Lucas likes KiX

Lucas usually has yogurt for breakfast, but lately he has been liking cereal and not just any kind of cereal, KiX. The other day I was snacking on some Life cereal when Lucas caught me, so I gave him some. A few minutes later he came back for more, so I tried to give him more and he said, "no". He pointed to the box of KiX on the refrigerator, said, "KiX". I am okay with this preference, after all KiX are "kid tested and mother approved."

Being Helpful, well sort of!

Lucas is in the 'let me help' stage of development and as all stages this has its pros and cons.

Pros:

• He is no longer taking the clean dishes out of the dishwasher and tossing them on the floor.
• He's always willing to carry things whether you want him to or not.
  
• It is nice to know your child is willing to help.

Cons:

• Everything seems to take more time.
• Con it takes more energy with Lucas helping, way more energy.
  

Lucas loves to help sweep the floors, fold the clothes, and hand me dishes to put away. I was carrying our cooler out to the car and Lucas had to hold onto one of the handles and 'help' me carry it to the car. Lucas also likes shutting doors every time we go out of a room. He HAS to shut the door, he also has to shut the door when we come inside the house. The other day I was in our bathroom getting ready for the day, and I could hear Lucas, but couldn't see him, I opened the bathroom door, no Lucas. I opened the bedroom door still no Lucas, but I was getting warmer. Though all of the doors were closed, I opened his door and sure enough, he was there. I don't think he meant to do that, but at least he wasn't complaining yet.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Today we celebrated Dr. Seuss' Birthday! We made a cat in the hat hand puppet with Lucas' friends, read some Dr. Seuss books and of course had green eggs and ham! We also had chocolate birthday cake in a mug (this was surprisingly yummy!). It is always nice to have something to celebrate! Adds some spice to life and gives me an excuse to try something different and eat cake. I love Dr. Seuss books, the man was brilliant. Lucas will actually sit and listen through an entire Dr. Seuss book, which is saying something! Fun Day!



Lucas has also started to 'cheese' for the camera. It is really cute, but his facial expression looks funny in the pictures that we take of him, his eyes all squinted, grinning really big while he says cheese! If anyone pulls out a camera Lucas runs toward it saying, "Cheese". I look forward to picture day in a couple of months he should be willing to smile for the camera, which will be a first.

Field Trip

We went on a field trip with our play group to the grocery store. It was a lot of fun. Lucas spent some time in the stroller, when he started to get out of control and wander away from the group, but he actually stayed by the group and listened some of the time (longer than I thought he would). They gave all the kids a hat, and explained the different food groups as we went around the grocery store. Lucas favorite part was the seafood area. The guy showed the different type of seafood, like shrimp and fish, and then he pulled out a live lobster, and told them they could touch it if they wanted. All of the kids backed away and hesitated....all but one child who pushed his way through the group and with out hesitation touched the lobster, laughed, and then touched it again, poking at its claws and thoroughly enjoying himself. I am sure you have figured it out that it was my child. You gotta love him, he is so outgoing and happy! Very social!

Bye Bye!

Lucas is now speaking on a regular basis, some of it jibber-jabber, but you can actually understand some of the words he says. It has been pretty fun. His new thing started when we were watching the clowns. He looked at Craig and I waved and said, "Bye-Bye" and headed for the door. Craig and I looked at each other and we're like 'wait a minute, I don't think so'. He has done that several times since. I will be headed to the car look at Lucas and say I am going bye bye are you coming with me, Lucas will look at me say, "bye-bye" and head the opposite direction.

Clowns

On a Saturday we took Lucas to see the clowns at the library. We were not sure how Lucas would react, but thought we would see how it went . At first he was a little apprehensive, no surprise there, but once we dragged him through the door one came up to Lucas and handed him a sticker (how did that clown know Lucas Achilles Heal?). Don't worry it gets even better, another one comes up to Lucas and starts blowing bubbles. That was it, Lucas was sold, he watched them and really seemed to enjoy himself. It was really fun, I was even entertained. These clowns were older people, probably grandparents. It was really cute, and most importantly, Lucas lived to tell the tale!

The blackberries incident

One morning on our way home from swim, I thought to myself, "I am going to be driving right past this grocery store, that has fruit on sale. I really want some fruit, so Lucas and I will quickly run in grab some fruit and leave, it will be super fast!" We get there and I think, "this is going to be really quick, rather than messing with a shopping cart and trying to get Lucas seated in the shopping cart, I will just hold his hand. We're going to be quick, it won't be a problem."

What was I thinking!?! While I was trying to get some fruit, Lucas was grabbing all the fruit containers that I was trying to keep him away from so fruit doesn't get all over the floor. I was unsuccessful, and Lucas grabbed a container of blackberries, which spilled all over the floor. As I am trying to pick them up, Lucas is grabbing them and eating them, by the handfuls! If this isn't embarrassing enough, the produce guy is standing right there, seeing all of it. He was very nice, though. I told him that I would pay for them, he said don't worry about it, because things like this happen! I quickly grab a container of blackberries and Lucas and I head for the checkout, but in the process I see some asparagus. I love asparagus, so I decided to quickly grab some. Once again, BAD idea. Lucas gets into the basket grabs the container of blackberries, and guess where they land? All over the floor. Once again I am picking them up and Lucas is eating them. I salvaged what we could, because I wasn't about to go back to the produce guy and ask how often does it happen twice in a row. To say the least it was not a quick trip, and in the future I'll more carefully reconsider before I decide not to put Lucas in the shopping cart.