I Phomas, I Percy, I Ben

This is what a typical Saturday morning looks like in our house.  Lukas racing around pretending he is a train.  He will shout "choo choo!" and start chuga chuga choo chooing all over our house.  He zooms into the living room, through the kitchen, and around the table.  With each visit he becomes a different train.  He will say "Mama I Phomas (Thomas)", "I Percy", "I Ben", and so fourth.

He loves to pretend he is a train.  He also pretends he is a car sometimes.  He will race around our house and then yell "Mama oh no I blow a tire!"  Then he says "Pit Stop" and pretends to fix his flat tire.  After the flat tire is fixed he backs up a little and pretends he getting revved up to race again.

Probably the funniest of his pretending comes when we are driving.  He will say "Mama, watch out for that car (or truck depending on what is ahead of us)!"  Then he will yell "crash!" and thank goodness we aren't crashing, but in his imagination we are.

Last Thanksgiving as 3

This will be our last Thanksgiving as a family of 3.  It's exciting, but also a little bitter sweet.  Lukas will no longer be a only child and he will have to share us.  Thanksgiving next year will be fun because the baby will be just starting solids and he or she will get to try their first mashed potatoes or get to try some of Great Grandma's yummy fruit salad!  How neat that will be!

I know this baby will be his or her own person and won't be like Lukas most likely, but even when he was a little baby he loved holidays.  He got a squirmy when we would all get together.  He would pump his little legs all over the place (we called him "Happy Feet") and he would gurgle noises.  With how much we love the holidays I hope this baby gets excited like Lukas did.  I also hope this baby sleeps as well as Lukas.  However, I have been told that the next one will do the opposite.  So...I guess we will see how that goes!

Bridges and Tunnels

Lukas has been so obsessed lately with building bridges and tunnels over his train track.  He loves to drive them through and say "choo choo".  Last night we built with his legos and while I was helping him he kept saying "good job Mommy" and "I got it, I help you."  However, once the legos are gone and the bridges and tunnels are made that is all he wants.  He doesn't want you to touch his trains.

When I got the camera out to take picture he was excited.  He saw the camera and said "Ok, me cheese!"  Then he sat there nicely and I took his picture.  He through it was funny that I was taking pictures of his trains in the tunnel too.  After I would take a picture he would say "OK me see it Mommy!"  We had a lot of fun playing with his legos and trains last night.  My husband is the one who got Lukas all excited about building the bridges and tunnels over the track.  Lukas wouldn't let daddy play with the trains, but wanted him to play so my husband started building with legos.  Now that is what Lukas wants us to do to play with him.

(Please ignore the spot on the carpet in the background...as much as a scrub sometimes white carpet never looks clean with the dogs and Lukas!)

Ok I eat it!

The other night Lukas wasn't sure about the supper I served.  Meatloaf is one of his favorites, but I made it with turkey so it looked a little lighter in color.  He picked it up and it did have ketchup so he decided to eat it.  He looked at us and said "Ok I eat it."  He said it for each bite that he took.  After awhile I would giggle and say "good, thank you Lukas."  He would smile and say "your welcome!"  He kept asking where the potatoes were, but we decided to have mac and cheese with it, because I was craving homemade mac and cheese that night so I made some of that.  He was a little leery of that too.  He asked "what's that Mama?"  I told him "it's mac and cheese buddy."  He didn't look too convinced.  It didn't look orangey yellow like the boxed mac and cheeses look.  Needless to say he didn't eat it.

Gotta love the eating habits of toddlers.  You never know what they will decide to put in their mouth!  Unless it's chicken nuggets then it's pretty much a no brainer for us!

Mr. Sneaky

 Last night I put Lukas to bed only to realize he wasn't tired enough to go to bed.  He didn't want to go to sleep and he let me know it by opening the door and coming out.  He has never done this...ever.  Once he is in his bed he doesn't get out of it ever.  Not even in the morning when he is ready to get up.  He sits there either calling for me or talking to himself until I come get him. 

Sooner or later I knew it was going to happen.  I knew someday he would pop out of bed and open his door.  We did let him stay up another 15 minutes as long as he was relaxing.  I wanted him to get sleepy.  Yesterday he slept in and took a 2 hour nap.  I was surprised he slept that much, but now I see that I should have woke him up after a hour or so.  Maybe he would have been tired for bedtime. 

Then this morning waking him up was a chore.  He was tired and grumpy.  He kept crying at the simplest, and tiniest things.  He didn't want his chocolate milk, or his toast.  He didn't want to put on his coat, or shoes.  He kept crying and crying.  I had to ignore it and keep getting things ready.  If I ignore him he comes through that grumpiness faster...it seems. 

Hopefully he doesn't make it a habit to get up and come back out after I put him to bed.  I am praying anyway that he doesn't!

Mama I Phomas!

Lukas has really started loving Thomas the tank engine.  When we get home he gets out his train and asks if he can watch Thomas.  He calls him "Phomas" the "P" is the "T".  He pretends he is Thomas all the time too.  He will run around the house saying "choo choo" and then circle around the table and run through the kitchen into the living room.  He will even pretend he needs coal sometimes.  He screams happily "Mama, I Phomas!" 

I love that he uses his imagination and I also love that he enjoys trains so much.  However, we only have one Thomas show DVR'd and the same show is getting old.  I did a search on my TV for the next Thomas and I couldn't believe that it's barely on.  It's not a regular show in our area or on any of our satellite channels.  We did find it on Sprout and our local PBS station, but it's on every few weeks.  For something so popular I am surprised it's never on. 

We may get him a little train track to start up a Thomas collection this Christmas.  That way we can build on each birthday and Christmas to his train set.  Maybe one day he would have the whole island of Sodor.  ♥

Big Brother

My little guy is going to be a big brother!  Yep that's right I am pregnant!  Not very far along, but we are all very excited!  Come this July we will have another little rugrat and Lukas will shortly have someone to play with.  ♥

When I first told my husband he pumped his fist and said "YES!"  When I told my Mom she was surprised and said  "What?  That's good news!"  When I told my husband's Mom she kep repeating how excited she was and how much she loved us.  Then I decided to see what Lukas would say.  I said "Lukas you want a brother or a sister?"  He looked at me and said "no."  I asked him, "Do you know what a brother or sister is?"  (Yes I was aware I was talking to a 2 1/2 year old lol.)  He said, "brother, sister...vroooom!"  Well at this point I knew he had no idea what we were talking about.  It was a cute conversation though.  He basically copied what I said and then added in his car noises.

I think he will be such a good big brother!  If he is anything like his Daddy he is going to be protective and very attentive to his brother or sister.  Lukas has lots of my silliness so I know he will keep him or her entertained!  I also think he will be a great helper.  He even helps out around our house right now...so I am sure he will want to do stuff to feel big.

We are all very excited!  In July we will go from 3 to 4! ♥  

Mama where's your peets?

My little boy has a foot fetish.  I kid you not...he will hug or kiss your feet.  It's not just me he does it to either.  His daycare lady, my Mom, and I all notice it!  This has been going on for awhile now.

Yesterday while watching football he was asking me "Mama where your peets?"  (peets are how he says feet)  I was cuddled into a blanket and I told him my feet were under the blanket.  I poked them out so he could see.  He grabbed my feet and at that point I had to laugh because it tickled.  My feet are terribly ticklish!  We played this game over and over again.

Well then today I got a call from his daycare lady and she was telling me how good he was sounding now being on his medicine.  While we were on the phone she said "hey you leave my feet alone!" and she laughed!  I knew it had to be Lukas.  I asked her if it was Lukas and she said "yep, today he keeps hugging my feet."  I thought it was funny.

He has a tiny foot fetish!  Weird and silly little guy!  ♥ 

Bingo, Yahzee, Is that your final answer?

Well I took Lukas in yesterday...like I said I probably was going to.  As it turns out he has another double ear infection.  Frustration is currently sitting right over us.  He has been battling this cold now for a month an half?  Or close to it. 

His doctor is worried about something else causing his ear infections...like his adenoids or something.  She put him on a very powerful antibiotic for his ears and tonsils and we will see what happens within 10 days.  If he still hasn't cleared up from this cold then I am supposed to take him to the ENT doctor so they can look further.

So, yesterday I got a day at home with my little man.  He watched Team Umizoomi and ate a freezy (which probably felt good on his throat) while I made cookies and lunch.  We cuddled after lunch and he dozed off and took a nice long nap.  Then the rest of the night he was in a great mood.   

Pray for my little guy!  I want this round of medicine to work!  :) 

The Runny Nose That Wouldn't Go Away

There once was a small gentleman who had the most runny nose.  He would run in fear when his Mom would break out the Kleenex or cry "Noooo" at the very sight of saline.  His small little nose had almost had it. 
His Mom would try and try to help his runny nose go away.  She took him to the doctor and to her surprise she found out he had double ear infection!  Well she purchased the medicine he needed to help clear the runny nose and his pain for the ear infection clear up.  Once the medicine was done this small gentleman's nose was still runny!  So his Mom took him back to the doctor.  His ears looked good, but he still had a lot of congestion.  The very wise doctor told the Mom to try saline drops for the nose and a humidifier to help loosen up things and make the runny nose go away. 
So the Mom very diligently did as she was told.  She ran the humidifier every night, and did the saline once a day, but still this poor little gentleman's nose ran.  Again, the Mom called the doctor "what can I do to help him recover from this runny nose?"  The doctor said "lets try Zyrtec!"  So the Mom went and got Zyrtec and so far none of it's helping.  Frustration has currently set in for both the small gentleman and the Mom.

Yep you guess it...that is Lukas and me.  I feel bad for him and want his runny nose to go away, but I am not seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.  The ear infection is gone, the humidifier, saline, and Zyrtec haven't helped at all.  The doctor wants to see him Thursday if symptoms haven't improved.  Well Thursday is tomorrow...and as far as I can see we will be going back to the doctor. 

Frustrating Halloween...still had fun though!

Well, what can I say.  My 2 1/2 year old has a complete mind of his own.  He will only do what he wants to do or what he is comfortable doing.

I made him this Lightening McQueen costume for Halloween.  I made it out of cardboard, fabric paper, and poster paper for the decals and decorations.  His costume took me a total of 7 hours from start to finish over the course of a week. 

One may ask themselves...why did she spend that much time on a 2 year old's costume...when he probably won't wear it.  Well my optimism was telling me if I put together this neat box and make it his favorite car...that he would indeed love it and wear it!  Boy oh boy was I wrong!  Not only was I wrong, but he didn't even like trick or treating period.  I got the picture above when he was playing in the box on Saturday, but he wouldn't wear it...only play in it.  (I should have made it on a wagon so I could pull him around or something.)

Well Halloween came and he still wouldn't wear the costume.  I carried it with me, but he wanted nothing to do with it.  The first stop we made on Halloween was my Grandma's high rise apartments she lives in.  There were many people lined up when you come in the door to give out candy.  The first two older ladies tried to give him candy for his trick or treat pumpkin and he took it back out of the pumpkin and then very nicely said "I don't want this."  He did this 2 or 3 times.  They started giving me the candy instead.  This was turning out to be a very unsuccessful trick or treat adventure.  We went up to my Grandma's and he ate the treat she had for him, but still ignored his costume. 

The next stop was my in-laws place.  They gave Lukas bananas and pudding which he gladly excepted.  We visited them for awhile, but still he wouldn't wear his costume.  Then we went to my Mom's place.  He still didn't want any candy.  He opened a sucker and ate it a little, but she gave him a treat bag and a banana too.  Of course he still wouldn't wear his costume.  This is pretty much what happened at every stop:

The car would sit there and he would just visit.  Notice the cars in his trick or treat pumpkin?

Well once we got home we turned our lights on and then handed out candy to the trick or treaters.  This part of the night he loved!  He got excited every time kids would come to the door.  He would help me hand it out then take one for himself.  We opened a few pieces of candy, he would take a bite, and then spit it out.  He isn't much of a candy kid.  Oh well.  All in all Halloween was a little embarrassing, but I still had fun!