Rough and Tumble

On Friday morning, Lucas and I went over to the park/playground near our place for our neighbor's birthday party (his 2-year-old buddy Tyler). As per usual, Lucas decided he would wander away from the playground. Typically, this means running over to one of the soccer fields, but on Friday, he decided to run off into the woods. I chased him down, and once I caught him, I told him not to do it again. Sure enough, 20 minutes later, there he is, running back into the woods. This time, he tried to run from me when he saw me coming and ended up doing a faceplant into a rock.

It looked a lot worse than it ended up being. Based on the shrieking, I was expecting him to turn over and see blood all over the place, either from a broken nose or maybe from missing teeth. As it turned out, he just banged his forehead and cheek. He was wailing about it for a while, but 5 minutes later, he was running around with the other kids, having fun.

Of course, dad of the year candidate that I am, I decided to take a couple of pictures that night, to show off our little prizefighter. Just another step in the long road to building character, right? Note that the red on his lip is ketchup, not blood.



On a completely unrelated note, I took the exam for the second course of my real estate license on Saturday, and unless I filled out the Scantron incorrectly, I should be moving on to Course 3. As a result, I am done with the hardcore studying--for at least a week--and will do my very best to put up new pictures every day this week. I have no excuses this time. :)

Tiding you over

It's been a busy week since last Wednesday, and it will continue to be until Saturday, as I am studying almost non-stop for the second exam in my real estate course. After Saturday morning, things will lighten up considerably. Anyway, that's why you haven't seen anything here for the past few days. In the meantime, a couple more from mid-June to tide you over.

This one is from the sidelines at one of Marilu's soccer games.


Getting kisses from Lucas.


We've seen Lucas with lobsters before, but he was really young back then and barely understood what was going on. This time around, he had fun with them. I don't think he's quite figured out the whole "eating them" thing yet.

Playing around

From back on June 19, Lucas surveys the grass as he tries to figure out where to drop his golf ball.


More fun at the water table. One of his great thrills in life is to be able to use the hose. Oh, to still have such simple desires.


And yet more hose fun from the next day.

Screw the gift, give me the box!

As promised, here are the two videos that go with the last photo from yesterday's post. You know that old saying that states a kid will have more fun with the box from a present than the present itself? Well, here's solid proof. I'm still not sure why he felt the need to lock himself into his highchair beforehand (in the second video), but that's just the way our kid thinks. Enjoy!

The end of the vacations

We got back from our week-long Massachusetts vacation on Friday night. I think it is safe to say we all had a fantastic time. I got to see old high school friends that I haven't seen in nearly 20 years, Lucas had a blast in the lake almost every day, and Marilu shopped. Marilu probably had fun for other reasons, but that's all that comes to mind at the moment.

As always, I'm ridiculously behind on pictures so the Massachusetts ones will have to wait. Not counting the Labrador City series, the most recent photos are from mid-June. So bear with me as I try and catch up over the next few days. I'll probably post a bunch from this most recent trip this weekend, but there are well over a hundred so that will be an adventure unto itself.

The first one comes from June 17, a day after his 2nd birthday. I'm not really sure where he got the bruise on his forehead, but nowadays, those types of things are much more common as he continues to find things he can run into, fall off of, et cetera.


The next day, the two of us spend some time together coloring dinosaurs at his table. I take my time, coloring in the lines, while Lucas attempts to see how many different lines of various colors he can make on a single picture.


Later on, he tries to figure out how to use a screwdriver on the new turtle he'd just received from his godfather. It's funny how observant little kids are. He watched me use the screwdriver to open the battery panel and then immediately tried to replicate what I did. Granted, he doesn't get the whole turning thing yet, but it surprised me how well he has retained that knowledge.


Lucas and his turtle. Note his impression of a bulimic.


I leave you with this picture. Tomorrow (which will likely be later today for most of you), I'll be posting 2 videos that will expand on what you see here.