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Girl Toes

I was telling a co-worker earlier this week that I couldn't wait until Lucy was big enough to get pedicures with me. My co-worker looked at me as though I had grown a third eyeball and said "you haven't taken her to get her toes painted yet?" No, I haven't. I haven't even painted them myself at home. LIGHTBULB! After bath time that night I asked her if she'd like me to polish her toes. After checking and double checking that the process would not hurt, she agreed. She held pretty still and she was thrilled with the finished product. She made me put her on the counter so she could see her toes. She kept bending over and pointing to them saying "they are so cute!" Then she noticed that I did not have polish on my toes. "Mommy polish your toes so we match! Paint your toes so we can match them."

Bedtime was delayed by a good thirty minutes thanks to the excitement that ensued. Even once I got her into bed if I pulled the cover up she would protest "but I can't see my toes!"

Wes, is not as thrilled. He thinks she's too little to have painted toes. I think those itty bitty pink toenails are just about the sweetest thing I've ever seen.

Gobbles

Unfortunately, Wes has trained Lucy to say goggles correctly now instead of "gobbles" as she originally said it. It was one of my favorite mispronunciations so far. She asked for "gobbles" so she could dive at the pool. She asked for them a hundred times, so naturally, she got some. The night this picture was taken she wouldn't take them off. I put her in the bathtub with her "gobbles" on then I asked her if she was going to put her face in the water. She said "No, Mooom, I have my gobbles on"

Storytime Live

We recently took Lucy to Storytime Live at the Fox theater. I was excited that she would get to see the inside of the Fox for the first time because it is one of my favorite places in Atlanta. She didn't seem to really get how cool of a place it was, but she was pretty psyched about the live action on stage. I was a big ol' theater nerd at one point in my life so getting to share our first theater experience together was fun. Granted, it was Storytime Live, which means I sold my soul to the over marketed faux educational crap that I hate. In our defense, we did not buy any of the plastic over priced crappety crap that they want you to. We did spend about $40 on a small bag of popcorn and a juice box though. Overall, I think Lucy had a good time, and I'd probably do it again.

So excited to see Kai Lan! (probably her favorite act)

Don't ask her to say "cheese" or you get this. Hilarious.

Thank you Papa for totally selling out and buying me tickets to this thing that I don't really understand, but LOVE anyway!

In other news, this was an excellent opportunity to see some super fantastic parenting. I guess that with that many families there you're sure to see a wide range of parenting styles. The "feeding your kid soda and swearing at them when they can't sit still for 2 hours" kind was my favorite.

Stuff from Japan

Recently, Papa went to Japan without us for 2 weeks. He stayed with a friend from high school and toured around with his cousin Ralph. He had a great time and got to eat lots of good sushi. Lucy and I were a little jealous, but we had a good time here just us girls. Upon his return, Papa brought us souveniers. Lucy got a doll named Sentokun- the mascot for one of the towns where he stayed, an ostrich t-shirt that she really loves, a japanese fan, and fish banner. I got a t-shirt, a pair of flip flops and some tea cups. It's pretty fun listening to Lucy say Sentukun.

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