Summertime

Lucas and family are doing very well. He keeps growing, talking up a storm. He likes to eat but can be difficult at times. One day he'll eat incredibly well and then one day he wont eat anything but bread. When he is in an eating mood, he'll usually feed himself. Sometimes he's right-handed, other times left-handed. Go figure.


As you probably know, Lucas has amazing hair! It's magical, really. Often I forget to brush his hair after showering but it still dries perfectly straight. Check it out:

Wet Hair

Dry Hair

I wish I could do that.

I think it's funny that whenever Lucas sees a string instrument he calls it a viola. I hope he's not traumatized someday when he realizes that no, it's not a viola, it's a violin.




He's cute, no?!

Tanglewood

Lucas spent July in the Berkshires at Tanglewood. He went to a few concerts but lost interest once he heard James Levine had to cancel most of his concerts for medical reasons. So instead he tried new foods.

Arugula, yum!

Abuela Lourdes came to visit him for a weekend and they had fun playing with bubbles while wearing no pants (Lucas, not Abuela).


And though he couldn't go to his weekly yoga class, he would go through his poses every morning before going for a walk into town.


The house we were staying in was for sale so Lucas thought a pink flamingo or two on the lawn would help sell it. Here he is inspecting one shortly before a viewing.


We are back in Buffalo and I have to find our camera's charger or else no more pictures (or a new camera)!! For the next post, I'll try to shoot some video of Lucas talking. Hilarious.

Summertime

Ah, summer's here! Great time of year to have an 18 month old. As you can see behind Lucas in this picture, we have a lot of weeding to do! Luckily his sandbox keeps him busy. Check out his shades, so cool.




We visited the grandparents in CT, they have a pool. It was pretty hot today so what better way to cool off than a quick dip in the pool, with Grandpa's help of course.




Here's Lucas in the pool a year ago! I guess he's grown a bit.


Lucas seems to really like the computer! Perhaps I should cut down on my own computer use, set a better example. The bowl next to the computer has Cheddar Bunnies, one of his favorite snack foods.

Gardening and Biking

So here's my monthly post! I promise I'll post a lot more in July while out in Tanglewood. The weather has been very pleasant so we have been getting some gardening done. Obviously Lucas wants to help.



Now if we could only teach him to do some weeding.

We also bought him a helmet so he can ride his "bike" around.





We purchased a bike trailer today and it should arrive next week. We can't wait to get out on our bikes again!

Stitches and Monkeys

Lucas hit his head a few weeks ago and needed three stitches. Poor baby.

He's fine now, but it was scary when it happened. I thought he was broken so I was going to ship him back and try to get a refund...

Unfortunately, I did not keep the invoice so we had to keep him.

These days he is into drawing...


and wearing his shades. Too cool. Just pretend that's a motorcycle and not a bouncing zebra.


And here are his monkey slippers. Thanks julie!!


He is growing fast, saying a ton of words, sleeping some. Great kid really.

Sir Godiva and other pictures

Today I offer you an assortment of recent pictures of Lucas. Here he is with his zebra, though something is missing...


Call him Sir Godiva.


We got rid of his Pack N' Play and just keep him in a hamper. He loves it.


One of his cute winter hats.

"Ahh!!"

He likes playing underneath the sideboard. Go figure.


Even while sleeping he salutes his adoring fans.


Who knew a curtain could be so much fun.


All done and proud of it.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Lucas. Not just because of the amazing balancing act but because of his intense look. I might actually print this one out.

First Haircut

Almost missed doing a February post, good thing it's a leap year. Today Lucas got his first haircut! For this special milestone we wanted to go to a true barber, not one of those silly salons that charge way too much to shampoo your hair and get you a latte. So we went to see Roberto the barber.

"what are we doing here?"

"what's that man doing with those scissors?!?"

Always good to know where the nearest exit is located.

He took it like a man.

Four people to give one haircut.

Luckily Roberto is a pro and brought out a lollipop.

Much better...

or maybe not!

Sad Lucas.

All better.

Handsome boy