Lukas at 4 and 3/4

Lukas says and does some funny things. I wish I could remember them all, but here's a start...

• Lukas and I were talking this morning about something and he responds, "That's why Heavenly Father gave us brains, to remember stuff." I agreed with him and then he said, "Mom, I'm smart, amen't I?"
• Lukas is all about the "What If's". He can sit in the car and never stop asking 'what if' questions, "Mom, what if I grew so tall that my head hit the ceiling and I didn't fit anymore? What would happen then? What if we forgot to lock the door and then it opened on the freeway? What if we didn't roll up our windows and all the flies would come in? What would happen if..."
• Anytime I am helping Max go potty, Lukas is standing right there saying, "What a big boy! Look Max, you're a big boy like me! Good job going in the potty!" He encourages him a lot.
  
• Lukas and Max fight like cats and dogs. If I didn't intervene, they would rip each other to shreds. They pull, punch, hit, slap, push...you name it, they're at it! They taunt each other to no end. Drives me crazy.
• Why is "poop" such a fun word to say? I'll never understand. Lukas and Max crack up anytime I say bum, butt, pee, poop...anything relating to the potty. Please get over this phase quickly boys.
• We met my mom at Cabela's and were walking around looking at all the animals. He wanted to know how much each animal weighed and which one was his size. He was fascinated by weight this time around. (He weighs almost 40 pounds).
• He has to be in charge of Max. "Mom, Max said the 's' word (which is stupid). Put him in time out." Or, "Max, if you say that one more time I'm gonna spank you."
• Whenever he sees something he wants he'll say, "Mom, can I get this for my birthday?" At this point I think he thinks he's getting an entire store for his bday.
  
• He loves being on the computer and really knows how to navigate his favorite sites: Noggin, PBS kids, Nick Jr.
• He really picks up on things like commercials. He'll come to me and say something word for word that he heard on a commercial. One time we drove by Maverick and he pointed out the window and said, "Hey there's that drink. Not to heavy, not to light." It was beer.
• We were at the store one day in the parking lot and he saw a girl smoking in her car. He leaned over to me and said, "Mom, why is that girl smoking? Does she want to die?" Luckily she didn't hear us.
• Every day it's either, "Can we go to California today?" or "When are we going to Nana's house?"
  

Consequeneces

Lukas was acting up and got in trouble. His punishment was that he had to miss his friends b-day party the next day. Pat and I are just at a loss of what to do to teach him proper behavior. We thought this was the best consequence to teach him that if he can't behave in public, he won't be able to go public places including a friends party. He was so upset. Well, I had time to think about it and decided to give him an alternative to his punishment. If he could do a small list of chores that I laid out for him before the party, he could still go. Instead of sulking and whining about it, he just went and did it on his own. He picked up his toys in the basement, straightened his toy room, made his bed, emptied ALL the garbages on his own and wiped the table and chairs clean. I was so impressed. When he puts him mind to it, he can really get stuff done. He went to the party and had a blast! Way to go Lukas! You made good choices.