Summer this year was a little trickier than last year but we did our best to wear hats, sunglasses, sunscreen and sunsuits for our sweetest little 2 year old with sensitive skin and light. The thing is, she has opinions now and sometimes that was not wearing those things. I forced the sunscreen and she was usually pretty good about the hats. However, I started letting her choose to wear sunglasses or not. You can tell that the sunglasses help her eyes be more comfortable, that they do make a difference. But our doctor said that the light wont damage her eyes, it's just uncomfortable. So if she is fighting the glasses and wants to take them off, I usually let her. Almost always she will accept them when I offer again after a little while - so I hope it's a good balance of taking care of her and letting her have her own opinions.
We have found that the best sunglasses for this year are these reflective swim goggles. They have really soft rims, big eyepieces, and stay on really well. People comment about them sometimes when we are out, they are kind of darling (not in a trendy way, but in a "2-year-olds-are-so-cute" way).
I was a little more lax about sunscreen when we were outside for smaller amounts of time. (Trying to find a balance.) She only got sunburned once this summer, when I didn't reapply sunscreen soon enough. I feel pretty happy that we were able to take her safe this summer.
Our family caught a bug and we were sick for several weeks. This poor girl didn't escape the bug and it was so sad to see her so sick. She got extremely good at using a throw-up bowl. Even after she wasn't throwing up anymore, but she wasn't feeling well - she'd be laying in her bed, pull the bowl up over her face, cough a little, and put it back down.
She's definitely two. Mischief and all. (She's covered in flour in the photos below.) She explores, climbs, and touches all things. She climbs on counters, gets into cupboards, pulls all the toys out of a bin. Overall, just a healthy growing personality.
One of my favorite things is that she asks to wear her swimsuit ALL THE TIME. "My swimsuit?!?" It's extra hilarious because when we go swimming she's covered head to toe in sun-coverings. Long sleeves, long pants, goggles, hat; she looks like the little boy in A Christmas Story who is bundled up so much that he can barely move his arms and legs, except Lucy is the summer version. But when we are inside the house, she asks for her swimsuit and I figure that I can give her that. The only times that I'm really able to make her wear clothes inside (or change her into real clothes to go outside) is to tell her that "her swimsuit is dirty" and that I need to "clean" it. Then she repeatedly asks if I've cleaned it yet until she is able to change back into it. She has two little swimsuits her size (thank you, 2 year old Lydia), and will sometimes wear both of them at the same time. (You can see the bright pink straps poking out in the picture with the hat below.) It's a cute thing about her right now.
She loves her daddy and it's the sweetest thing to see her run to him to give him a hug. (She loves her mama, too. And I love her.) We all basically adore her.
She gives the sweetest hugs, often unprompted. She will walk up, throw her arms around you and say "huggie-huggie" while squeezing you. It's darling.
Camping was a huge hit for this girl. She slept great and LOVED the marshmallows.
Camping was a huge hit for this girl. She slept great and LOVED the marshmallows.
Some more pictures, including these darling siblings, our Homeschool adventures that Lucy gets to tag along on, Snuggling with her sleeping stuff, and our awesome trip to the Redwood Forest in California:
We love you Lucy darling! Happy 2.25
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