Just before leaving the house, while we’re all getting dressed and ready, Luck will always demand to have his hair fixed with gel. If he asks for “Lewis”, that means he wants his hair spiked straight up. If he requests for “Wilbur”, then he wants you to make a faux-halk. Both Lewis and Wilbur are characters from Disney’s Meet The Robinsons (one of his favorites, of course) and they sport distinctively different hairstyles. We haven’t quite figured out yet his reasoning for choosing one over the other, but I personally a fan of ‘the Wilbur’ look on him especially when his hair is a bit shaggy & grown out a bit.

Today, Luck swiped my cordless electric screwdriver, figured out how to switch it to unscrew and began to systematically dismantle several of his toys, beginning with his beloved garbage truck. great.

I’ve meant to do this a loooooooooooooong time ago, and really should have started at Day 1, but it’s never to late to start, right? The objective is to loosely chronicle the misadventures and random bits of info about our Son, Lucas. We won’t necessarily do this on a daily basis, but whenever we observe any interesting or prominent trends in behaviour. Each of these posts will also describe what Little Man is up to at point in time.

• wants to be a diver (largely inspired by frequent trips to the LB Aquarium)
• roars like a dinosaur at poor unsuspecting kids catching them off guard
• acts like a robot & talks mono-tone from time to time
• is beginning to ask “why” and following up our answers with additional “why” questions
• knows that Mommy is going to “help people” when she takes off to do her volunteer work
• likes to show off & flirt with girls, usually cute ones a few years older then him
• he does this by roaring at them like a dinosaur or pretending he’s Iron Man shooting repulsor rays from his hands
• loves to pretend he’s a train. any marking on a floor (and I mean anything) or path instantly becomes a train track. If there’s an obstacle (usually an adult) then the train track is proclaimed “broken!”
• we’re proud to say that Luck is extremely polite for his age, almost always following up requests with a “please”, then quickly saying “thank you” afterward. Sometimes, he’ll even answer “you’re welcome” for you in case you forget to do it yourself

Favorites

• top three movies: Meet The Robinsons, The Incredibles, Monsters vs Aliens
• favorite right before bedtime TV show: Wow Wow Wubbzy; he specifically requests to watch the train episode, which could be either “Big Train” (Wuzzleberg Express) or “Small Train” (___)

What’s On The Menu?!

Can’t get Luck to eat? These are the (usually) sure-fire winners these days

• Chicken McNuggets from Mickey D’s
• sausage and rice
  • Johnsonville Brats
  • Farmer John breakfast sausage (skinned or unskinned)
  • Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage
• Hormel Stroganoff
• Daddy’s corned beef & tomato stew
• Daddy’s chicken adobo

…and these are some of the surprising things (to us, anyway) he likes and eats every once in a while

• sprouted brown rice
• grapes

Favorite Phrases

• “in a minute!”
• “just a little bit”
• “look at me, Mommy!”
• “What that noise?!” (when listening to my music)
• “Go away, Daddy”
• “Daddy funny!”