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Oct 9 2008

The finish line

Category: Kids & Growing Up

With Lucie starting preschool I'm amazed at how more grown up she seems than Nathan did at that age. She insists on dressing herself, even picking her outfit some mornings. (Or lack of them when she decides to have a pajama day and never gets dressed.) I always had to help Nathan get dressed when he was three. Even today, I have to help him pick out an outfit if I want it to match.

Lucie loves going to school. When I pick her up she tells me, "I had even more fun today!" Nathan would cling to me when I dropped him off at preschool. And there are some days when all I hear from him is, "I hate school."

As soon as Nathan grew out of his training wheels, Lucie got them put on her "new" bike (a used Schwinn that Paul's fixing up). The way she speeds around the neighborhood after her big brother, I know she'll lose the training wheels much sooner than her brother did.

Maybe it's a girl thing or younger child matter. But Lucie's growing up much quicker than her brother was at this age. My thinking is that when you have an older sibling, life is one big race where you're always trying to catch up.

No wonder Lucie and Nathan are constantly racing down the stairs while yelling, "I'm the winner!" Competition starts early around here.