Road Trip

We had a fun time in Wichita last weekend. Lucy got to see her Papa, Grammy, Great-Grandma (GG), aunts, uncles and cousins. It was a relaxing weekend of basketball, shopping, eating and swimming. The best part, someone else did the cooking and cleaning and we just got to have fun. We got to watch our nephew, Kale, play basketball and see our niece, Ariel, cheer. Lucy liked watching Ariel cheer. She would put her hands on her hips like Ariel and whenever Ariel wasn't using her pom-poms, Lucy would grab them and shake them around. It's great that she has older cousins who are wonderful role-models.

I did see a little bit of Michael and Aunt Marilee come out in Lucy this weekend. There were some little boys playing cars next to us on the floor and they were sharing with Lucy. She was so excited that they were sharing, and to be playing with them that I caught her pinning one of the boys on the floor trying to give him a kiss. She was seriously all puckered up ready to plant one on him. The boy looked a little unsure what to do, and maybe even a bit scared. So that does it, I am definitely home-schooling :)

We've had a great day today. My friend called me up this morning to come over for a play date. When we got there she had made fresh chocolate chip cookies and had home-made wheat bread baking in the oven. We had a yummy lunch, the kids played, and I got to have adult conversation. So praise the Lord for spontaneous play dates :)

It finally got us!

I was beginning to get cocky because we have all remained well. So on Valentine's night Michael started getting a cough, which was just the beginning of the flu. Michael was laughing at me because I would walk around the house spraying Lysol, asking him what he touched. Compassion is definitely my spiritual gift, wouldn't you say? So he was sick all last weekend and now this week Lucy and I got sick. Thankfully, it is not the flu. We both just have colds, but poor little Lucy is so congested and she wakes up coughing in the middle of the night. The other night I went and got her and she said "sower" which is shower. We steam her so she can breathe. I must say I am enjoying the cuddle time with her. She actually fell asleep on my lap yesterday, it was like baby days again. We are both feeling a little better today, and we are leaving in a little while to go and see Michael's family and see our nephew play basketball, so hopefully we won't make anyone else sick or find another bug to bring home.

Nama and Papa

My parents are in town and actually staying with us! They usually stay with my brother , so it has been so fun having them with us. Lucy wants "Nama" or "Papa" to do everything for her. It's going to be rough when they go home for little Lu.

The other night, Lucy got out her Five Little Monkey's book and sat on the couch and was reading out loud. She would hit her head for when they fell off the bed and bumped their heads and then she would shake her finger and try to say no more monkey's jumping on the bed. My Mom was laughing so hard at her. And last night, Lucy was waiting for Michael to come home from work, so she goes and looks out the window by the door every now and then. Well, she spotted his truck coming down the street and boy did she get excited. She was running up and down the hall yelling, "Daddy home, Daddy home" then runs back to the window and yells "Daddy's truck, Daddy home!" And then just stands there waiting for him to open the door, giggling with excitement. It was just so cute. I love that she adores her Daddy so much.

Fun in the snow

It snowed!!!! We only got an inch or so of snow, but it was enough to play in. Michael came home from work early, just so he could go out and play in it with Lucy. We showed Lucy how to make snow angels. At first, she wasn't so sure, but soon we found her just plopping down in the snow on her back and than rolling around. She also caught on to helping with the snowman. I must say, her and Daddy did a fabulous job.