Moments of Wonder

We were in the yard today looking for worms after the rain and all of the sudden Lucas looked up at our pine tree and said "Mommy, it's BIG!" I snapped a picture just as he did this--how cute!

Helping Hands

We have been using every spare (sunny) moment lately to work in our yard--I an determined that our backyard will be toddler friendly this summer. A few weeks ago my mother came up and helped me do a lot of work, and for the last few days Josh, Lucas, and I have all done little projects here and there. Lucas LOVES to "help" which is great and disasterous at the same time. His favorite yard work activity is "splaying" the plants--he thinks using the hose is awesome, he just has trouble AIMING at the plants, so pretty much everything gets a good hosing down when Lucas is doing the "splaying" (that includes the yard, the dogs, anyone standing near by, and of course, Lucas himself). I bought him Diego gardening gloves which he dubbed his "sticky gloves" (it's a Diego thing) and here are some pictures of him helping Josh bring mulch into the yard. We had to humor him and let him think he could lift bags of mulch (Josh was mostly doing the lifting) since he wanted to participate so badly.

Big Boy Bed

Lucas has officially moved into his new room and is sleeping in his new big boy bed now. I was nervous that the transition would be rocky, but (fingers crossed still) so far everything has gone great. He loves playing in his new room and hasn't seemed to miss the old room at all. The first night he slept in his bed he looked so small in it--but he fell asleep just fine and was still in the bed come morning. He has even taken a nap during the day in this bed successfully--which was really my biggest concern since he is fighting naptime lately anyway. He hasn't tried yet to leave the bed after being put in it--so hopefully he will continue to stay put! Thanks again to Nana and PaPaw Schuldt for the bed (and the dresser when we can coordinate getting it!) and to Paw Paw Remedes for the new matress and boxspring. Lucas loves his new bed!

Tulips and tubes

I came home from work the other day to find some "just because" tulips from Josh and Lucas. It was a nice treat--it's been eons since I've gotten fresh flowers from the hubbie. They were very pretty--purple and yellow (don't know why they picked those colors...wink, wink) and Lucas kept trying to destroy them. I managed to catch one shot of him "smelling" one just before he ripped all the petals off. This is not encouraging for good behavior when his baby brother arrives...

On another note, Lucas got ear tubes this week. He has basically sustained an ear infection since December of this year and it has been a battle--multiple rounds of meds, shots (oh, the screaming!!), drops, you name it. We were fed up with the whole thing, so it was relief for the doctor to say it was tube time. But it was also a little scary since it is a procedure that requires your child to be put under. Lucas came out of "surgery" throwing up and crying--it broke my heart! Thankfully later that day he was back to his same old self (and tricks!) Keep your fingers crossed that the tubes go to work and keep our child ear infection free!

Poison Control

This morning we had our first ever incident that required a phone call to poison control. I was trying to get dressed, Josh was starting laundry and Lucas was quietly playing with a shoe box from a recent purchase of mine--which seemed harmless enough. He was sitting about five feet from me, just tearing up bits of tissue from inside the shoes--or so I thought. Little did I know he had found a bag of silica gel (why do they include that stuff in everything you purchase??) and was gleefully eating little globs of silica. The minute I caught him I freaked out and started yelling for Josh. Lucas sensed that we were both scared and he immediatley started bawling. Josh scooped him up and started rinsing his mouth out and I ran for my cell to call poison control--thankfully I had the number right on the fridge. The lady there was SOO nice and immediatley assured me that silica gel is NOT a poison--the bags say "do not ingest/eat" simply because it is a choking hazard. So since Lucas wasn't choking on it, we were in the clear. Poor tyke--Josh and I freaking out probably did more damage than the actual gel did! Needless to say, it wasn't a fun experience, but we are able to laugh about it now. Seriously, you can NOT turn your back on a two year old for even a second. Scary.

** this was our first time to ever contact poison control for Lucas--ironically I have had to do it twice before for the animals. Once when a cat ate a plant I feared might be poisonous, and another time when Trieshmann got stuck to a recently painted ledge in our house (she just wanted to bask in the sunshine of the window...little did she know the paint was still sticky, so when she woke up from her nap she was stuck to the ledge. funniest damn thing to witness her trying to pull herself off of it.) It was oil based paint and I was afraid it might be toxic if she tried to lick it off. Both times we were assured everything was fine.