Poor Lucas. Last weekend he spiked a fever when he was with Brian. He came home happy, but super hot. He didn't have any other symptoms, but I was pretty wary because I knew that hand, foot and mouth virus was circulating in mass quantities at work. But, he's had it before. . . a very light case last summer when we were Mason Jar camping. By Sunday night, Lucas was not comfortable at all. He had developed a few bumps on his hands and on his bottom, and in the folds of his knees and elbows. I was worried about chicken pox at first, but after checking the CDC webpage I discovered that it can sometimes show up in these areas too. Lucas' poor feet were getting bad. He would fall asleep while I rocked him and then awake almost violently, rubbing his feet together. I had to make a late night trip to Haggen to get some Benadryl for him. Megan had come over to watch the last Bachelorette episode, so luckily I didn't have to drag him with me!
I was out of work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Brianne watched him on Thursday for a good chunk of the day and Brian took him on Friday. The worst place he got it was on his feet. By Wednesday his feet had developed full-on blisters. He was such a trooper though. Tuesday was his crankiest day, but even at his crankiest he was still pretty tame! I'd be way more cranky if it was my body covered with an itchy/painful rash. No good. Luckily, he's pretty much made a full recovery and it's back to school for Lucas tomorrow. Almost 100% of both toddler rooms have had this bug. That's absolutely the most absences we've had with any virus in my memory. I called the health department and reported it, but they didn't have too much advice for me. I guess it's just one of those things.
So, I've been trying all week to post all these cute things Lucas has been doing, but with his crankiness comes the "I-don't-want-you-to-put-me-down" symptoms. But now he's asleep and I have 10 minutes before bed!
Stinky Feet
Lucas thinks it's so hilarious, at the end of the day when I take his shoes off, that I tell him his feet are stinky. When he wears those Keens without socks, they are REALLY stinky! (: So now every time I remove his shoes, I wave my hand in front of my nose and say, "Ewww, stinky feet and toes!" And he laughs and laughs. In fact, he's learned the word stinky. Ha!
Hot!
One of Lucas' favorite books is "Goodnight Moon". I'm surprised, because it's really not the most exciting book. But I'm also not surprised at the same time because it's got some sort of weird calming rhythm to it. I read it to him while I was pregnant too (they said that was good to do). He sits in my lap when I read it to him and the other day he pointed to the picture and said, "Hot!" I looked at the picture and saw the fireplace. "Yes," I said to him, "It IS hot! It's a fireplace." And he started blowing on it, to cool it off.
New Baby
Natalie, Lucas' friend from school, just had a brand new baby brother. When we got word that he (baby William) was born, we got a text with a picture! Elisha took her phone in the classroom to show Natalie her new baby brother. I watched from the window in my office. Natalie just kind of stared at it at first and was a little memorized and confused, I think. Lucas and Miles came over to look and Lucas kissed the phone with the baby. Awww. Then, of course, Miles and Natalie had to kiss him too.
Go, Mama, Go!
When Brianne watched Lucas on Thursday, she took him for a walk on part of the Interurban Trail. On the downhill parts she'd jog with Lucas and he thought it was fantastic. Today we went on a walk at Lake Padden and he kept encouraging me from the stroller, "Go, Mama, Go!" I couldn't figure out what he wanted me to do for a second, and then I realized he wanted me to run. Lake Padden's trail has BIG downhill parts so we got some speed. We got so much speed that the front wheel on the stroller started spinning around very fast, almost dangerous! I got quite the workout in (probably looked like a total dork too), and Lucas thought he was speed racer.
Pretend Play
I love that Lucas is a good "pretend player". He's been rocking his "babies" to sleep for months now, chanting "night-night" as he pats their backs (just like he gets patted at school). He's recently started "feeding" his Little People and his cars and trucks. When he has a bowl of crackers or blueberries, he makes sure that his toys all get bites of his food as he says, "Mmmm-num-num-num". The other day he took his blocks and lined them up right next to each other, down the table. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Choo-choo!" He was making a train out of his blocks. (:
I could probably keep writing this stuff forever.
The funny thing is that he was driving me crazy by the time Thursday morning rolled around. I was almost salivating to go back to work (and honestly, I think he was really hoping to get to go to school). But as soon as I got to work, I missed him. And at the end of the day, I was really happy to come home. If I only had to work part time, that would probably be ideal. But, this isn't an ideal world and we work with what we have. More of that practice with balance.
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