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.
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