An exciting Easter weekend!

Craig was going to the temple with the youth on Easter Weekend, so we decided to make it a fun getaway, so on Friday we took Lucas to the D.C. Zoo!  Lucas is obsessed with animals!  It was a pretty nice day, slightly windy at times, but very pleasant.  Unfortunately, everyone else thought it would be a great day to go to the zoo, too.  It was complete chaos trying to park, Craig ended up dropping us off at a random street corner and heading to the metro station to park.  Lucas and I were on our own for awhile and I have to admit that it is slightly intimidating to be on your own with a child in a very, very busy area!  We conquered our fears made it to the zoo, and Craig found parking, so all's well that ends well.

Lucas was so excited he loved the zoo!!!  He went from animal to animal, wanting to see more and more! He loved the birds and reptiles!  As previously mentioned it was pretty busy at the zoo, but fortunately Craig's height came into play and Lucas was able to see everything!  For example the Gorilla area was very busy and it was difficult to see anything, until Craig put Lucas on his shoulders and then Lucas was able to see every Gorilla, as other children on their father's shoulders struggled to see.  There was lots to see and Lucas saw pretty much all of it.  We had a difficult time convincing him to leave!  The zoo was a success, Lucas still talks about our trip to the zoo and the different animals we saw!

Friday night we went to Cafe Rio, yes, you heard right we had dinner at Cafe Rio!  There is now one in the D.C. area, and it was wonderful!  It didn't have quite the same feel as one in Utah, but the food was still excellent!  You could easily pick out all of the LDS families, which pretty much made up most of the people at the place!  Best of all, Lucas loved it!!!  Not really surprising since Lucas loves Mexican food!

Saturday we attended the temple, Lucas and I wandered the temple grounds while Craig went with the youth.  It was a pretty nice day!  I wanted the temple to be a special experience for Lucas considering it was Easter weekend.  We had a special Easter Egg hunt, centering around Christ's Curification and Resurrection and the days lead of to these important events.  Lucas thought this was fun and loved picking up the egg, that I would try to discreetly drop with him right behind me.  He still found it exciting, even though he was totally watching me drop the eggs!  It was a pleasant experience and I could not have imagine a better place to be at on Easter weekend!

Before we headed home to decided to drive downtown and see the cherry blossoms since it was that time of year!  After sitting in traffic for an hour we finally arrived, but much to our dismay there were no cherry blossoms in bloom, it was disappointing, lots of people and festivities going on to celebrate the event, but yet no blossoms.  Apparently the warm weather had made them come and go earlier than normal.

Explaining the baby to Lucas

I picked Lucas up from a neighbors home after a doctor's appointment and while we were driving in the car I explained to him about how he is going to be a big brother and have a baby sister or brother.  I don't think he completely understands the concept, but his responds was, "Ooooooooooooooh, that's neat mom!", he also made the comment, "baby brother and sister, for Lucas."

Number two!

For those of you who do not yet know and read this blog.  We thought it was time to let it be officially known that Craig and I are once again taking the plunge into the unknown and that we're expecting another child.  Lucas is getting a baby brother this fall (September).  We are really excited, Craig is relieved that it is another boy! The time works great, since Lucas will be starting preschool in the fall (if he is potty trained by then, keeping our fingers crossed on that one).  Things appear to be going well!  We have already had two ultrasounds, and will be having the twenty week ultrasound in about a month.  (I was hoping for one ultrasound this time around, but no go).

Adele

So think I have mentioned in a previous post my obsession with Adele, her voice is amazing!  Well, I think I've been listening to her a little too much.  We were standing in a check out line at the store and "Rumor has it" starts to play.  Craig was holding Lucas, and he looks at me and points to Lucas.  Lucas is singing it, getting several of the words right.  I was a pretty proud parent at that moment, passing on the important stuff to my kid!  Since then he has done it in the car, when one of her songs plays on the radio he starts to sing to it.

Spring!

The last coupled of weeks have been beautiful, warm in the upper 70's, unusually warm for this time of year.  Lucas and I have been taking walks after his nap.  We are seeing blossoms on trees, they are getting green!  I love the Spring we have been using our grill, like every day last week!  Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, it is pretty cold today, windy, but at least the sun is shinning!  I made this pretty cute Spring cake last week!  I was pretty proud of my accomplishment, it tasted pretty good too!

Lucas calming his friend, adorable!

Last week we watched Lucas's little friend, Aubree, whose mother just had a baby.  Aubree was having a tough time being left behind so I tried to calm her down.  I told her that her grandma would be back, and that after they finished watching Elmo, we would go blow bubbles.  A few minutes later I hear Lucas, talking to Aubree telling her her grandma will be back, and "do you like Elmo", "it is okay, Aubree", "do you want to blow bubbles, it will be fun."  It was super adorable.  Lucas is very aware when his friends or someone is upset or sad, and is eager to comfort them.

ARRRGH, Matie!

Lucas has been on this Birthday kick, he loves celebrating birthdays, wants to bake cake all the time.   Whenever I am cooking something he asks me if it's cake!  A couple of weeks ago he was able to go to a Pirate Themed Birthday, we dressed him up as a pirate, and I taught him how to say, "arrrrgh, matie!".  He loved it.  We heard about Parker's Birthday party for days after that!