March Updates

Lucy is now one year old!  She is as charming as ever, except at bedtime and naptime when she is missing her pacifier.  Sorry, baby girl, the pacifiers are all gone.  Every day she learns new words and sounds, which is a lot of fun.  Her most communicative word?  Up!  Most charming word Henry has taught her?  Mine!  Cutest word?  Uh-oh!  She still loves ducks, but she also loves more huggable toys.  I took the kids to a consignment sale this past weekend and picked up a doll from the table.  Lucy immediately grabbed it and gave it a hug.  Baby doll came home with us (Lucy’s first doll!) and we’ve since clothed her and named her Baby Wendy. 

Lucy still does not walk on her own, but every day she seems more and more ready to.  All of her (younger) friends are taking their first steps, so Lucy will have a little catching up to do once she decides to let go of Mommy’s hand.  I’m hoping that if I let her crawl around outside on the grass enough she’ll decide that walking is better.  Just kidding.  It wouldn’t have been a good plan anyway, since she loves getting dirty.  Good thing she likes bath time. 

Henry is still TWO.  From the moment he woke up this morning to just before bed, he was singing/shouting “pamby pamby” and dancing around.  All day long.  I have no idea.  He is mostly potty trained, though we are still struggling with poop.  Sigh.  But otherwise he is more or less independent and stays dry overnight.  He recently learned to pee standing up, which is a good step as far as independence is concerned.  A very bad thing as far as my bathroom is concerned.  Oh well.  I am reasonably hopeful that we will be able to send him off to preschool in the fall without too much trouble. 

Henry’s favorites these days are Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob the Builder.  We watch videos from the library and Henry knows just where to look find these ones.  He also loves books and could spend all day at the library if I let him.  Bob the Builder’s friend is named Wendy, by the way, which is where the name for Lucy’s doll came from.  Henry also found a Bob doll/stuffed thing at the same consignment sale, so we now have a Bob and a Baby Wendy added to our family.  So special. 

It is spring here in Virginia.  There are daffodils blooming in front of our house, which is good.  It means that we didn’t manage to totally ruin the previous owners’ gardening through our neglect.  I also feel like I want to start a vegetable garden in the back yard.  There is a box already built that we can use as a raised bed, though I think it may take some work to get it ready.  Anyone want to come down and hold my hand while I get started?  At least I know where I can find one willing helper.