Lucy can do it All By Herself (tm)

Lucy's new favorite phrase is "I DO IT MYSELF!" This applies to, literally, anything. Like, she would definitely drive the car and light every candle in the house if we would let her.  On the day of these pictures, Lucy insisted that she could walk on the rocks ALL BY HERSELF, but thankfully Daddy was there to save her when the waves got big.  I would like to think there is a really precious parenting metaphor there, but really, given a choice, I'm sure Lucy would roll her eyes, and be like "Daddy!  I said.  I could do it.  BY MYSELF.  GEEZ!  Why do you always treat me. Like a baby?  UH!"  And then she would run into her room and slam the door and throw herself on her bed to listen to Midnight Oil and write in her diary and we would suddenly realize she's actually a 15-year old girl and this is the payback my mother always talked about.