More Lukie-Lie

• We thought it would be fun to sign Max and Lukas up for a little indoor soccer league. They are on the same team with all their little neighborhood buddies. It is so fun to watch them play. They have games on Saturdays and sometimes during the week we’ll go to the church to practice just for fun, so they get the feel of it. For never having played, Lukas does so well. He runs so carefully with his hands out to the side of him so he won’t touch the ball. He’s a good little player and will run up and down the field after the ball. He’s scored several goals and is just so proud when he does. He seems like he’s picking it up quickly, but that could be because he’s one of the older ones. He has fun, too, and he looks so natural out there.
• “Mom, I’m next to my nerds with you!” (Nerves)
• Lukas is really attached to this talking teddy bear he got for Christmas 4 years ago. You push one hand and it will record 5 seconds and you push the other hand and it repeats it. He loves this bear. He told me that he wished it was real and that he’ll never leave him. He always wants his picture taken with him and he’ll feed him (pretend) whatever he’s eating and buckle him in his seat belt in the car.
• The other day I (Pat) was carrying something heavy down the stairs and Lukas was with his neighborhood buddies and said, “ Hey dad could you use a hand or two or three. I said no I’m fine. He was visibly upset and said, “you don’t like us you think we’re freaks,” and then the self proclaimed leader of his pack stormed off. It was hilarious.
• I was upstairs doing something to the baby’s room and was really tired and so I sat down. Lukas came in and asked if I was ok. I told him I didn’t have a lot of energy b/c I hadn’t eaten and I was tired. A few minutes later he came up with a PB&J and some chips on a plate for me to eat. J He made it himself—with the help of Pat. How sweet and thoughtful.
• He is the best cleaner-upper. He can get his toy room organized and picked up and looking so good. He can be so sloppy at times, but when I need him to, he is so good at picking up.
• Both boys love to dress up (especially like Batman and Robin) and when they are Batman they talk in this low voice just like the movie. It’s funny.
• Lukas will ask to go play at a friend’s house and I always tell him he can stay for a certain amount of time. He’ll come to me with a piece of paper and have me write the time down so he can tell his friend’s mom when he needs to come home. He always comes home on time, too.
• I babysit my neighbors little 1 year old girl. They boys love making her laugh or getting her a toy. They are actually so sweet to her and careful around her. J I hope that is a sign of things to come.
• Lukas HATES waking up and getting ready. He is so grouchy and whiney no matter how early he goes to bed the night before.
• Lukas likes to write on things. We found him and Max outside with a magic marker coloring on the cement, the house, the garage, the hose box, the stepping stones. They got in big trouble and had to scrub it all off. Then the other day in the car Lukas asked for a pen and when we got out he had scribbled all over his new pants! Argh!!!
  
• Lukas just loves Zoey. He'll wash his hands and sit on the couch to hold her. Then when he's done he'll say, "Want her?" and I'll say yes, then he'll say, "Need her?" and I'll say yes then he'll say, "Then have her." It's cute.
• He said to me the other day, "I'm so glad Zoey is a girl. She's so cute. If she were a boy, she wouldn't be so cute."
  
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