LUCI, you got some 'splaining to do!

dearest lulu,

what is up with your precociousness as of late? for example, i enjoyed finding you in your crib trying to squeeze your baby's shirt onto your body...

but i didn't enjoy NOT finding you for 15 minutes the other day. calling through the whole house for you with no response. i knew you were still in the house, but i didn't know what might be being destroyed. when i found you purposely hiding in the front hall closest...

i didn't find it as hilarious as you did. i am realizing that there are some benefits to having loud children. you, o quiet one, about gave me a heart attack. the other three never could have stayed quiet for that long. the first rule of hide and seek: the seeker has to know you are playing hide and seek.

of course, there is always the random swiping of food and shoving it into the mouth as quick as possible...

and if you have a problem with how daddy and i are doing your hair, why don't you just tell us? you don't have to take matters into your own hands...

(i like how you made it look like you were wearing a yarmulke)

when i tried to use it as a teaching opportunity and asked you, "who is supposed to do your hair lulu?" your answer was "ME!"...

(wrong answer, baby.)

my answer to the above incidents could be to put you in time out...

(please note: this is a joke. this is not time out. she crawled in there of her own accord)

but your answer is simply, "I sorry mama. i forgive me." (supposed to be "will you forgive me").

excuse me while i melt.

besides, you are almost two. you are just doing your job. and whether you are making trouble or making me melt, one thing is for sure...i love luci.

proudly and always,

your momma