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.
Category Archives: Winter Break
2 Years 3 Months
The holiday season was full of family, friends, and fun for Lucy. In November she attended her first horse show at the North Carolina state fairgrounds, had Thanksgiving dinner with her friend Sam Erikson and his family, and attended the Raleigh Christmas parade (which had much nicer weather than the previous year). She even took part in a Thanksgiving song at her school and was one of few kids who actually sang!
As December dawned, Lucy helped pick out a Christmas tree and enjoyed the Holiday Express train ride and carousel at Pullen Park, but she still isn’t much of a fan of Santa. Even though she talked about him daily, for the second year in a row she cried on his lap. Her extended family came to town for Christmas and Lucy truly got into the holiday spirit this year–she baked cookies, opened gifts, started the annual tradition of singing Happy Birthday to Jesus (her idea), and couldn’t get enough of the neighborhood lights.
Lucy loves cooking in her play kitchen and in the real kitchen with mom; the play pizza set she got for Christmas makes for a daily pretend feast. She is a frequent visitor to Ravenscroft, where dad works, and gets high fives and hugs every time she comes around. She loves finger painting, using ink stamps, and coloring. As the new year rolled around, she experienced the first snow of the year, transitioned into her big girl bed and is excited about visiting her grandparents in Florida in a month.
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!
