Petting Zoo

On Tuesday, Lucas's school hosted a small petting zoo for all of the kids. I went up to take pictures, and it was pretty funny to watch a bunch of under 2s play with all the animals. One of them ended up in the water trough, and there was lots of chaos, but it was really fun. Lucas got to feed a baby goat a bottle, pet a rabbit, hold a guinea pig, and pet a duck.  All in all, a pretty big adventure for our little guy :)

Feeding the goat with a bottle...practice for baby brother or sister?!?

Kiss for the bunny.

He liked playing in the guinea pig wood shavings better than with the actual animals, but they finally managed a pet out of him!

DUCK!  He still loves ducks!

Miss Missy is apparently the chicken whisperer.

Fun at Home

Here are some of the fun things we have been up to at our house lately:

GOLF!  Lucas is SUPER into playing golf lately. It started with the cleaning hose/tube on the vacuum cleaner. When Phil and I got tired of him losing that, we got him a little golf kit from Walmart that he LOVES. He gets it out every day. It came with two "holes" to putt into, but Lucas has found a better use for them.

PAINT!  We are in the process of getting ready to move Lucas to his "big boy room". We are going to keep the nursery as a nursery for the new baby and move Lucas next door to the room that was our office. Since he is already climbing out of his crib, this needs to happen sooner rather than later. Here is Lucas "helping" Daddy paint his new room. I will post pics when all the cute decorating is complete.

COLORING! Lucas loves to color with his crayons. Usually, he is quite good about sitting at his little table with the crayons. The other day, however, he decided to branch out and color the inside of Clara's dog crate.  A little Michelangelo?  Or.....not so much.

Wii!  Phil and I introduced Lucas to playing the Wii last week. He LOVES it. He can't really do much unless we help him, but he thinks it is SOOO fun. He can pitch when we play baseball and loves to yell "SWING" every time he swings his arms. We also play tennis with him. Now, when he wants to play Wii, he points to the cabinet where we keep the remotes and says "Tes-sis"?  "Peeze"? It's very cute and hard to resist :)

Big Orange Pumpkin Patch

Last week we headed out to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Plano with a group of moms and toddlers from church. Although we wish we hadn't shown up at the exact same time as 5 school buses full of elementary kids, Lucas had a super time playing with the pumpkins and seeing all the animals. He wasn't quite brave enough to feed the goats this year, but he liked to look at them. We also got to take a short hayride and eat a picnic lunch with all our friends!  And, by the way, only in Texas would we be sweating in our shorts and t-shirts (and worrying about sunburns) during a Halloween trip to the pumpkin farm!!!

Lucas and Ally checking out the animals.

Mommy! Bunny!

Lucas picked out his very own pumpkin to take home.

Well...at least Ally looks cute and is looking at the camera, right?

Lucas's favorite activity of the day. He dropped his pumpkin and it rolled down the hill into the maze. This was so amazing and fun that he proceeded to climb the hill about 10 more times and roll pumpkin after pumpkin down so he could chase them. I'm sure the owners loved it.

Preparing to bowl another pumpkin.

Typical...climbing on everything!

Boobie Muffies

One of Lucas' preschool classmates had a birthday yesterday, and his mom brought blueberry muffins for everyone in class. Lucas came home saying the following, and has not stopped since. Phil and I absolutely CANNOT keep a straight face...just wish I could get it on video for posterity:

Ryder. Birfday. Boobie Muffie. Boobies!!!

Love my little talker :)

Bikes and Buses

Last weekend, the weather was beautiful, so we geared up to go for a family bike ride to the park in our neighborhood. Lucas was very into trying on Daddy's "hat" this time. He also got to try riding on the big bike. (Though he was more than happy to hang out in his trailer once we got going.) We are thinking that Santa might be bringing him a tricycle for Christmas :)

As we were heading down our street, we came across this AWESOME Aggie bus parked at a nearby house. The back of the bus says that these folks are the "Aggie Parents of the Year" and has stickers from all the bowls they have been to. I'll bet they are a great group to tailgate with!  Needless to say, we had to stop and take a picture :)

Last Day of Gymboree

This is another catch up post from a few weeks ago...

When Lucas started Preschool in September, we decided it was time to quit going to Gymboree. We were very sad to leave because Lucas LOVED it for the year that we did it. He learned so much and was always so happy when we arrived for class!  In place of Gymboree, we have added gymnastics. Lucas is still a little wary of his new "sport". I think it is because he can't do everything right away!  He doesn't like the trampoline much, but he loves the beam, the pit, and all the parts that involve running :)

Here are some pictures from Lucas' last day of Gymboree. Thank you to all of his wonderful teachers and friends for making it such a great experience!  We will be back with baby #2 for sure!

His favorite from day 1...the basketball goal!

Big kid climbing!

It's so fun, Mom!

BALLS!

Parachute time.

Wait...what?!?  It's over?  I don't get to come back anymore?

Big Announcement!

For those of you who haven't heard...

Cousins

We have been lucky to get to spend more time than usual lately with some of my (Amy's) extended family. Since my parents are so far away, it is nice to hang out with our Texas family whenever we get the chance. In August, my cousin Kaki was in town with her husband Ryan and their two kids, Peyton and June. Peyton and Lucas are about six months apart in age, and they really had a great time playing together this time. We hung out at our house to let the boys play, and then headed over to Twisted Root for a great burger dinner. Thanks for coming, Perdues!

Then, a couple of weekends ago, we got in the car and headed to Possum Kingdom Lake to spend the day on the water with my uncle, aunt, and cousins (and all their spouses, significant others, and children). Lucas got sick in the car on the way there, but made a great recovery and fully enjoyed his day of getting dirty, swimming, and riding on the boat.



DIRT!



Enjoying his first boat ride.

Aaand...sleeping on his first boat ride :)



Swimming with his Great Uncle John.

We can't wait to hang out with all of the Clarks again soon!

Destin Part 2

More belated pictures from our Destin trip...



Checking out the animals at the Gulfarium....Destin's teeny tiny version of Sea World.



Always busy with a project.

I just love this picture.

Not the best shot, but it totally captures his joy in the water!

The whole Hlavaty clan.

And our little Hlavaty clan.

18 Months Old

After missing his original appointment due to the horrible preschool virus Lucas got the second week of school, we finally made it in for his 18 month appointment last week. All good reports, as usual. He weight in at just about 26 1/2 lbs. He hasn't really gained much in the last 3 months, but that is probably because he...GREW TWO AND A HALF INCHES!  Woah! The doctor measured him twice just to be sure. That's a lot when you are less than three feet tall. He now comes in at the 89 percentile for height. Tall boy!  We didn't take any official 18 month pictures, but I think these pretty much capture the highs and lows of his fun loving/ emotional toddler spirit these days: