Typical Tuesday. Joe's at work and Lucian and I will be spending the day cleaning and playing. Ok, I'll be cleaning while he plays. Or I should say he does the opposite of cleaning. We started out with vacuuming. I asked him if he would like to help vacuum; he used to enjoy pushing the vacuum while it was on. Instead, he decided to rip up toilet paper all over the floor. Ehh no big deal. I'll get to it. Hopefully laundry will be just as easy.
In between cleaning, he decided he needed a snack. I gave him a pumpkin muffin that I made yesterday, knowing that he will probably get crumbs all over the floor I just swept. I pulled out the chocolate milk to go with it and shook it all over the kitchen. Ugh! The lid wasn't on all the way apparently. Sigh. After I changed my clothes, I proceeded to wipe down the spilled milk with vinegar. I was hoping this wasn't a sign about how the rest of the day was going to go.
My spirits were immediately lifted when I returned to the living room to find Lucian sitting on the love-seat, eating his muffin, and using my saute tongs to remove crumbs that dropped onto his legs. I couldn't help but laugh. He's so funny. How could you be upset about that? I must say that he was successful picking up the recent crumb that fell. It was a bigger crumb. He then ate it off the tong. Now that is smart. No mess, no waste. That's my boy!
3.26.2013
3.23.2013
March into March
Well 28-28 has passed and timed has flown through March. 28-28? Yes! Lucian turned 28 months on February 28th. Thus, 28-28. That's not going to happen again until he is 28 years old. And now he is almost 29 months old. It seems like only yesterday I was helping him walk around. Like I read someone state earlier: the days seem long but the years fly by. So true. Some days I can't wait for bedtime, and other days I think 'wow he grew'. Though he is still my baby, he is no longer really a baby.
Lucian's personality has really been shining lately, even through the rough patches. He seems to be changing in his speech patterns as well. Though he may not be saying decipherable words, it is often clear what he wants. His blubbering has added a new dimension as if it is a little more defined. It's hard to explain. I just know that I have been noticing a difference. I'm not forcing or pushing him to talk. When he is ready, he will. We are going to give him the time he needs. All we can do is wait and encourage when necessary.
Today was the rain date for the local Easter egg hunt. We just returned from the park a little bit ago. He seemed to have an okay time collect a handful of eggs with the other toddlers. I took a few pictures. Lucian even took a few random pictures of his feet. He really likes the continuous shoot function on my camera apparently. He was even more excited to find chocolates inside the eggs. Mama was not so happy. Last year we went to this hunt (right down the road) and the eggs had packets of goldfish and cookies in them. Some contained free coupons for meals or ice cream at local fast food restaurants. I don't want him to have cheap chocolate made with GMO sugar and questionable dairy products. That stuff can destroy your health easily. We just talked the other day about limiting our refined sugar intake outside of the house (we don't really have that stuff in the house). It will be hard considering he is used to hitting up the bakery at our local grocer for a free (packaged ugh) cookie. You can imagine my disappointment when he opened his eggs to find a remaining pile of cheap chocolate candies full of things we don't want to support or consume. Before you think that he doesn't get any treats or chocolate, he gets plenty. We have a special collection of chocolate just for him that doesn't contain these unwanted ingredients. So if you are planning on sending Lucian special 'treats' for the holiday please reconsider what you are sending. And to take the whole hunt one step further, I was returning the eggs to realize that everyone on the other side of the group had eggs filled with goldfish and cookie packets. *palm to the forehead*
Lucian's personality has really been shining lately, even through the rough patches. He seems to be changing in his speech patterns as well. Though he may not be saying decipherable words, it is often clear what he wants. His blubbering has added a new dimension as if it is a little more defined. It's hard to explain. I just know that I have been noticing a difference. I'm not forcing or pushing him to talk. When he is ready, he will. We are going to give him the time he needs. All we can do is wait and encourage when necessary.
Today was the rain date for the local Easter egg hunt. We just returned from the park a little bit ago. He seemed to have an okay time collect a handful of eggs with the other toddlers. I took a few pictures. Lucian even took a few random pictures of his feet. He really likes the continuous shoot function on my camera apparently. He was even more excited to find chocolates inside the eggs. Mama was not so happy. Last year we went to this hunt (right down the road) and the eggs had packets of goldfish and cookies in them. Some contained free coupons for meals or ice cream at local fast food restaurants. I don't want him to have cheap chocolate made with GMO sugar and questionable dairy products. That stuff can destroy your health easily. We just talked the other day about limiting our refined sugar intake outside of the house (we don't really have that stuff in the house). It will be hard considering he is used to hitting up the bakery at our local grocer for a free (packaged ugh) cookie. You can imagine my disappointment when he opened his eggs to find a remaining pile of cheap chocolate candies full of things we don't want to support or consume. Before you think that he doesn't get any treats or chocolate, he gets plenty. We have a special collection of chocolate just for him that doesn't contain these unwanted ingredients. So if you are planning on sending Lucian special 'treats' for the holiday please reconsider what you are sending. And to take the whole hunt one step further, I was returning the eggs to realize that everyone on the other side of the group had eggs filled with goldfish and cookie packets. *palm to the forehead*
2.26.2013
Watching the Cat
Ever since Newton's escapade he has been very loving. It makes me wonder if he thinks he was thrown out of the house? For those of you who don't know, our cat wandered outside in the night time and we didn't realize it. He is black and it was dark. Luckily he already had dinner at that point because it was pretty late. We just thought he was in the basement for his after food slumber. Come morning we couldn't find him anywhere and realized he must have gotten out. Eventually he came back. Must have been starving. Luckily I heard him slamming and clawing at the front storm door. It was raining so he was all wet. He was a little roughed up too. Must have had a rough time back out in the wild. He was a stray for five years but has resigned to being an indoor cat. Well now he's a little weary when we let him go out back with us. He probably thinks we were punishing him for something. Poor kitty.
Today Lucian was napping and the cat wanted to play. I couldn't play with him because Lucian was sleeping in my lap. So Newton decided to crawl up into my lap also (common occurrence). After some readjusting we were all comfortable. At least for a little while. The cat was a little restless and decided to start causing trouble. I had to push him out of the space. He decided to retaliate by laying on Lucian's chair and watching cartoons. So there I was stuck in a chair without the remote watching the cat watch cartoons. Who knew?
Today Lucian was napping and the cat wanted to play. I couldn't play with him because Lucian was sleeping in my lap. So Newton decided to crawl up into my lap also (common occurrence). After some readjusting we were all comfortable. At least for a little while. The cat was a little restless and decided to start causing trouble. I had to push him out of the space. He decided to retaliate by laying on Lucian's chair and watching cartoons. So there I was stuck in a chair without the remote watching the cat watch cartoons. Who knew?
2.15.2013
It has been a busy week for a certain little guy. He has been on the constant move. Daddy took him to a giant ball pit/ climbing area at a local place. They also have arcades. We took him there previously, but it was so busy that it was hard to get around, so we only let him in the small area. He really really wanted to go into the large area. We figured it would be a better idea on a slower day during the week. Joe took him while I was at work. Apparently, they had the whole place to themselves and Lucian had a blast! They spent hours in that play area. I'm kind of jealous that I didn't get to go. Next time!
Yesterday, for Valentine's day, we took him bowling. We had a few free game passes. He bowled one game and scored a 73! Have to start them early. I don't think he really understood what was going on, but he liked that he got to push the bowling ball down the ramp they provided for us. He kept trying to pick up the bowling balls, but they were too heavy. Poor Lucian, he really wanted a big solid ball. Hopefully he enjoyed the experience.
Today, was his normal gymnastics class. The good news is he didn't try to get me to leave the building in the first half of the class like he usually does. The bad news.... well he found a lollipop downstairs and I walked into the living room to him slurping away on it. What a sugar rush he had! He was running around the gym like crazy. During the songs he was all over the place. I couldn't help but smile because it was so cute. Plus, I couldn't do anything else about it at that point. At least he was releasing a lot of energy. On the way home we stopped at the playground where we garden. I wanted to be absolutely sure that he ran off all that sugar he consumed. When we finally got home, he ate lunch while watching Phineas and Ferb and then took a nice nap. It was certainly needed, by both of us. I love my little busy bee valentine.
Yesterday, for Valentine's day, we took him bowling. We had a few free game passes. He bowled one game and scored a 73! Have to start them early. I don't think he really understood what was going on, but he liked that he got to push the bowling ball down the ramp they provided for us. He kept trying to pick up the bowling balls, but they were too heavy. Poor Lucian, he really wanted a big solid ball. Hopefully he enjoyed the experience.
Today, was his normal gymnastics class. The good news is he didn't try to get me to leave the building in the first half of the class like he usually does. The bad news.... well he found a lollipop downstairs and I walked into the living room to him slurping away on it. What a sugar rush he had! He was running around the gym like crazy. During the songs he was all over the place. I couldn't help but smile because it was so cute. Plus, I couldn't do anything else about it at that point. At least he was releasing a lot of energy. On the way home we stopped at the playground where we garden. I wanted to be absolutely sure that he ran off all that sugar he consumed. When we finally got home, he ate lunch while watching Phineas and Ferb and then took a nice nap. It was certainly needed, by both of us. I love my little busy bee valentine.
2.02.2013
Two Year Molars
Did I give my son a freeze pop at 9:30 in the morning? Darn right I did! His teeth have been hurting him a lot lately. Would I prefer a better alternative? I sure would, but this is the best thing we have at the moment. I know Lucian isn't complaining about it. Some ways we've come up to make it smoother:
-cut off the amount we want him to have or "select a size"
-cut the top down as you go along, since he doesn't get push it up very well
-wrap in a cloth or, even better,wear mittens!
When all is said and done we have a sugared up toddler with a color-stained mouth. The next best thing to do is take him outside and let him run off his sugar coma. *Sigh* We need a better alternative. I was making him special popsicles, but now that he discovered freeze pops it will be hard to break him. Next time we move, we will be leaving the freeze pops behind!
-cut off the amount we want him to have or "select a size"
-cut the top down as you go along, since he doesn't get push it up very well
-wrap in a cloth or, even better,wear mittens!
When all is said and done we have a sugared up toddler with a color-stained mouth. The next best thing to do is take him outside and let him run off his sugar coma. *Sigh* We need a better alternative. I was making him special popsicles, but now that he discovered freeze pops it will be hard to break him. Next time we move, we will be leaving the freeze pops behind!
1.22.2013
A journey to Health
Well, We've been dealing with sickness for the last week or so. Now all four of us seem to have a lingering cold. Hopefully it will pass by the weekend. Nobody likes being sick. In the meantime, I'm sticking to my PJs unless I have to go out. One glance at the fridge suggests tomorrow, Sigh. The chorus of sneezes and freezing weather is all the motivation I have right now.
On the brighter side of things, Lucian and I painted today. This was his first experience with paint and paintbrushes. I thought it was a lot of fun. We had three different colors of non-toxic paint, 2 brushes, and a bowl of water for cleaning. He liked the fact that there was a bowl of water and made his own little mess. He was very good about cleaning off the paintbrushes with the water and towel. We only used to sheets of paper in the process as well. It was fun to watch him at work. Too cute.
I also feel compelled to share a story of what the little stinker did to me while he was sick. One day while Joe was away, Lucian and I were upstairs playing. This is when he was still pretty sick. He was also very emotional about everything. Mama needed a potty break and he wasn't too happy about it. Nonetheless, it had to happen. While Mama went potty, Lucian was very upset and would cry on and off. Eventually he came into the bathroom to cry in front of me. I told him it was going to be okay I'd be done in a second. Instead, he decided to steal the only roll of toilet paper in the bathroom, run to the front room, and throw it across the room. Then he ran all the way back to me in the bathroom and collapsed on the floor crying. I told him I needed the toilet paper, but he just cried more. Eventually I just got up and got a new roll. I took him back into the front room (his playroom) and found the toilet paper roll in a jumble. He really annoys me sometimes - little prankster.
I feel like he is going to be the emotional kid from the movie "Parenthood". I feel ya Steve Martin. Not an easy situation.
On the brighter side of things, Lucian and I painted today. This was his first experience with paint and paintbrushes. I thought it was a lot of fun. We had three different colors of non-toxic paint, 2 brushes, and a bowl of water for cleaning. He liked the fact that there was a bowl of water and made his own little mess. He was very good about cleaning off the paintbrushes with the water and towel. We only used to sheets of paper in the process as well. It was fun to watch him at work. Too cute.
I also feel compelled to share a story of what the little stinker did to me while he was sick. One day while Joe was away, Lucian and I were upstairs playing. This is when he was still pretty sick. He was also very emotional about everything. Mama needed a potty break and he wasn't too happy about it. Nonetheless, it had to happen. While Mama went potty, Lucian was very upset and would cry on and off. Eventually he came into the bathroom to cry in front of me. I told him it was going to be okay I'd be done in a second. Instead, he decided to steal the only roll of toilet paper in the bathroom, run to the front room, and throw it across the room. Then he ran all the way back to me in the bathroom and collapsed on the floor crying. I told him I needed the toilet paper, but he just cried more. Eventually I just got up and got a new roll. I took him back into the front room (his playroom) and found the toilet paper roll in a jumble. He really annoys me sometimes - little prankster.
I feel like he is going to be the emotional kid from the movie "Parenthood". I feel ya Steve Martin. Not an easy situation.
1.03.2013
What day is it?
Ever since the new year I have been lost. It never feels like the day of the week it actually is, and it is totally messing with my internal clock. Tomorrow is Friday, but it doesn't feel that way. I'm still excited though. First of all it's Friday what's not to like? Second of all we start gymnastics back up. Last week was off due to the holidays. I'm happy to let Lucian burn off some extra energy! He is so full of energy - it is crazy. Even when I think he is about to settle down and relax for a little, he is back up again running around. On one hand, I get tired just watching him. On the other, I'm glad he is so full of life. I want to take him outside more, but it's cold and he often refuses to put his jacket on. Other days he seems perfectly content playing inside all day. I'll even ask him if he wants to go out and he shows no interest. I know if I took him out anyways he would love every moment. Maybe if it's nice out tomorrow we will play outside a bit. Or Saturday, perhaps? We need fresh air and exercise! At least we will get some of the latter tomorrow morning. Can't wait!
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