First and foremost Lucy has a favorite blanket and it so happens it is quilt that I made for her first birthday. It took her a while to choose a blanket and up until a few months ago it really didn't matter what she slept with. Actually for a while she would throw all her blankets out of her crib, as if her favorite covering during the night was nothing. Now she is quite content with the quilt and it makes me giddy to know that I made it for her.
And then there is her favorite stuff animal, Pooh. Every night when we sing her a song before bedtime she asks for Pooh. Usually we find him cast on the floor the next morning but regardless he must be present for bedtime. I guess he takes up too much space in the bed. Consequently Pooh is also the stuffed animal that must endure Lucy pretending to give diaper changes and Lucy pretending to put Pooh down for "nappy time!"
The bedtime ritual brings up another one of Lucy's favorites, the song we sing before she goes to bed. For a while we sang a variety of primary songs before she went to bed, but now there is only one that she wants to here "I am a child of God." Pretty sweet huh?! For a while she called it the "God" song, but as her words and phrases have improved it is now called "Child of God" song. It is pretty darn precious. Every night we ask her what song we should sing, and without fail "Child of God" is the song she chooses.
Her favorite song to sing during the day, one with motions, is the "Itsy Bitsy Spider." She used to make us sing it all the time, now she sings it. It is a very abbreviated version. "Itsy Bitsy Spider up sprout...down spider, WASH the spider out....SUN, itsy bitsy spider...." All with hand motions. Currently "washing the spider out..." is her favorite part of that song. Apparently she is not a fan of bugs near the house either. Though in the spider's defense it is outside in the song. Bugs in the house, not cool, outside, totally okay in my book. She also loves "Head, shoulders, knees and toes." She often jumps to "eyes, ears, mouth and nose" part before even getting to her toes. Can you tell I love watching her sing?
On to other favorites, in the last month of so I have started asking Lucy to pick out her clothes. Sometimes we end up with some pretty amazing combinations, sometimes we end up without pants. Such are the choices of Lucy. In the midst of these clothing choices Lucy has decided on a favorite shirt (onsie). It is her "rainbow shirt". As soon as she sees it, she MUST wear it. In fact, fully clothed Lucy will begin to place it over her head if she sees me putting it away. Today she had it on over two shirts that she put on previously. I tucked in the bottom snaps and off she went as happy as could be because she was in fact wearing her "rainbow shirt!" The "cupcake shirt" comes in a close second. Apparently it is not quite a pretty as her "rainbow shirt".
In terms of favorite activities, Lucy loves to dance, waving her hand up and down dancing on her tips toes. Actually she is always on her tip toes, walking, running, dancing, etc. Her favorite dancing songs come from the Mickey Mouse CD, the two Winnie the Pooh songs on Jimmy's IPOD and the Brave soundtrack. Which if any of you are into Celtic music you will totally enjoy the movie brave. We had the soundtrack before we owned the movie. I grew up listening to the Chieftains and the like. It brings me back. Lucy just loves to bust a move, regardless of the origin of the music. Between her dancing and running she is one active little girl.
As far as arts and crafts she LOVES to "color paper" i.e. draw. A few crayons and piece of paper and she is all set. Lately she asks me to help write her name. What a smart little girl. Watching her color is amusing because half of the time her face is two inches from the paper. She is very detailed oriented I guess. If we happen to have stickers she is in heaven.
Which brings us to another favorite, stickers. Every time we go to the library for story time she requests stickers at the check-out desk. Every time we go to the grocery store she pleads to get out of the cart to ask for stickers. It is incredible to me how well she remembers things these days. She will downright meltdown if we don't get the stickers and she completely enamored by the same stickers every week.
She is also quite fond of numbers. She loves to count. Often it goes something like this "1,2,3,4,5,4,5,6,7,8,4..." And then later during some other activity "...8,9,10!" It is only when she is not really think about it that she will go from 1-10 without stopping. I must say, I am pretty impressed that she can go beyond 3.
And lastly, Lucy loves to talk on the phone. Mostly her fake phone, but also on our phone as well. When we allow her to talk to her grandparents/aunts/uncles/etc... she will grab the phone and walk around pacing, which I know I have mentioned before, just like her daddy. When she has her fake phone her favorite person to call is Gabby (her best little friend), Grandma Coop and Daddy. The conversations usually revolve around her latest activities and what she sees as she is walking around. My favorite part is the small laughs that she introduces throughout the conversation as though she responding to what the other person is saying with exact understanding. I enjoy watching this activity. I am not so sure I will enjoy it when she is a teenager
Lucy is becoming quite the little person. I might be a little sad that she growing up so quickly....
Oh, and just in case I don't get to tell you all HAPPY EASTER!
By the way, here is the rainbow shirt in all of its glory....notice she is wearing a turtle neck underneath.....
Happy Easter to you too! Thanks for the up-date - amazing little Lucy.
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