Just Because It's On The Ground.....

For whatever reason, Pennsylvania has GIANT insects (I think its something in the water). The ants they have here are huge! Now that the weather is warming up the ants are coming out and are starting to get into the house.
While we were watching General Conference this weekend, Lucas was crawling around and playing. At one point, Katie saw him reaching for something on the ground and trying to put it in his mouth (not an unusual circumstance). This time, however, Katie noticed that whatever he was reaching for wasn't staying still, but was trying to get away from Lucas! Fortunately we stopped him from eating the ant.......this time.
On the plus side, we know that Lucas must have good hand-to-eye coordination to try (nearly successfully) to grab a moving object between his thumb and forefinger.

Easter!

On Saturday we took Lucas to an Easter Egg Hunt at a park. It was huge, with lots of people. With Craig's help, Lucas found an egg and was happy just sitting there playing with the egg and eating the leaves that he found on the ground. On Sunday we had another Easter Egg Hunt with our neighbors, it was pretty low-key. Lucas once again found one egg with help and was happy just sitting there looking and holding the egg and eating the grass. Cooper, his friend, kept putting eggs into Lucas' basket. We had ham and potatoes for dinner. Lucas loved the Ham, he likes meat, he picks out all of the meat that is on his tray, leaving all of the veggies and other stuff (he eats them once the meat is gone). We haven't been giving Lucas sweets, but with the help of a neighbor Lucas was able to have some carrot cake for dessert.

Easter Package

Today we opened an Easter package from Grandma and Grandpa Swenson. The box itself was pretty boring and Lucas was easily distracted by the ever enticing stairs, but once he opened the box, his outlook changed entirely......FAKE GRASS IS AWESOME!!! There were other fun things in the box, too. Candy that mom and dad weren't going to let Lucas have, a giant bubble wand that Lucas loves, and a game with spring loaded pieces that jump in the air. We had to get Lucas to sit still long enough (and not eat the pieces) to show him that they jumped up in the air, but once he understood he loved watching them.

Under the weather!

You know something is wrong with Lucas when he is putting his head on your shoulder and cuddling with you. At first we thought it was teething, when Lucas was whinning, sleepy, has a fever, and is lethagic. Craig thought I was trying to use my child as an excuse to get out of my talk on Sunday. Alas, after a visit to the doctor, because I was not convinced that this was just teething, Lucas has a virus. I have to admit it is nice to know I was not a paranoid mother, I was right, but unfortunately there is nothing they can do, so were hoping Lucas can sleep it off. Everything is fine and I am sure Lucas will be back to his happy and active self soon. Though the doctor did make a comment, that even though he is not feeling good, he still appears to be happy and talkative. Though Lucas is not feeling well in these pictures, I still took them because how cute is that, Lucas snuggling up with his dad.

Where do Waffles go?

Lucas' answer.....on my head! Last Friday we were in a hurry, and I didn't want to take the time to cook a nice meal, so we had waffles and eggs! Lucas didn't really love the eggs, but loved the waffles. Most of them ended up in his mouth, except for this piece, I don't know exactly how it got there, but there it is, a piece of waffle on my child's head!

Dancing!

Whenever Lucas hears music he will start to sway back and forth it is pretty cute, he has been doing it for a while, since he was little. I have wanted to get it recorded,for prosperity. Here are some recordings of Lucas grooving to children's songs, though Craig had him swaying the other day to Chicago. The other video is Lucas dancing with his friend Cooper, which I had to record because I thought it was supper cute!

Easter Package!

Grandma Les, Grandpa Steve, and Aunt Kenzie, sent us a package. Lucas loves digging in the box and grabbing everything he can. His favorite thing was the wrapped candy, which he kept sticking in his mouth, fortunately he didn't realize that what was in the wrapper would have been much more tasty! The big duck was really cute and very soft. Lucas enjoyed sticking the beak part in his mouth.