Lucy Turned THREE! (1-23-13)

Our Lucy turned three years old. The day started off with gifts which was exciting for all! She received the Melissa and Doug Ice-cream set and the magnetic doll set (I might need a Melissa & Doug intervention) from Grandma Christy and a big bouncy ball (she calls it her “boom boom”) from Grandma Thacker. All of a sudden our house is feeling a lot more girly.

We planned to go to a bounce house on her birthday but she started complaining about her ear hurting so we swung by the pediatrician office to find out she had an ear infection. Thankfully she felt fine with Ibuprofen. They have a toy machine at our doctors office but in order to get a coin for it you need to have received a shot. Since it was her birthday and she had an ear infection they let her have a coin and she picked a ring that she was very proud of (she is showing it off in the picture on the bottom right). We stopped off at McDonalds for her very own Happy Meal since the bounce house didn’t seem like a good idea. We played hide-n-seek in the afternoon and read books before “the brothers” came home.

That evening we had Mac-n-cheese for dinner and the castle cake for dessert. She seemed to like it but she wondered where the monster cake was?? Random??

We love this girl and the large amount of spirit she has brought to our family. She continually makes Seth and I want to throw all of our parenting knowledge out the window. You can never put anything in any cupboard, shelf, or drawer and think “she’ll never find this” because she ALWAYS does.

The day after her birthday was her weekly play group at our home so we had a little friend birthday party. We LOVE this group of kids! Graham, Grant, and June (and some siblings) all joined in for some cupcake fun.

This picture sums it all up. I walked into the kitchen one morning and Lucy was sitting at a table with the ice cream container, bowl, and spoon. She said, “mom, it’s ice cream time!” Hopefully all of her independence and curiosity takes her far in life! We love you Lucy!