The Larsons

PCBC Library Fort

2012-01-09T15:42:00.001-06:00

Due June 17 (Father's Day)

2012-01-04T19:39:00.001-06:00

Sloan Christmas

2011-12-23T23:12:00.003-06:00

This year was our family's turn to read the Christmas story (Luke 2). Bryan prepped Lucy to say the "Glory to God in the highest" line. When it came time, he pointed to her and Lucy happily said, "Glory to Noah!" We all laughed. She tried again. "Glory in the highest of the Lord!"

The Sweetest Thing

2011-10-17T13:12:00.005-05:00

Lucy and Jane were playing "Mommy."
Jane: "I'll be the mommy"
Lucy: "I'll be the Daddy, and you be the sweetheart."

Names Lucy has for Abby {and herself}

2011-10-16T13:15:00.000-05:00

- Abby
- Abby Sue
- Sugar Booger
- Sweetheart
- Abi-GAIL
- {and for herself} Lucy-GAIL

A Month Off: on our way

2011-09-08T21:20:00.001-05:00

Bryan drove; the girls and I flew.

Stretching her legs

2011-09-08T09:15:00.000-05:00

Last Day

2011-08-31T16:07:00.000-05:00

We visited Bryan at work on his last day before celebrating at Chick-Fil-A (or "chickalay" as Lucy pronounces it) for dinner.

(We were driving into Chick-Fil-A and Lucy said, "Mommy. I see Chickalay. He says 'Ucy come play.'")

Cold on your leg?

2011-07-07T08:11:00.001-05:00

Sometimes when you're working in the kitchen, Lucy likes to pull frozen teething toys and the Cinderella ice pack out of the freezer, put it on you and ask, "Is it cold on your leg??"

Pulling up & standing all the time

2011-07-06T16:02:00.000-05:00

Rubber Band Seatbelt and the Princess Carriage

2011-07-06T07:16:00.000-05:00

Lucy told me this morning that I was the best one ever, followed up with a "you're special."

Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T12:16:00.000-05:00

SLL Birthday

2011-06-30T07:07:00.000-05:00

Psalm 145

1 I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever.
2 I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.
3 Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
No one can measure his greatness.

4 Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts;
let them proclaim your power.
5 I will meditate on ... your wonderful miracles.

8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 The Lord is good to everyone.
He showers compassion on all his creation.
10 All of your works will thank you, Lord,
and your faithful followers will praise you.
11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom;
they will give examples of your power.
13 For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
You rule throughout all generations.

The Lord always keeps his promises;
he is gracious in all he does.
14 The Lord helps the fallen
and lifts those bent beneath their loads.
15 The eyes of all look to you in hope
18 The Lord is close to all who call on him

21 I will praise the Lord,
and may everyone on earth bless his holy name
forever and ever.

The need for mittens

2011-06-24T15:48:00.001-05:00

When it's 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside and you're eating an ice cream sandwich, you wear mittens because:
(a) the patio furniture is too hot to touch
(b) the ice cream is too cold on your hands
(c) the ice cream sandwich gets your fingers too messy
(d) all of the above

Lucy calls him "Dopey-Dopey" or "Ya-nokio"

2011-06-16T19:43:00.001-05:00

The airplane

2011-05-27T08:20:00.000-05:00

"The airplane goes really high. It tickles my tummy."

Facts

2011-05-24T17:35:00.003-05:00

- Lucy can spell her name
- Lucy's favorite color is "sparkly."
- When telling Bryan (on his way to work in the mornings) or others goodbye at the door, Lucy likes to say, "Bye. Love you. Miss you. Don't go too far. Merry Christmas."
- Lucy has made words like "bear, chair, hair, and there" into 2-syllable words.
- Lucy has imaginary friends. Their names are: Sadah and Bridget. I asked if she meant "Sarah," and she said, "No. Sadah. You know her. She's my best friend."
- When Bryan told her she couldn't do something, she told Bryan, "but you make my heart so sad."
- Lucy can't really say the "L" sound, so if you ask her her name, she says, "Ucy Arson."
- I took Lucy to the dentist for the first time a few months ago. I recently heard her say while playing, "And den da dentist say, 'Ucy, your teef ook good. Ony (L)arson come to da denist. You can go to the park.' Okaaaaaay?"
- When Lucy saw our wedding picture, she told me, "You have a pretty dress. You're Princess Momma. And that's your prince."

Good Morning New Haircut

2011-05-22T08:03:00.000-05:00

The Park

2011-05-18T18:33:00.000-05:00

Insisted on broccoli for breakfast

2011-05-18T08:27:00.001-05:00

Lucy, The White Horse & Prince

2011-05-16T18:01:00.001-05:00

The quilted bear is Prince (formerly known as Pooh). Lucy is (supposed to be) cleaning her room.

Amy's 30th Birthday Party

2011-05-15T18:05:00.001-05:00

Sleepy Head

2011-05-14T18:27:00.000-05:00

Carefully selected headband, socks, dress, necklace & shoes

2011-05-13T18:25:00.000-05:00

Pictures by Yuriko

2011-05-12T18:17:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Karin

2011-05-12T18:16:00.000-05:00

Tire Swing

2011-05-10T18:15:00.000-05:00

Happy, 13 lbs, 3 oz, and double (5th) ear infection

2011-05-10T14:28:00.001-05:00

Finger Foods

2011-05-09T18:12:00.000-05:00

Our 10 Year Anniversary

2011-05-06T18:34:00.002-05:00

Eating an Apple with Grandpa

2011-05-05T18:11:00.000-05:00

The Dads

2011-05-04T18:05:00.000-05:00

Abby likes to play with paper, Lucy likes to play with dolls

2011-04-26T18:01:00.000-05:00

Fell asleep listening to Sandi Patti & The Friendship Company

2011-04-25T16:02:00.001-05:00

Easter

2011-04-24T17:57:00.002-05:00

Easter Eve

2011-04-23T17:55:00.000-05:00

The sweater Abby is wearing was made by Bryan's grandmother when he was a baby.

Yellow Duck

2011-04-14T18:23:00.000-05:00

Cookie Quotes

2011-04-13T15:46:00.000-05:00

What are you making? Oh wow. I love cookies. Is it yucky? Let me taste. Mmmmm, it tastes sparkly.

Playing Together

2011-04-13T14:34:00.001-05:00

Lucy the Photographer

2011-04-12T17:34:00.000-05:00

Abby & Henry

2011-04-08T16:21:00.000-05:00

Tummy

2011-04-08T12:18:00.002-05:00

I'm going to say that was her first complete back-to-tummy roll, and then she slept on her tummy after that during her nap.

The Kenyan Way

2011-04-04T17:30:00.001-05:00

Dickson says that in Kenya, when you have a girl, people have to fill your hands with money when she gets held and that a girl is a blessing.

Ouachita Challenge

2011-04-03T14:21:00.002-05:00

Bryan's on a 60 mile bike race in Mt.Ida, AR with Nathan. We're on a walk with Isaac. Lucy is walking like a penguin because she already filled both pockets with "rocks for my cousins." While singing songs Paige asked if she knows Amazing Grace. "Yes. Doe a deer, a female deer. Rays a drop-uh-golden-sun." Rays = grace.

Caught (on the video monitor)

2011-03-30T16:26:00.000-05:00

Pounds

2011-03-30T15:22:00.000-05:00

Abby weighs 12 pounds, 11 ounces. Lucy weighs 30.2 pounds. (4th ear infection for Abby)

A Day of "All By Myself"s

2011-03-28T22:54:00.001-05:00

Lucy ran to me this morning sooo excited saying "Come quick! I made my bed all by myself!"

And then Abby started sitting for a long time all by herself.

L reading to A

2011-03-22T17:24:00.000-05:00

Making the Table

2011-03-20T17:18:00.001-05:00

First Swim of the Summer

2011-03-19T17:18:00.000-05:00

Cookies

2011-03-17T17:16:00.000-05:00

First Foods

2011-03-15T17:14:00.000-05:00

Bedtime & Monsters

2011-03-09T00:02:00.000-06:00

(1) Lucy consistently plugs her ears for the whole reading of the "Monster at the End of this Book," even though we read it almost every night.

(2) Recent responses from Lucy after I tell her it's time for bed:
- "But I can't see the cow jumping over the moon."
- "But I'm talking to the monsters (aka stuffed animals lined up in front of the glass doors).
- "I need another song."

(3) Lucy helps me put Abby to bed, which is sweet because she:
- sings the song we made up, "Hey little Abby, I love you. You're the cutest girl in the whole wide world. Dark brown hair and clear blue eyes, a cute little smile, and a funny little laugh. I love you, yes me do, in the whole wide world." My favorite part is the "yes me do."
- tells Abby, "... and give you peace. Amen."

Making Eggs with Daddy

2011-03-08T17:13:00.000-06:00

Double-duty

2011-03-07T00:01:00.000-06:00

Trampoline Hair

2011-03-06T17:11:00.000-06:00

Cowboy & Princesses

2011-03-05T00:01:00.001-06:00

Exersaucer

2011-03-04T23:57:00.000-06:00

While we were in Whistler...

2011-03-01T23:59:00.002-06:00

...The girls stayed with "Bamma and Pampaw" (Lucy's pronunciation).

Whistler

2011-02-28T17:01:00.000-06:00

Lucy or Linus?

2011-02-25T17:01:00.001-06:00

"It won't be fun when Dr. Neely comes in here."

(Sweet Abs has her 3rd ear infection)

Favorite things (Bear, "packpack", and dollhouse)

2011-02-21T23:53:00.000-06:00

A shared love for swimming

2011-02-20T16:56:00.000-06:00

Partner

2011-02-16T23:47:00.006-06:00

February 2011 - Bryan made Partner at Thompson & Knight LLP

September 2001 - Bryan in Law School

Popcorn is my favorite snack

2011-02-10T23:45:00.000-06:00

Gets me every time

2011-02-10T23:43:00.000-06:00

Snowman

2011-02-05T23:41:00.000-06:00

Toes

2011-02-04T23:40:00.000-06:00

Still Snowing

2011-02-04T23:33:00.001-06:00

Baby, it's cold outside

2011-02-01T23:27:00.002-06:00

Happy 3rd Birthday

2011-01-31T16:34:00.004-06:00

Lucy picked out her dress for the party from the store last week, and it has been patiently hanging on her closet door since. We decorated cookies, jumped on the trampoline, took turns at the pinata, Lucy ran to pick up the candy when it broke; we had story time with Mrs. Mandy, blew out the candles, and ate cupcakes. Lucy enjoyed an after-the-birthday-party cupcake, and we took a special picture of the amazing cookie Lucy decorated. We love Lucy and thank God for the joy she is.

Early morning birthday present

2011-01-31T06:32:00.000-06:00

Getting ready for the birthday party...

2011-01-30T15:20:00.001-06:00

Lucy loves making cookies, and I love it when she helps me. She says things like, "Ucy help Mommy!" and "Mmmmm, yummy" and "I just need to taste it," so it makes it ok when she pours the whole box of baking soda into the dough. She also helped Bryan make a kids' table for the party.

American Girl

2011-01-30T15:18:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday Millie!

Reading books

2011-01-27T20:30:00.000-06:00

Burro the Pink Piñata

2011-01-27T08:48:00.001-06:00

I was making eggs for breakfast when Lucy walked in carrying the (I thought) well-hidden piñata for her birthday party next week.

Lunch

2011-01-25T11:38:00.001-06:00

Funny face

2011-01-21T21:00:00.000-06:00

30 year-old crayons

2011-01-21T15:01:00.000-06:00

I used these crayons (out of the same cigar tin) at Mema Lucy's house when I was growing up. I think they color brighter with age.

Bear and Piglet

2011-01-20T15:43:00.001-06:00

Lollipop

2011-01-14T08:50:00.001-06:00

Lucy: "Look. It's yummy. It tastes like Sleeping Beauty."

Snow Angel

2011-01-10T12:12:00.001-06:00

The Paper Bag Princess

2011-01-07T22:32:00.001-06:00

If Lucy says "Ronald," she means: Read my favorite book, "The Paper Bag Princess (please)." She recited the slang version to me this afternoon. At the end of each page she laughs and says "yeah" kinda like an amen. We read it to the tune of 1 Samuel 16:7, "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

So big

2011-01-06T16:33:00.000-06:00

Two in a chair

2011-01-05T19:34:00.001-06:00

Moving - thank you family

2010-12-31T13:23:00.001-06:00

Backing BU at the Texas Bowl

2010-12-29T21:53:00.000-06:00

Pink plastic princess shoes

2010-12-25T11:55:00.003-06:00

Lucy was putting her silver sparkly shoes under her pillow when she went to sleep, but now they've been replaced by the pink plastic princess dress up shoes she got for Christmas from Abby.

Sloan Christmas

2010-12-25T00:25:00.000-06:00

Christmas Eve

2010-12-24T21:38:00.002-06:00

We've been doing the Jesse Tree Advent with Lucy, so we had a Christmas Eve service at home with all of the cousins and sang "Happy Birthday" and blew out 24 candles.

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:14

Larson Christmas

2010-12-18T00:24:00.000-06:00

Head Control

2010-12-14T00:23:00.000-06:00

Abby & Addie

2010-12-13T00:22:00.000-06:00

Fireplace

2010-12-12T00:20:00.000-06:00

Wood floors (before they were stained)

2010-12-12T00:18:00.001-06:00

The New Old Tractor

2010-12-10T00:21:00.000-06:00

"The Green Pinch" according to Lucy

2010-12-09T00:14:00.001-06:00

Since she's a big girl (and loves music), we dressed up and took Lucy to see "The Grinch" with the big kids. She loved it. She clapped. She called him "the green pinch."

Lucy gave all of her pacis to Henry...

2010-12-08T21:47:00.000-06:00

(because only babies use pacis, and Lucy is a big girl)

... and the next day at lunch she prayed, "Pray for Baby Henry and Henry's pacis and for all the pacis to go to the babies and for Henry feel better and for Layla and Justin and Robby and Amy and for Mommy's drink and for Lucy taste Mommy's drink and taste like water and sandwich in triangles. Amen."

The ballerina

2010-12-08T00:14:00.000-06:00

10 pounds, 4 ounces, and she rolls

2010-12-08T00:12:00.001-06:00

The doctor put her on her tummy and said she was doing well and would roll anytime now. He picked up his pen to write in her chart, and she rolled over.