Loveable Lucy

Lucy said a couple really sweet things the other day. I ran into an old friend (Mary Griffin) and she started talking to Lucy and asked her

"What is your favorite thing to do in the whole world?"

Lucy answered "Play with my Mommy"

Oh, my heart grew! I have tried since then to play with her more. I found I was starting to always say "I am too tired" or "Maybe Later." Now when she brings me a toy and asks me to play, I can't help giving in, no matter how tired I am.

It has been cold and cloudy here for an entire week. Yesterday, when I asked Lucy to get dressed she came out in a sun dress. I told it was too cold and cloudy to wear it. A few minutes later she came back to me and said

"I want the sun to come. Let's go tell the clouds to go away"

It was so sweet. If only it was that easy! I feel the exact same way! We did go tell the clouds to please go away and they answered via Lucy's Daddy "We will go away in a few days"

Last night Lucy was getting silly before bed and pulled my hair. I turned away from her and told her that it hurt. She started crying and said "Mommy, can you teach me to be nice?" Now you can't stay mad at a tired little two-year old who asks you to teach her to be nice.

Yesterday was a hard day. Lucy and I got stranded without food (We ate a small breakfast and then didn't get food until 3:00), in the middle of nap time (for both of us) for too long, which is not a good combo for a pregnant lady and a two-year old. I was trying so hard to be tough for Lucy, because she had already been crying about how we were going to get home and asking where our car was. I kept thinking about the pioneers and how we really weren't going to starve to death. To make a long story short when we finally got to a place with food (My parents house), I started to make scrambled eggs and dropped the eggs on the floor. I couldn't hold back the tears any longer. Seeing me cry made Lucy hysterical and we both just cried for a few minutes. The sweet thing is she looked and me through her tears and said:

"Mommy you need to wipe your tears. Here use my dress" then sobbed "I don't like it when you're sad. I want you to be happy." I told her I would try to be happy and she told me "I will try to be happy too." Wow it is amazing how much the mood of the Mom affects the mood of the child. I feel like I have a little mirror following me around.

Anyway, just a few stories about Lucy on my mind

T-shirt Quilt

This is random, but I was playing around with my camera and it started working again!!! I haven't been able to work it since March and I have tried many times. Anyway, I have been wanting to take a picture of the T-shirt Quilt I made for Dave with all his high school and college memorable T-shirts and so that is the first thing I took a picture of with my working camera! Lets face it, it is impossible to get rid of all those memories, but nobody needs 50 T-shirts. It turned out great and I am so proud because I am not good at any of the homemaking arts. (I'll be honest, without help from my Mom this would have been impossible!) I actually gave it to him for Valentine's Day, but what better time to post about it than the present!