Playing at the Park

Friday we went to the park with some friends. Lucas loved it! He ate some dirt and some sand, played with the wood chips and tried to eat those! We put him in the swing, which he was a little unsure about. He went down the slide and seemed to enjoy that. He wasn't too interest in playing with his friends, unless it involved trying to tip over their bucket full of sand and steal their shovels, even though he had a shovel of his own. In the process of going to the park, we discovered that Lucas needs a new hat, his is too small for his head, though it is a 12 month hat. What can you expect when your sons head is off the charts!

St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Lucas had his first traditional St. Patrick's Day feast and loved it! The corned-beef was his favorite, there wasn't any left on his tray or in his high chair. He also enjoy some potatoes, cabbage, and Irish Soda Bread. He liked the bread too, but that makes sense because Lucas likes bread, period.
Lucas didn't wear the festive headband all day, but the thirty seconds that he did wear it, he didn't immediately trying taking it off (that happened at about thirty-one seconds).

Clapping!

Lucas has started clapping, though I don't think he knows that is what he is doing. When he gets really excited he will babble and start to clap, it is pretty cute! I have been teaching him patty cake, we have been doing a lot of patty cake!

Upgrade!

Thanks to some wonderful friends/neighbors, we have a car seat for Lucas, he has outgrown his previous car seat/carrier. We put him in it the other day and as you can tell from the picture, he loves it! (sarcasm). Right now it is sitting in our living room, but soon Craig will get it in the car and it will be a definite improvement.

Unloading the Dishwasher!

Lucas had been helping me unload the dishwasher, he is really helpful. I have definitely become more efficient and quicker at unloading the dishes when Lucas is helping. Efficient because I know to unload the knifes and forks first, then everything on the lower level, and quick because the quicker I am the less I have to rewash. He is super cute when he is helping; he talks, babbles, and bangs the silverware, and he makes sure that the silverware is extra clean (sticks it in his mouth).

Sneaky little boy!

Today I was letting Lucas wander around and play, while I cleaned up the breakfast mess and did some dishes. I could hear him talking away, and then a few moments later, I could no longer hear him. My first thought was, "my child has once again climbed the stairs and is upstairs wandering around", so I went for the stairs. When I turned the corner before heading up the stairs there was Lucas, munching on two pretzel rods, one for each hand. He had got into the diaper bag, and got to the bag of pretzels. The bag must have been opened, because I don't think he has acquired that skill yet. So besides breakfast, Lucas also had an after breakfast snack of two pretzel rods.

Spring Break!

Craig had a whole week off from school, but still had research and work that needed to be done, since he had been playing in Hawaii the week before, so we were not able to do much, but did do some playing. We went on a little family outing to Hershey. Lucas had his nine month pictures taken. For the first time since we have been getting his pictures taken, he actually smiled and looked at the camera, he was quite charming. Next we went over to the Hershey outlets, to get clothes for Lucas for next fall and winter. We had time to spare, so we went over to Hershey's chocolate world where we took Lucas on the ride with the talking cows, that explain how Hershey's chocolate is made. Lucas loved this, the ride has flashing lights and moving objects, and as previously mentioned cows that talk and sing. It was a wonderful day that was completely dedicated to Lucas.
Lucas had his first Thanksgiving dinner in March. We bought a turkey in November and needed to cook it, to make room in our freezer for Corn-beef and Ham. Lucas really enjoyed this, he had Turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans.
To end our Spring Break we were going to head to the Washington Temple with the youth in our stake, however, it was raining and raining, and yes while I am typing this it is still raining, that is Pennsylvania for you, with spring and summer comes rain, rain, and more rain. Anyway, we thought that it wouldn't be very pleasant for Lucas, so Craig went and Lucas and I stayed home. I ended up taking Lucas to the library to pick up a book, and we ended up getting some books for Lucas. I put him down and let him wander around, in the play area they had, and he loved it, he played with the trains, the magnet letters, and watched the kids. He had a blast and we will definitely be going back.