Happy Birthday Uncle Sasha!

"Uncle Sasha, this is your birthday party!"

SONG:
"Have a happy birthday, yoo-hoooo.
(no clue what he's saying here)
Everybody play, it's Uncle Sasha's special day.
Happy Birthday!
Blow out the candles!
Hooooooo (blowing.)"

Happy Birthday Uncle Jon!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE JON!"


"Have a happy birthday, yooo-hooo
(forgot a line)
Everybody play...it's Jon's birth (correction special day)
Happy Birthday!
Blow out the candles!
Hooo (blowing)"

The Aquarium with James and Kate

Today's trip to the aquarium was definitely the most interesting one for Lucas so far. He sat for long periods of time taking in all the excitement happening in the tanks. I asked which was his favorite and he said "ALL of the animals are my favorite!" (My favorite exhibit was James blowing Raspberries and attacking his stuffed bear like a little shark.)

In the picture above, a toddler in a stroller next to him kept telling Lucas "NO!" just to get a reaction from him. He was authoritatively telling her "Don't DO that!" It was hilarious. I think he looks a bit like Jack Nicholson in the pic.

Learning Tower

In case you're wondering what a learning tower is...Lucas uses it to gain access to the counter top, sink or stove to help prepare food and I don't have to worry about him falling off.

Audrey

Some of you remember Audrey from a previous post (see second to the last quote from "More Lucasisms.)"

Apparently, Lucas and Audrey have been planning playdates at school. When I'd pick Lucas up from the playground he would confidently announce that Audrey was coming over. Then he'd get very agitated when I had to inform him otherwise. Of course something had to be done about this quickly, so I invited Audrey over to make muffins and play last week on a rainy afternoon. Cheryl had some things she had to take care of so it was just me and the kids.

This post would be five miles long if I typed all of the cute things that happened. But I will try to highlight the afternoon.

They were on cloud nine from the moment the door was opened. While pizza was cooking, they explored the house together through Audrey's eyes. Over lunch, the Syrian in Lucas came out and he was ordering more pizza for Audrey and telling her to drink her juice, etc.

They shared a spot on the learning tower and took turns mixing the muffin batter. As the muffins baked, Lucas hopped on his tricycle and pedaled off furiously like a little caveman while Audrey fluttered happily behind him. They raced to Lucas's room where they pretended that it was night and then raced out again pretending it was morning. This went on for quite a while, then they settled down to make "soup" (pictured above.)

Next they ate their whole wheat blueberry muffins, fulfilling one of Lucas's biggest dreams. He loves to hear stories about having a friend over for muffins(the friend varies depending on who is on our mind that day.)

We can't wait for more playdates with the "most wonderful girl in the world!"

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sending love to you all this Valentine's Day!

We got a last minute email from Lucas's school yesterday evening about bringing in 32 Valentines this morning. Lucas was already in bed so I rushed around preparing as best I could.

We happened to have some leftover Winnie-the-Pooh Valentines so I just had to make 16 more. I folded a heart and stuck a bug head on top so they look somewhat like a love bug. Then Lucas woke up early to personalize them, tracing or coloring hearts and putting an L on them for his signature (you can see a sideways L if you look closely at the Valentine sticking out of his pocket.)

Chris took him to school and helped him deliver one to each child's bag. Can't wait to open his bags and see all of his Valentines after school today! Chris said there were some fancy ones being handed out.

Octopus in the Woods

This is a potty-inspired story, almost verbatim:

Octopus in the Woods

"One day I was walking in a small patch of grass. Suddenly I realized I was in the woods. In a small distance I saw a owl. He said 'I was looking for you Lucas.' I said 'Oh, yes.'

Then mommy said 'Lucas, where are you??' She came to the woods and said 'Lucas I was looking everywhere for you.'

Then, in a small distance I saw a Octopus. I said (emphatically,) 'I am not your God. Jesus is your God."

Amen!