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3 1/2 Years

Lucy celebrated her third birthday last October with friends and family as well as Dan the Animal Man and a porcupine, snake, owl, and tortoise (the last one she even got to ride!). Her favorite birthday present was a Power Wheels Jeep from Aunt Christine and Uncle Josh, complete with a Frozen theme and a “radio” that plays songs from the movie.

She was very excited to dress up as Daniel Tiger for Halloween, and her Mimi transformed Lucy’s wagon into Daniel’s trolley.

While Kevin performed at Wendell Falls’ Grounds Café for the first time, Lucy accompanied him with some interpretive dancing.

Lucy’s holiday schedule was jam-packed: she got to see the Rudolph musical in downtown Raleigh, see Disney on Ice at PNC Arena and participated in the Knightdale Christmas parade; she hung out with Mrs. Claus at Pullen Park’s Holiday Express; and saw the Chinese Lantern Festival in Cary with her entire family while they were in town for Christmas.

The New Year brought snow to Wendell and Lucy went sledding for the first time. After getting over some initial fears, she loved it and can’t wait for the snow to come back.

She’s been taking dance classes at Heather’s Dance in Knightdale, and the studio held a daddy-daughter dance in early February. While Lucy was one of the youngest girls there, she had a great time and made a few new friends.

February also saw a candy-tastic Valentine’s Day party at Lucy’s school, Central Baptist, as well as a cookie decorating party that Lucy and Allison hosted at our house in Wendell Falls. At the end of the month Lucy spent a week at Grandma and Coach’s house in Key Largo, and loved the pool and a bumpy glass-bottom boat ride.

Following tradition, she attended the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day parade with her friends Nevin and Shay and were visited by her Mimi and Grandma for Easter, where she took part in several egg hunts.

2 1/2 Years

As hard as it is to believe, Lucy is officially two-and-a-half years old! In recent months, she debuted her alter ego “Super Lucy” at her friend Avery’s birthday party, and has greatly enjoyed tooling around the neighborhood in Avery’s blue car.
The biggest event of the new year was breaking ground on her new house in Wendell Falls (just east of Raleigh). Lucy knows exactly where her new room is located, and is already planning the color scheme-pink. She’s had a very musical few months, with her weekly Sprout Songs music class, seeing Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood live on stage in Durham, and hanging out with her “Uncle Jeffy” when he came through NC. She also enjoyed attending the St. Patrick’s Day parade with her friends Nevin and Shay.Lucy’s also done a good deal of traveling in 2017, visiting the Flinns in Key Largo and the extended Perkins clan and friends in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The latter trip took place during spring break, when Lucy met a number of new friends and also participated in two Easter egg hunts, as well as visited the Easter Bunny. She also took her first trip to Three Bear Acres.

Winter Break 2016

In February, Lucy escaped the cold and icy weather and took her first trip to Key Largo to visit her Grandma and Grandpa. Mimi came along too! She loved the sand, the sunsets, and especially the pool at Kawama. She dined at some of the Keys’ finest eateries (including Lorelei and Alabama Jack’s), took her first kayak ride, and got to see dolphins and fish at Island Dolphin Care.Lucy took full advantage of the playground outside Grandma and Grandpa’s condo and took great delight in watching fish swim under our feet at the Pilot House. She can’t wait to go back next winter!