Kid's best friend

After dinner out last night, I strapped Lucy into the car seat, and started playing with her and the big stuffed dog her grandma RiRi gave her. I put the stuffed doggy's chin on on the edge of the seat and told Lucy to pet him "just like you do Harley (our golden retriever)." When I pulled into the garage and looked back at her, there she was, just like the obedient daughter she always is! ;)

Hat's off...

My friend Charlotte's 100-year-old grandmother crocheted this cap for Lucy for Christmas. I'm just now getting around to taking a photo (and playing with it, thanks to Photoshop) so I can be very late in thanking her with a photo enclosed in our note. Lucy will have some room to grow into the hat, which is good since I want her to be a bit more mature before she wears it. What a neat gift.