We're both Moms

So I thought I better do a more detailed post about Lucy since I did one about the boys.

As I mentioned before, Lucy is a very serious mommy to her baby Lucy. She has the cradle that I used as a little girl next to her bed, where baby Lucy sleeps. The 4 blankets need to be set up correctly and then baby Lucy’s blankie (formerly Lucy’s) needs to be laid on top once she is tucked in. Baby Lucy is a good sharer so when Lucy feels the need to snuggle with the blankie she can do so. She has baby Lucy’s high chair set up in the kitchen and feeds her when we eat. She nurses her when she gets cranky. Basically whatever I do with Toby, she does with Baby Lucy. Baby Lucy is a twin to Baby Toby. They are identical dolls with coordinating outfits. Baby Lucy’s has a dark pink smock and light pink sleeves and baby Toby has light pink smock and dark pink sleeves. She is more than willing to share baby Toby and her other dolls with her brothers or friends, but beware if you try to hold baby Lucy! Baby Lucy is brought on most excursions and is usually left in the car. She gets on her pretend coat and shoes before she goes out. I always tell Lucy what a great mom she is. Lucy thinks that she is old enough to babysit tries to use her parenting skills on Toby sometimes, who either loves it or hates it. She helps get his clean diapers and attach them and has even gotten him in his pajamas. She tries to hold him and he usually doesn’t care for that. If we ever do things one on one, with each other she tells me it is because we are both moms. We love sharing that bond with each other. While Caleb wants to be Spiderman or maybe an OB, Lucy wants to be a mom. With al this practice she will be a great one.

Lucy is an attached parent but is able to keep her head on straight and keep her other interests as well. She is obsessed with Cinderella and she is very excited that we get to meet her when wer pop into Disney World on our way to Sanibel this May. She also is Caleb’s shadow. She plays whatever he does and copies everything he says. If Caleb starts to tell a story I often hear it in stereo from Lucy. She plays superheroes with him constantly and is either Super girl or Spider girl. She is really going to miss him when he goes to school next year.

Sooo sweet

My sister gave me an article last year from the Tribune on why 4 is the best age because they are still in the world of babies but starting to become such big kids and thinkers. 4 has definitely been fun! But every age has been fun because of its newness. Caleb is in love with listening to and telling stories, “from our minds” not just reading books. It is amazing how this skill has developed from jumbled thoughts to true stories.

As most know, he is obsessed with Spiderman and has recently decided he no longer wants to be a chef or firefighter or any of the many other jobs he has once wanted to hold, but he wants to be Spiderman. It is a perfect example of this combination of being so young but getting so old at the same time. He really truly wants to be Spiderman, even though his uncles have told him he is not real. He just wants to save people and has plans to make web shooters and sticky fingers so he can be like him. In the middle of Mass on Sunday, he whispered to me that he was going to let me know his secret…meaning when he grows up and is Spiderman he will let me know his secret identity…I was completely touched.

He likes to follow the rules (well, most of the time) and is very apologetic if something goes wrong. He told me a few weeks ago that he no longer wanted to use sippy cups and only big boy cups and I agreed. He spilled juice the other morning and said in the sweetest voice, “Mom, I am sooo sorry. Can I still use big boy cups?” Of course he can! We were at a party and he went to use the bathroom and caught the dog drinking from the toilet. He said he was going to tell someone when he finished. He marched right over to Andy’s uncle and told him that his dog was drinking from the toilet and it was gross.

He is so smart, inquisitive, sentimental, empathetic and just such a great kid. I am sure going to miss him when he goes to school next year! We sign him up in just a few weeks.