Baby Thoms *2

Enjoying a cup of tea and a bikkie

Sat 04 Sep 2010

Helping to mulch the playground

Fri 03 Sep 2010

More Lucyisms

Mon 23 Aug 2010

Scene 1

Fiona: What are we going to have for lunch today?

Andrew: Eggplant

Lucy: Why eggplant for lunch?

Andrew: I’m a jokester

Lucy: You’re not a jokester, you’re a clown

Scene 2

Fiona: Lets go to the B-E-A-C-H

Lucy: What’s that? Is that the beach? Yeah, let’s go!

Saying 1

We can spray whipped cream all over the house so we can lick it off the walls and everything because we like whipped CCCREEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMM!

Another saying

Boys are gross all the time. Girls are gross sometimes.

Lucy started soccer lessons a couple of weeks ago. She absolutely loves it. She already knows how to kick the ball properly with her ’sweet spot’ and loves heading the ball. Henry desparately wishes he could join the lesson but he has to watch from the sidelines.

Practising soccer stance with Coach J

Oi Oi Oi

Tue 18 May 2010

Lucy drew a picture of a christian person. I asked her if it was a picture of her and she said no.

Mum: Are you a Christian?

Lucy: No

Mum: Why not?

Lucy: Because I’m Australian!

and just to prove it, here is a photo of her with vegemite on her nose.

Vital stats at 4 years old

Mon 17 May 2010

Lucy weighs 45 1/2 pounds (90-100%) and is 45 1/2 inches tall (WAY over 100%).

4 years old

Mon 10 May 2010

: Cowgirl Lulu

Lucinda Rose Thoms is 4 years old! She was born in Australia at 11:15pm which conveniently turned out to be 9:15am US Eastern. This meant we could celebrate the exact time without having to stay up really late.

Lucy (jointly with Henry) received a playset for the backyard. It is very large and only just fitted in the garage. Andrew and I spent many many hours putting it together. We did it all in secret at night. Lucy has asked people to give her books for her birthday so in that line of thinking she thought we were building her a bookshelf. She was very pleased to find out that it was a playset with 3 swings, a slide, a rockwall and a picnic table.

Andrew took the day off work and took Lucy to Cracker Barrel for lunch. He also made pancakes for breakfast. I organised a playdate for her friends from the mom’s group and made vanilla vanilla cupcakes with purple coloured frosting. We also gave her 2 board games, some nail polish and bubble bath, a ladybug girl book, some sticker crafts, some drawing paper and a purple maglite.

On Saturday she is had a pony party and you can see her above dressed up as a cowgirl! (It was extremely hot. Henry lasted about 10 minutes in his suit and Lucy was sweating in her outfit)

So what is Lucy like at 4 years old?

She is still shy with new people and situations. But she is VERY noisy otherwise. She has difficulty keeping her excitement or frustration to herself – it is squealed out to everyone
She has a very good memory
She has a very vivid imagination and makes up amazing and interesting stories
She still likes eating. She requested salmon for her birthday dinner
Bill is still her favourite bear
She likes twirling
She has just discovered drawing and likes to draw people
She LOVES to read. She cannot get enough of it. Hopefully over the summer I can teach her to read the words.
She is a good big sister often getting things for Henry that he needs without being asked
She can write her name neatly and legibly
Her favourite colours are purple, pink and green (and now maybe orange)
Her friends are Lilia, Grace, Ava T and Ava M
She wants to marry Gabriel
She loves toasting marshmallows on the campfire
She loves dressing up and making up stories
She LOVES to swing. She LOVES her cowgirl boots. She LOVES to swing in her cowgirl boots.
She is super tall for her age. Most people think she is 6
She wears size 6-7 clothes and size 1 shoes
She tells me her favourite food is corn (??!?)
Her favourite TV show is Curious George. Although she has lots of Dora merchandise she has never watched Dora. She also likes playschool
She loves Movie Night Fridays (even if she only gets to watch 20 minutes each week) This week we’re watching La Nouba
She is very cuddly and always give me a good morning cuddle before demanding her vitamin gummy bear
At her last dentist visit she sat in the regular dentist chair and did AWESOMELY well (including getting xrays)
She weighs about 44 pounds. We’re going to the doctor tomorrow for her annual checkup so I can update tomorrow