey), special treat, no (it had to happen eventually...), sit, help, bed, fan, bath, bubbles, suit (swim suit), pool, table, shoes, socks, eyes, nose, teeth, hair, feet, hands, knees, chair, deer, geese, team, all gone, get down...

Lucy is very focused on what she considers to be hers, or more specifically "mine." My milk, my Daddy, my baby, mine, mine, mine... It is amazing how young they learn about things that are mine. Having Quinn visit was a great opportunity for Lucy to practice sharing what is hers with another. She is good at sharing at school, but it is harder at home when you aren't used to it. We will need to make sure we provide other opportunities to practice sharing through playdates, etc... Its tough being a toddler!