Dia de Lucie

We have now been in Nicaragua for 42 days (not that I’m counting). During this time, everyone to include myself, my husband and Scarlett have had a “break” from the Nicaragua experience….everyone except Lucie. I know how I feel when I have been with the kids for an entire day and cannot wait for them to go to bed so I can have some time to myself. Lucie very seldom gets that kind of time, so I imagined how awesome it would be to take my Goose out for the day...just her and me...no other kids to compete with, no sharing, no communication issues, just her Mom to hang out with who would devote the entire day to her. What she wants to do, where she wants to go and be completely focused on only her, so today was “Dia de Lucie”.

We’ve been talking about our special day for about a week now. Lucie’s favorite movie is Transformers (ET is a close second - she is a Speilberg fan!!!) so when Transformers 2 came out - I knew that this would be on the top of her list - to see her favorite movie!! So we got picked up at 11:00 this morning from Norman – I dropped Scarlett and Martita with my friend Trish, and Lucie and I went to CentroMetro Mall. This is the only place I knew that Transformers 2 would be in English and subtitled. The movie didn’t start until 2:30 – so we had a lot of time to hang out. We went into lots of shops – some for Lucie and some for Mom – everywhere we went – people would stop and stare at us – usually, I am with a large group of people when I go to the mall, so I think I noticed it a lot more today – but everyone would smile when they saw us. Lucie was complimented so often – “what beautiful hair you have” “you have gorgeous eyes”… after a few compliments, Lucie decided that she didn’t want to get her hair cut after all (Mommy is VERY happy about that)!!

We ate lunch at McDonalds (yes, I ate at a fast food place!! I'm also hanging out with Gecko's...don't judge me!!!) and Lucie would just stop eating and look up at me and I would say “What?” and she would say “I’m so happy to be here with you Mommy!!” ;) Precious times…precious girl!! We then watched our movie – it’s almost 3 hours long and very, very exciting!! I thought Lucie might be scared a couple of times but I would hold her hand and she would just smile at me. A couple of times she said she was cold and wanted to sit in my lap – the cold times seem to align with the scary parts of the movie!!

Walking hand in hand with my Lucie is such a joy to me. I love the unique person she is – how she is never afraid to say what she likes/wants and has her own identity. She has been the most amazing big sister to Martita – of course, they argue and struggle to find their place, but she is so patient with Martita. Showing her how things work, communicating so well, and loving and caring for her. I could not ask for more from her.

I think about all that I am sacrificing being here in Nicaragua – all that my husband is sacrificing – then I realize that Lucie is giving up so much! She was the baby of the family – she had a lot more of my time and her Daddy’s – she had school to finish – friends to be with and sports to play…. Everything put on hold for our Nicaragua adventure. So here’s to “Dia de Lucie” – I am so proud of the person you are becoming and treasured this day we spent together!!!