Lucy's birthday

Ahhh, our Lucy. I have so much I could say about this rambunctious, opinionated, spunky girl of ours. She is smart and very verbal--but usually only at home. When we are out and about, she is quite serious and doesn't like talking in front of people. I'm finding it a parenting challenge to get her to greet people when they say hi to her. (My opinion: even a shy child should learn to say hello.) But when we're home, she talks up a storm in full sentences. Her favorite person in the world is her daddy. Lately, she has been afraid of random things (e.g., the garbage truck, a texturey koosh ball I showed her in the store, the turtle bracelet Mimi sent for her birthday). Sometimes, when she sees something that worries her or when she's about to go down a "scary" slide at the park, she murmurs in a little froggy sounding voice, "Daddy..." even when he's nowhere around. She also sometimes says, "That scaried me." Lucy is all about doing things by herself, except when she knows I want her to do it by herself. (Example: she wants to get in and out of the car and carseat by herself, but she doesn't want to walk up the stairs in the house by herself. Also, I set up the toddler bed in her room, but she vehemently refuses to sleep in it because she knows I want her to.) She eats anything and everything; if we're at a party or church function, we always know where to find Lucy: by the food. She's a girl after my own heart!

Here are a few pictures and video from the small party at the park on Saturday.

Happy birthday video:


The cake was a Namaste spice cake mix that is gluten-, casein-, and soy-free, so Nate could have it. I also made this frosting and only frosted 2/3 of the cake since Nate couldn't have that part. That frosting was good!