I have to write these things down. My mom says I must write them down or some day I'll forget. So all these cute, amazing, crazy, naughty, sweet moments from Lucas are my forget-me-nots. Like the flower.
I've had a harder time staying positive lately so these moments do my heart good. Lucas understands so much more than I even can give him credit for. It's amazing to see him grow into this little person.
Wednesday I was cutting him a little piece of cherry pie and he was excited. I sat him on the kitchen counter and told him that Grandma and Grandpa had sent the pie home for us on Christmas. He grinned at me and yelled out, "Thank you grandma grandpa!" It made me laugh. Then he told me, "Daddy's truck broken. Mama's car fixed." That's his new favorite phrase.
Tonight I was reading to Lucas. I love reading to him. We were reading "Busy Penguins" which, of course, is the sequel to "Busy Bunnies". In the book there are photographs of the penguins doing things and below the picture it says things like "Penguins jumping" or "penguins sliding". One of them says "penguins pooping" with a nice candid photo. This is Lucas and Megan's favorite page. Have you ever seen a penguin poop? Look it up. It's pretty gross! Tonight Lucas wanted to act out the phrases. One said, "penguins cleaning", and it showed a picture of a penguin grooming itself. I was trying to figure out how to explain this to Lucas when he got up, ran to the kitchen and started rustling around. He runs back out with a broom and starts sweeping the carpet. CLEANING. Such a smart boy making those connections.
Of course, he'll be scarred for life from the penguin pooping picture. (:
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Testing Patience and Growing (both of us)
Lucas is getting so big. It's funny because I feel like there is so much going on around us that the days are just flying by in a whir. I'm working hard to try and slow down (which is forever going to be my mantra) and enjoy the day. There's just so much to do and think about.
This morning I wanted, just a little, to throttle Lucas. I went to take a shower and when I emerged he had gotten to the box of Annie's Bunny Grahams and thrown them all over the floor. Everywhere in the kitchen were little bunny crackers. I was so pissed, mostly because those crackers are so damn expensive! And I knew that he wouldn't pick them up. I just knew it. So, I told him he couldn't have breakfast until he cleaned them up, but I was very patient. He laid on the floor and just whined at me, "No clean up mama. No!" We did this for about 15 minutes. Finally, I swept up the bunny crackers into a big pile and used his hands to pick up the crackers. I could have sat there all day and waited for him. I tried to make it fun. I tried to positively reinforce him. I tried to negatively reinforce him. He's a stinker. I do know that Brian and I are BOTH stubborn in are own ways, which spells trouble for us. It's not just with me either, he does it at school too. So, in a way, this makes me feel better because I know he doesn't just do it for me!!
Lucas' language is growing exponentially. Right now he goes back and forth between calling his ambulances and firetrucks "wee-ooh-wee-ohh's" and calling his horses his "neighs". But, I know the time is near that those words will be gone. Today it started snowing while I was dropping him off at school and he said, "SNOW MAMA, SNOW!!" He was so excited. And, he's doing something really monumental, developmentally speaking. He's been drawing on his Magna-doodle, just scribbles, but he gives those scribbles names. He says, "Draw mama. Draw my." And then he scribbles. He's is representing people with those scribbles on his paper ("my" is the word he uses for "me"). This will later lead to understanding that letter represent sounds, and lots of those letter put together represent words. Very important and VERY cool!
I have a date on Saturday night when Lucas goes to his dad's. Well, it's not officially a "date", but it's the closest thing I've had to any sort of a one-on-one hangout with a male since I got divorced (so, what like almost 3 years?). Trying to imagine dating someone while raising Lucas baffles me, but everyone assures me that this is an important step in "getting back out there". It's the first time anyone has even sort of looked my way in this three years as well, which I guess is kind of cool. I don't know him very well, but I know he's not a crazy psycho, which is very nice. It's actually sort of funny, how we started talking. All I can think about is Elisha and I in the office a few weeks ago. I don't even really know what to say about this situation, except that I think it's important that I note it because it's been awhile. Time to step out of my comfort zone and DO something. Right? Right. We'll see how it goes.
This morning I wanted, just a little, to throttle Lucas. I went to take a shower and when I emerged he had gotten to the box of Annie's Bunny Grahams and thrown them all over the floor. Everywhere in the kitchen were little bunny crackers. I was so pissed, mostly because those crackers are so damn expensive! And I knew that he wouldn't pick them up. I just knew it. So, I told him he couldn't have breakfast until he cleaned them up, but I was very patient. He laid on the floor and just whined at me, "No clean up mama. No!" We did this for about 15 minutes. Finally, I swept up the bunny crackers into a big pile and used his hands to pick up the crackers. I could have sat there all day and waited for him. I tried to make it fun. I tried to positively reinforce him. I tried to negatively reinforce him. He's a stinker. I do know that Brian and I are BOTH stubborn in are own ways, which spells trouble for us. It's not just with me either, he does it at school too. So, in a way, this makes me feel better because I know he doesn't just do it for me!!
Lucas' language is growing exponentially. Right now he goes back and forth between calling his ambulances and firetrucks "wee-ooh-wee-ohh's" and calling his horses his "neighs". But, I know the time is near that those words will be gone. Today it started snowing while I was dropping him off at school and he said, "SNOW MAMA, SNOW!!" He was so excited. And, he's doing something really monumental, developmentally speaking. He's been drawing on his Magna-doodle, just scribbles, but he gives those scribbles names. He says, "Draw mama. Draw my." And then he scribbles. He's is representing people with those scribbles on his paper ("my" is the word he uses for "me"). This will later lead to understanding that letter represent sounds, and lots of those letter put together represent words. Very important and VERY cool!
I have a date on Saturday night when Lucas goes to his dad's. Well, it's not officially a "date", but it's the closest thing I've had to any sort of a one-on-one hangout with a male since I got divorced (so, what like almost 3 years?). Trying to imagine dating someone while raising Lucas baffles me, but everyone assures me that this is an important step in "getting back out there". It's the first time anyone has even sort of looked my way in this three years as well, which I guess is kind of cool. I don't know him very well, but I know he's not a crazy psycho, which is very nice. It's actually sort of funny, how we started talking. All I can think about is Elisha and I in the office a few weeks ago. I don't even really know what to say about this situation, except that I think it's important that I note it because it's been awhile. Time to step out of my comfort zone and DO something. Right? Right. We'll see how it goes.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Go slow Mama!
Megan and Esh took Lucas to James Street Estates on Thursday while I was in class. He loved it. They told me that he was just awestruck and grinning from ear to ear the whole time. Megan said he just kept wondering why she was driving so slow.
The next night I took him by the "big tree". This is a tall tree over by Larrabee Elementary School that is lit up to the top with lights. He loves it. So as we were driving by he yells to me, "Go slow Mama!! Slow!!"
I'm pretty sure I couldn't have driven slow enough for him. I love watching this little man's language develop.
The next night I took him by the "big tree". This is a tall tree over by Larrabee Elementary School that is lit up to the top with lights. He loves it. So as we were driving by he yells to me, "Go slow Mama!! Slow!!"
I'm pretty sure I couldn't have driven slow enough for him. I love watching this little man's language develop.
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