Valentine Fun!

Holidays are so much more fun and meaningful with a child. I planned some crafts and let Lulu, or helped her, do much of it. Mainly because she is so curious these days and follows so closely on my heels I often trip on her. And also because I want to cultivate that eagerness and creativity. We spent a day gathering plants, another sticking the plant material onto self-adhesive vellum, and threading and cutting out valentines. Those were for the grandparents.

Then we spent a day making handprints for Pat's valentine. Which took quite a few tries and was supposed to make a heart, but Lulu never did get a very good print, as she wouldn't keep her palm open and just wanted to keep squishing the paint inside. Then, finally finished up by putting Pat's valentine together.

All-in-all, she got to paint, cut, glue, gather, write and play with sticky paper. I think she enjoyed all the new activity.

Daddy Makes an Impression

Pat was able to come by for a quick visit the other day. Lulu got to see his BIG, loud truck and she seemed to enjoy her time with her daddy. She loves her daddy so much. Almost every other word out of her mouth is Daddy. She make believes that she is daddy or her monkey is daddy, or her baby doll is daddy. She just has so much fun with him, and she misses him all day when he's gone. She'll probably be so happy when he gets to stay home with her every other day, if our new work plan works out!

Take a look:

She's got Style!

Terribly Late on posting... Lulu's doing very well, and God has been good to bless me with more time at home with her after her surgery. I am due to go back to work mid-March now. I am still in need of help with someone to watch her, I have some help but not all that I need. She went to her first Dance Party at her friend Morris' house last month and had a great time. She got kinda shy, but sucked up all the attention from Morris' grandparents. They hadn't met her yet, and just loved her. Of course! She's a charmer, without even trying sometimes.