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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%).

It’s official!

Henry is walking. After taking his first steps on Lucy’s birthday at 9 months and 29 days, he is now at 10 months officially labelled a ‘walker’. go Huckleberry!

Click here for a video: walking

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

Happy birthday gorgeous Lulu Ladybug. Now you can have 4 kisses on your nose before sleep!

10 months old

Cowboy Henry

Henry is 10 months old. He is such a cuddly, pinchable, smiley boy that everyone adores him. He is very popular at church and I rarely hold him as there are so many willing arms.

Some other updates:

on Lucy’s birthday he took his first steps (three in a row). He now takes steps frequently but isn’t walking yet. He cruises and crawls very fast.
he puts anything and everything in his mouth. I frequently pull out bark, paper and even pebbles from his jaws (which he attempts to clamp shut)
he hates having his nose wiped (he’s got a cold)
he still wakes up once a night for a bottle. For the past month its been at midnight but its just switched this week to 4am
he loves chewing on lamb bones
he hates being strapped into his highchair so he arches his back every time we approach it
he still loves bath time but now instead of sitting in his chair he likes to stand in his chair
he has his first pair of black converse shoes (size 4)
he is wearing size 18-24 months (the cowboy suit above is size 18 months and I could hardly get him in it)
he has a third tooth. And it is as weird as it sounds. His first two teeth are at the bottom in the middle. The third tooth is on the top, way to the left.
he still loves banana but he also likes olives, cucumber, sweet potato, lamb, and spaghetti bolognese.
he still says dadadada continually as well as letting out lots of grunts (loud grunts!), sometimes he says mamamamama but not to me. When he is unhappy about something his grunts become ALOT louder
he loves waiting out on the front lawn for daddy to come home from work
he is not sure about his new swing set. he likes it for a while but doesn’t like the restriction of being strapped in