Tuesday, May 27, 2008

ORANGE


It's Lucy's favorite color.




Botany pond, March 2008
Ironic, seeing as Lucy's dad, in his youth, tried to turn temporarily orange by eating large quantities of carrots. Didn't work. (And to this day carrots are low on Wes's most-loved-vegetable list.)
But orange suits our sunny little girl.



Lucy loves all orange things.

sorting beans and noodles, March 2008
Orange clothes. Orange cups and bowels. Orange toys. Orange food - cantaloupe, bell peppers, of course oranges themselves, and especially carrots. A bowel of steaming carrots makes Lucy's mouth water. "MMMM," she says. "I love that favorite color!"

Bubbles, May 2008
Raw carrots, however, are tough opponents for Lucy's little teeth. Sometimes her mouth wins out and she manages to consume the entire raw stick. Other times I find a toy ewok finishing off her carrots in the comfort of my underwear drawer.

Isn't motherhood full of fun surprises??
(Speaking of surprises, here's the one I recently started for my orange loving girl. You know, so that when we're showering baby brother with "new," she'll have something too. By the time the quilt's finished, I'm sure her favorite color will be purple. Such is life... =)

20 comments:

Stefani M. said...

Alright, our little girls would totally be friends! Haley's favorite color is orange, too! (for now, at least) It's a shame they're too far away to know each other (though Haley knows who she is from the blog).

heath said...

Gotta love that little orange jumpsuit! And Lucy chasing the ducks around. Remember how mad she got when Royce told her that his favorite color was orange? She really wanted the monopoly on that color. What a doll!

Melanie said...

I love this, she is such a cute girl! That quilt looks so lovely, I love the mix of fabrics and colors.

Joe has always gotten weird reactions from people for having orange as his favorite.

Heather said...

I love it!!! Orange really is such a great color. I love the quilt and the chasing the ducks to "feel" one. Hope everything continues to go well for you. We need to plan a time to go to the museum or just to get together with the kids.

melissa @ 1lbr said...

Mmmm...makes me crave an orange popsicle! Love the ewok taking care of the carrots for Lucy.

Abby said...

so cute! The quilt is soooo cute! way to go lori!!

jeanine said...

I knew William and Lucy were soul mates... William's favorite color is orange too! (Sometimes it changes... but it always comes back to orange.)

And I absolutely LOVE that quilt! Perfect.

DeAnna Packer said...

ORANGE you happy to participate in the JOY of life!!! Love it. Love you. What are you ever going to do without ducks in your back yard... Wonder if llardro's
'Goose Girl' is a rendering of such a scene. Glad you captured it on film in Lucy's duck-bill orange outfit. You are such a swirl of delight. Helps us live in the NOW. Mom

Rosalee said...

Lucy is so adorable! She always seems so happy, so joyful! And I love the cute things she says. The blanket you are making looks super cute! I'm sure she will love it!

Vicky said...

I love that quilt! Seeing that makes me want to be crafty, too! I love that Lucy loves orange. And good idea to give her something new, too. I remember my mom doing that for me when my sister was born, and I was close to Lucy's age at the time.

Boston Family said...

Orange is such a fun color, and totally suites sweet Lucy from what we've seen. Enjoy the nice weather!

Mark and Maria said...

Orange fit's Lucy's personality perfectly!! So bright and fun!

. said...

I LOVVEEEEEEEEE that quilt! What a happy color for the new baby! Wow. I just got happy looking at that. I love orange too, in fact it was one of my wedding colors (crazy, I know.) How are you doing with the preg? Hope all is well for you.

. said...

oh, wait....that quilt would be for lucy, no? Guess the baby will have to get dibs on another quilt?

Emily Anne said...

what a sweet post! The quilt is perfect -- can't wait to see the finished product.

Deanna said...

I love the Ewok with that carrot! And the quilt is such a nice gift for Lucy when she'll be going through new changes.

Kate said...

Orange is very becoming on her! She was so cute with the ducks too! Charlie is into orange food too. Carrots and sweet potatoes are his fav. Although that probably has more to do with the fact that they're kinda sweet then that they're orange! Hope that babe inside of you is doing well!!

ROAST said...

Real Conversation:

Royce: My favorite color is Orange.
Lucy: No that's my favorite color!

Laurie said...

I smile when I read "The Adventures of Lucy" I have experienced so many similar events and conversations with Tori. Tori also believes that she is the boss of the world. The other day I think Michael had enough of her bossing him because he pulled her hair...she cried. Oh well. Siblings are great for keeping us humble. In our house the color is pink.

Julie said...

Oh how we miss you guys. Been gone only a month and I'm thinking how are we going to survive a year away from our sweet family???? Maybe you guys can come visit China...I'm sure there are lots of ORANGE things there...right?! Hope to see you soon.