Barrel of Laughs

Lucy was a barrel of laughs today.

She made up her own words to "The Wheels on the Bus" which included a verse where, "The Mommies and Daddies on the bus say 'chairs are for sitting!'" and "The Lucys on the bus eat at a restaurant." Clearly this is Lucy's dream world.

We also had a conversation about when Gram and Gramps Sancken might come for a visit. She wants them to come tomorrow and take her to the Children's Museum on the Downtown Mall. When I told her that they won't be coming until August, she was confused.

Lucy: "I want to see them tomorrow!"
Me: "Honey, we can't see them."
Lucy: "They're DEAD?!?"

Yet again, struggling with distinguishing "we can't see them" with "death". Not sure how we're going to resolve that one.

Today for nap time Lucy chose to read "I Love You Forever." Afterwards, her synopsis of the book was this, "When you get old, you're going to turn into a baby and be in MY belly."

Swimsuit Sunday

This is what happens when Lucy insists on wearing her swim suit on a 50 degree March day.

Restaurant Proclamations

Eating out with Lucy is always interesting to say the least. Today, when we got home from church, Caleb bolted out of the car and threw up in the woods behind our house. For the rest of the day he suffered from stomach trouble.

For dinner, I decided that Lucy and I would eat out in order to give Caleb some alone time and not expose ourselves to his icky stomach germs. The following were all said (loudly, because Lucy knows no other volume) during our dinner out tonight.

"My daddy threw up in the woods today!"
"I'm going pee pee in my diaper!"
"Goodbye lady!" (said as an old lady was leaving the restaurant)

This is why we don't eat out with her more often.

Death continued ...

After yesterday's talk about death, I can see quite a few things still aren't cleared up for Lucy.

Lucy: "I want to go see Connor and Owen today."
Me: "Hunny, we can't see them today."
Lucy: "Are they dead?"

Where is God?

One of our good friends recently lost their dog after a long battle with cancer.  Lucy loved this dog, named Chance.  Today I had to break the news to Lucy that Chance died.  Here's how the conversation went.

Me: "Sweetie, Chance died.  He went to go live with God."
Lucy: "Where is God?  I want to see God!"
Me:  "You can't see God, He is everywhere.  He is so big, that He's invisible.  God lives in the sky."
Lucy: "Lucy is in the sky too!"
Me: "Really?"
Lucy: "Yes!  With diamonds!"

Oh toddler!

For the past several months, we have been emphasizing that she's no longer a baby any more, and going through everything that means.  "Babies drink from bottles, but toddlers and big girls drink from cups", "Babies use diapers, but toddlers and big girls use underwear", etc.

Today I was goofing around with her after dinner.  I threw her up in the air and exclaimed, "Oh baby!"  She looked and me and said, "No mommy, oh toddler!"

Banana Cookies

Today this is how I found Lucy's snack of banana shaped cookies.  She won't eat the faces.

St. Patrick's Day

Before I got in the shower this morning I told Lucy, "make sure you wear green today!  It's St. Patrick's day!"

While I was in the shower she poked her head in and looked at me.  Looking puzzled she said, "But mama.  You're white."

First post

After several friends and family members asking that I start a blog amount stuff my two-year-old daughter says, I decided to just do it.  I think it'll be more likely that my mom will actually read it since she hates facebook.

So here are the discussions Lucy and I had today.

Me: "You see those flowers?  Those are called cherry blossoms.  Aren't they pretty?"
Lucy: "Do they go on top of ice cream?"
Me: "No, they're just flowers for now.  You see those white flowers?  Those are dogwood flowers."
Lucy: "Do doggies eat them?"

I've also found it remarkably difficult to explain why our car cannot be a mommy.

Lucy: "Is Prius a mommy?"
Me: "No.  Prius can't really be a mommy."
Lucy: "Can Prius be a baby?"
Me: "No. Not really.  The Prius was made not birthed."