Acting out "Ollie"

Another of our favorite books these days is "Ollie". It's about a little gosling who is still in his egg and doesn't want to come out. Matt got the idea of acting it out, and it's become a nightly ritual to act out the story, each of us taking turns with different parts. The first two videos below are with Lucy reading, Matt as Ollie, and me as Gossie and Gertie. If you have the patience to sit through the story again, we change up the parts in the third video (Lucy explains who is doing what).

Reading "Titch"

"Titch" is one of Lucy's favorite stories, and she's pretty much memorized it. Here she is reading it...

More pumpkins

We finally carved our pumpkins last weekend, since we were sick over Halloween weekend. We were going to just wait until next year, but Lucy kept asking if we could make faces on our pumpkins. She had lots of fun helping Matt choose the shapes to cut out, and even scooped out some of the seeds with her hands.


They kept us company on the back porch during dinner the first night.

Here are some random shots from the week. Hiding behind some stickers...


I framed some book covers to decorate our toy corner. I'm hoping to do some more for Lucy's room.


One of Lucy's favorite activities these days is playing with water and various implements (sponges, plastic animals, kitchen tongs, measuring cups, etc). It's a great way to keep her occupied while I make dinner.

B is for butterfly (and for bugs and birds and babies!)

We've had quite a few weeks- Lucy brought home a cold from preschool. Of course she got over it in a few days, whereas for Matt and I it's been 1-2 weeks! Lucy is quite animated in telling other people how she "shared my cold with Mama and Papa". At least she's excited about sharing, right?

Lucy had fun getting dressed up for Halloween costume day at preschool. She was a butterfly (it was sold as a fairy costume but she decided it was a butterfly one), and loved wearing all pink and flying around.

The other day we got some supplies for a home project, which Lucy also enjoyed trying on.


A fun picture of Lucy laughing at something Matt said/did.


And this is one of my favorite paintings she's brought home from preschool. It reminds me of water gushing into a dry, barren place.



Lucy's been asking interesting questions lately (which I often don't know the answers to!), and it's fun to see her mind at work. The other day she asked if bugs could talk, so we looked it up online and found how different types of bugs communicate (through smells, lights, and buzzing sounds). Then a few days ago she asked if birds have ears. I said yes, and she asked, "then why don't I see them?". I had no idea what bird ears looked like, so we looked that up too (hooray for the internet), and found that bird ears are basically large holes, covered by feathers (which help to keep out the background noise from the wind). It's really fun learning about the world with her.

We also got a little taste of having an infant around recently. Some good friends visited who have an adorable 6-week old daughter. I held her for awhile (it was a good refresher for me!) and Lucy at different times said, "Well, you can hold two..."; "I want all of you to hold me", and "Can you give the baby back now?". :) She does enjoy playing with her baby dolls (feeding, diaper changing, singing lullabies), so hopefully that will transfer to her interactions with little sis.