Hangin' Out In Papi's Hat

Signing "Mas" (More)

Computer Geek

In order to peel away Lucas from his favorite websites on our computer so that we can move on to a new activity, we've now begun to play to his imagination and institute the old "The computer is sleeping" strategy. Most of the time it works...

Saying good-bye and thank you to the computer for the nice time we had:

Wait a second here, I don't think I believe you!

Parenting Lesson #539:

Do not take your child to the video store, as his acute tunnel vision will immediately lead him to spot the closest Thomas The Tank Engine DVD (of course, those sneaky strategists placed it as his eye level), he will insist that we play it immediately by pointing and running between the DVD case and the nearest television, and it will take at least 20 minutes and all manner of cajoling ("Look, Lucas: The Bus! A truck! Birds! A dog! Tio!") to get us out of the store without a meltdown...

Buddies

Earlier this week Lucas awoke from his nap to greet some more special visitors traveling to visit us, this time by friends from waaaaaay back in the day when Lucas and Amalia were floating in their cozy water worlds and their big-bellied mommas were trekking around Manhattan and Brooklyn together, and then later during their pre-walking days...

Lucas loved sweet Amalia and enjoyed attempting to give kisses (read: get really close and expect the recipient to meet him halfway) while Amalia chose instead to blow those kisses and then wave goodbye to a smothering Lucas. The two played side by side very nicely, but the mommas were most amazed at how boys will be boys and girls will be girls in their play styles as Lucas growled and threw balls and Amalia sat in a big kid chair and played with her doll. We can't wait for the next playdate!

I'll Have That One, Please

Sweeping

Welp, Easter came and went, and when there's a pastor in the household, that means we've been spending these past few days after Holy Week recovering little by little... It also means we didn't get the chance to catch any exciting Easter photos of the family to share, but here are some of Lucas after he accosted one of us while sweeping in order to insist that he do the job himself. He eventually figured out that two hands worked better than one; now if only that handle could be a few feet shorter!

Special Visit With Old Friends

Lucas loved his new friends Gina and Greg, who were in NYC on their babymoon and came to
Brooklyn to spend some time with us this past weekend.

An Afternoon With Tio A.

Pretend Play

These past few weeks Lucas has loved playing in his crib. He requests to be placed inside where he enjoys dancing to some tune in his head or throws soft toys back and forth with us or just rolls around. Here he is pretending to share his water (from his latest preferred toy) to the giraffe on his pillow. He's also good at feeding water (or whatever he's eating) to Curious George. Nice sharing, Lucas!

Cosquillas

Papi's giving Lucas a good tickling!

(And having some good laughs of his own.)

Palm Sunday

We wish you could see the focused look on Lucas's face and hear the excited squeals he makes whenever he spots a bus or some sort of large truck (which is every couple of minutes on the many commercial streets of our 'hood). Here are some shots of him in front of our church this morning: first wanting to show you a passing bus, then celebrating the sighting with a jog to the other side before returning again when the next bus came along...

Don't You Love How They Squat All The Time?

Sippy Cup

For the last couple of days, Lucas has been playing with the sippy cup you see below. It doesn't have water in it; in fact, it hasn't been used in months. He's just been hanging on to it for most of the day (even while he bathes), cradling it under his arm like a football or pretending to drink out of it. It's especially funny watching him try to juggle holding the cup together with his blankie and sometimes Curious George.

You might also be able to make out some minor scratches on his red nose and forehead (it's not spaghetti sauce)... Remember that tree at the park that Lucas so loves? Earlier this day he took a nose dive underneath it and ended up literally eating dirt. After I picked him up from the rocky patch, he immediately perked up upon seeing a city bus drive by. Yea for short attention spans!

Like Our New Look?

No, you didn't stumble upon the wrong weblog... Now that warmer weather is slowly creeping up on us here in NYC, we thought we'd change our background to reflect how light and Spring-y we're beginning to feel these days. (We'll probably return to our original template in a few months, so enjoy for now!)

In the spirit of that joy, we're posting a picture of Lucas having a raucous time with our downstairs neighbor and landlord's daughter Kaleope before bedtime (just the kind of exciting activity that makes getting to sleep oh-so-easy to an already resistant Lucas).