Mr. Physics Craves Friends

Poor Lucian. The only friend he had in this area who was his age moved unexpectedly. So now he craves attention from other kids his age. Unfortunately, most of them don't want to play with him (or anyone else). Yesterday we were leaving the animal shelter, running up and down the ramp as usual, when he noticed a mom and daughter with a puppy in the small outdoor pen. At first I thought he want to go into the pen area to play with the puppy. It was a smaller dog, which he tends to be less afraid of. But he actually went in to talk to the girl. They were talking through the fence (I was translating Lucian's language). It was truly adorable. I felt really bad when we basically tore him away when it was time to leave. Joe had to get homework done before his session so we really did have to leave. There have been other times when Lucian has followed children around stores so he could talk to them or play with them. He's sweet though the other kids are sometimes shy about it. Or scared ha!

On another note, Lucian and I were playing at the fountain yesterday like we often do. There are certain things we always do when we are there. He throws his frisbee and shovel into the fountain and I retrieve them when they get close enough. Then we walk around or play with our hands in the water. At some point he pulls out the sunscreen and gets it everywhere. Yesterday he did something I haven't seen him do before. He was playing with a pink bounce ball I had out. He would stand on the side of the fountain and throw it. Then he would chase after it. Typical for him for the most part. Except once he threw the ball he would follow the bounce pattern to see where it possibly went. The first time I thought he just didn't see where the ball went because of the sun so he followed the first ricochet to see where it went. But after the first time of finding it he kept doing it. I found this really interesting. I've never really seen other children his age do this. It was like he was studying the physics of what was happening with the ball and the possible outcomes. I thought it was neat and a little crazy to see. His intelligence always surprises me.  On top of that a Dad at the playgroup I took him to on Friday said Lucian had really good precision for his age. Lucian was playing with a hammering toy where you place the ball over the hole and then hit it through with a hammer. I never really thought about his precision and control before. That's just how he is and always has been. I guess he is more unique than I thought?

View To The Moon

Last night was a fun evening for Lucian and myself. Joe works late on Wednesdays so we spend the whole day together.  I decided that if he ended up napping late than we would go to the observatory, whose hours are later in the evening.  If he was going to go to bed late I midaswell get him out of the house and do something fun.  He loves the moon and always points it out in the sky at night. I thought it might be fun for him to see it up close through a telescope. He had the basic idea down since we were at a store looking through magnifying glasses and kaleidoscopes earlier in the day. We jumped into the car and went down to campus for a bit of fun.  There were a few other people there but it wasn't crowded.  The observatory was extremely hot in the room with the telescope, but I think it was worth the wait. Lucian looked into the telescope several times and was able to see the moon up close.  I'm not sure if he understood that we were looking at the same moon in the sky. I explained it to him a few times but I'm not sure he truly understood what it meant. We only looked through that single time in line. I'm sure they changed positions to view other things in the sky later in their hours. Lucian wanted to walk around downtown instead, so I complied. We ended up getting honey ice cream at a little shop next to the old theater. I have to admit it was pretty tasty, though Lucian consumed the majority. Afterwards, we met up with Joe on his way home from work. It was a nice evening and break from the daytime sweltering heat.

34 months

It's hard for me to believe that my little boy will be three this year. Where has the time gone? I feel like I must have missed a good chunk. Yet here we are two months away from his next birthday. Trying to keep busy and entertained every day. Right now we are sitting in the living room of our apartment watching Little Einsteins. Lucian is counting how many times the dragon goes around the mountain while eating grapes. He's so smart and curious. He is unique for his age.

His current interests include:
Little Einsteins
Climbing
Jumping off things
Eating honey sticks
Painting

He dislikes:
Being told he is not allowed to do something
Getting in trouble
Not being listened to

His Current favorite books:
Little Einsteins first words
5 Little Pumpkins
Where's Spot

Current favorite snacks:
Grapes
Honey Sticks
Chocolate
Annies fruit snacks
Chips

Favorite meals:
Mac and cheese with peas
Beans and rice
Soup/Chili

Favorite Toys:
Geotrax cars
Any ball
Frisbees

He grows more and more everyday. I'm hoping to update his stats at age three. He usually steals the tape measure to play with so we will see!