I have been a slacker these days when it comes to writing. The kids have been keeping me busy and two kids sleeping at the same time during the day is still a rarity. By the time evening rolls around and the kids are in bed all I have the brainpower for is crappy reality television and reading fine literature like US Weekly. But as Lucy's third birthday nears and Josh is starting to walk on his own I feel like things are happening so fast that I'm missing the point of what I set out to accomplish with my little blog.
Right around the beginning of March Josh decided that he wanted someone to walk him around constantly and if you dare stop he would pull a "plank" and proceed to scream his handsome little head off until he was up and walking again. Thankfully he eventually started crawling. When he started is was kind of like Houdini. You would see him a few inches from where he had been a second ago, but it was difficult to detect actual movement. He would sit on his bum and pull himself along with his beefy little legs. This progressed into a crab crawl and now he can crawl on all fours. He's also cruising along quite happily, babbling to himself. He is getting braver these days and will strike out and walk across the room on his own. The first few times Lucy was genuinely awestruck. She asked Michael and I if it was "magic." She claps for him when he walks and tells him he did a good job - most of the time. Sometimes Josh walks across the room for the sole purpose of taking Lucy's toy, or trying to get some of her cheddar bunnies. Those times Josh's walking is not quite so well received. It usually comes with a shrill, "No Buddy," and a shove, to which Josh replies with a scream as loud, if not louder than hers.
Josh has lots of new party tricks these days. He can clap, wave, dance, hold stuff to his ear and pretend it is a phone. It is pretty funny all of the things he has picked up along the way. He is very pleased with himself when he does his tricks and often looks to big sis for her reaction, which is usually a roar of laughter. He makes motor noises when he drives toy cars and trains around and tries to climb on whatever he can. At the library he prefers to scramble toward the electrical outlets and at home is constantly pulling open drawers and cabinets, constantly on the verge of crushing his fingers. He is all boy. He is into everything and will not sit still for much these days. He is a man on the move.
Lucy is almost three, but at times seems kind of like thirteen. She is so sweet and cute these days and so torn between being my baby girl and my big girl. We went to the Museum of Fine Arts a couple weeks ago and Lucy walked around with her red sparkly shoes and her pink, furry Strawberry Shortcake purse. She hollered, "Is that a Monet?" through each exhibit and had us roaring with laughter. She liked the whole grown-up ness to the museum and had a great time. When we were getting ready to leave I put on her coat and very non-chalantly Lucy unzipped her purse, got her binky out and popped it into her mouth and zipped it back up, like someone would get their keys out. It so perfectly summed up where she is at right now, it was so sweet.
These days Josh's mobility has been tough for Lucy to deal with and her reaction in turn has been to seek attention with ear-splitting tirades against however we have wronged her. Sometimes it is not letting her eat microwave popcorn in front of the TV for breakfast (how dare we right??) or sometimes it is telling the story of Barbie Fairytopia and using the wrong name (the elaborate labyrinth of names and plots from Barbie movies in my head is a bit scary). Regardless of the trigger we have seen Josh's new mobility take its toll on Lucy's little world. Things are getting better and you can already see the spark in their eyes when they play together and have fun. Usually the games they love to play together have a fine line of hysterical laughter and big tears. Last night they were playing race, they'd crawl and then crawl into each other head on and then laugh hysterically. It was one headbutt away from disaster, but everyone was having too much fun to justify ending it.
We are glad summer is here and looking forward to many new adventures with Goose and Buddy. This summer we may actually even get to the beach! It won't be long before Josh is totally on the run and dishing it out as much as he is getting it these days. The adventure continues.
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