Snow Day

Yesterday was the first time I took Lukas out to play in the snow. He had been sick all the previous times it had snowed a lot. So I bundled him all up and out we went. He like it at first and was smiling and playing. Then he sort of got this I had enough face. I think it might have been because he was so bundled up. This kid hates to be bundled and confined. He hated it from day one he wouldn't even really let us swaddle him for long. After about ten minutes of playing he had, had enough. So I picked him up and took him inside. At least I got some cute pictures out of it.

Santa

So I went to the mall to meet up with some friends today. I looked over at the line for Santa and it was so short. So I thought I would take Lukas to see him. We got close and he was a little apprehensive, but I thought what the heck. Well as you can see it didn't turn out so well. The minute Lukas sat on Santas lap he started screaming. Santa was so nice though and just kept asking Lukas if he wanted a truck for Christmas.

Lukas was NOT happy to see Santa. I hurried and snapped a picture and got him off. Luckily Santa was very nice!

Lukas and his girlfriend Anna holding hands at the mall. They kept waving at each other and holding hands and giggling. Anna is only one week younger then Lukas.

Train ride

So we took Lukas to the mall today to see Santa. The line was SOOOO long. We decided to boycott Santa this year and just ride the train. That was fine with Dan and I since we are pretty sure that Lukas wouldn't like Santa and would be scared. He is really scared of older men for some reason. Lukas thought riding the train was super fun. He kept waving at everything and just looking all around. He also kept pointing at all the little kids watching him ride the train.

Even though we blocked off our Christmas tree Lukas somehow got to it. He can only get one branch though. It cracks me up because he doesn't care about anyone elses tree but he laughs at ours and only tries to get ours.

Almost walking

I think Lukas is well on his way to walking. He now stands for long periods of time on his own. After a little bit though he gets a little scared and just sits down. He also loves this walker toy. He will pull himself up on it and just walk around the living room with it. I have to watch him closely though because it goes a little fast for him and sometimes he biffs it onto the floor. I also have to turn him around once he hits the end of the room so he can go to the other side of the room.

Ruff Ruff

Lukas LOVES dogs. Everytime we read a story and a dog is in the book I say doggy ruff ruff. Well he has now picked up on what a doggy says. So if you ask him (he doesn't always answer though. HA HA) what does a doggy say? Lukas can now reply with ruff ruff. It is so cute. The other day we went for a walk and a dog was barking at us and he just kept pointing at it and saying ruff ruff. Our neighbor has a dog named blu and whenever the mail man comes he starts barking. Lukas will point at the window and say ruff ruff. This morning I was awakened to ruff ruff while he was in his crib. He doesn't say much else excpet for babbles and mamma and dadda and the occasional no. Too bad we couldn't get this little guy a puppy for Christmas. Maybe next year!

This is sort of an old Pic but it goes with the post.

Craft day!

My friend Madlyn had a Christmas craft day at her house. It was so much fun. We just made little kid crafts. It took me back to the olden days. We made little snowman ornaments out of popsicle sticks. We made reindeer candy canes. We made GREAT (sense my sarcasm) ginger bread houses. We tried to put the roofs on them but they kept collapsing. I totally remember the same thing happening when I was younger. Finally I gave up and made my cracker box ginger bread house. Lukas had fun just playing with the other kids. The graham crackers and frosting were fun for him as well.
This is my cracker box ginger bread house! HA HA it is so hideous.

Yum! Lukas was really enjoying this Graham cracker with frosting.

Just playing around with the reindeer noses and antlers.

Lukas just crawled right over to Ciera and sat right in between her legs.

My grandmas bday!

My grandma turned 80 on the 30th of Nov. My mom had a birthday party for her yesterday. We are so glad that we have our grandma around. She is such a great grandma. I hope that we have many more birthdays to celebrate with her!

My grandma blowing out candles on her 80th bday!

I put a little bit of root beer in this glass for Lukas. He was getting a little fussy and I was trying to keep him happy. He loved it and thought he was so big for being able to drink out of a big kid glass.

Lukas spilled root beer all down his back. We ended up bathing him and luckily Jourdan had some six to twelve month jammies. We borrowed them so he could be all ready for bed.

Lukas loved Grandpas train. Amazingly though he didn't touch it. He didn't even touch their Christmas tree!