Birthday ideas

I know a lot of people were asking me what Lucas wants for his birthday.

he wants absolutely everything he sees, but he is into anything Bass Pro, they have the toys in Walmart sometimes, by the cars/trucks. he already has the bass boat, Hummer with canoe and camping set, but would welcome anything else to go with it.

he does not have the Scooby Doo game for his Smartcycle. make sure its not the new 'Rumble" one they just put out that vibrates, he has the 'old' one, you know, from last year haha

He has most, if not all of the Galactic Heroes for Star Wars, but, any of the Galactic Heroes playsets, grandma got him one, but he would love the Battle of Geonosis one (maybe at Target). or the one on the Skiff from Return of the Jedi. Galactic Heroes are the smaller 'chunky' younger looking figures, but he is not picky, he recently broke one of his light sabers, and although he has two more, he would not mind another one.

He would like some kids safety scissors, and maybe some crafty type stuff to go along with it.

His favorite characters right now are Spongebob, Diego, he is starting to like Power Rangers and GI Joe. He also likes any Superhero, like Spiderman, Batman etc, he could use the helicopter or batmobil for his Imaginext batcave

Clothes wise, I would go with a definite 5 on shirts, he is still too small for 5 pants, but I expect that to change mid winter, if he grows like he did last year, all of a sudden he sprouted another pant size overnight.

He could really use winter jammies. For sleepers, if they are form Walmart, like the Gerber ones, 5t, but most other brands can still be 4t, for the seperate ones go 5 as well, we have some 4's to get us thru the fall

he also loves skateboards and motorcycles
(He is getting a skateboard from Carter)

hope that helps : )

Same old, same old

Of course, Lucas has another sinus infection, it had been a month since his last one, apparantly he was due.

I am just so sick of my baby being sick all the time. I really hope he outgrows this and SOON : (

But at least I decided on a new dr for him when we went yesterday. His current pediatrician is moving to AZ, I got that letter two weeks ago and I nearly cried. Not only has she been Lucas's dr since he was born, it seemed I only got results that made my son feel better when we went and saw her. But, Dr Wausserman was going to be my second choice and after talking with her yesterday and her agreeing that I know my son better than anyone and I will be listened to her about his chronic issues, we established that she would pretty much do whatever I want LOL and we will be ok, so I told her I would like her to be Lucas's new dr.

We do have his 4 yr appt with Dr Wilson, so we can at least say goodbye to her. I am still really sad about it and did not expect to have those kinds of feelings about a dr, but, its about Lucas, so I guess it makes sense.

Bowling league still has a few more weeks, Lucas is still enjoying it. We are also gearing up for the 4th bday bash. Lucas is super excited! So far we are expecting a large turnout, with the possibility of up to 20-25 kids under 10. Good times!!! I am looking forward to it anyways, and busily doing all my planning, cleaning, preparing and food ordering for it as well. Lucas is just looking forward to presents, and the fact that Carter will be there of course.

Looking forward to seeing and spending time with Faith and the kids as well. That will be an Aug highlight. I signed Lucas up for 3 zoo classes in Sept on TH mornings, I get to go as well, I think that will be a fun thing for him and I to do together.

Thats about all the news we have right now, stay tuned, Aug is about to be here and is looking very busy : )

Another first

This weekend Lucas had his 1st motorcycle ride with his grandpa Homer. Lucas loved it and wanted to go again and again. I guess when he is a little bit bigger we need to get him a kids helmet like Faith and I had when we were little. He was quite pleased with himself.

Sat we spent the better part of the afternoon with our friends at Jellystone. Weather was a bit crappy, but it was still nice and Lucas had a ball with Owen, Emma, Lauryn, Brayden, Nicole, Danielle, Carly, Christopher, and even baby Nathan : )

Just a reminder

That ALL the good pictures I ever take are in Photobucket, noone who wants to see my pics or faith's actually has to have their own photobucket, just the link to our site's

It was just brought to my attention some family members are depriving themselves of this pleasure due to thinking you need your own photobucket account, simply not true!

So if you are not visiting Photobucket, you are missing out big time, so here is the info

Rachael's photobucket account

www.photobucket.com login: rbalaga password: lucasjohn

Faith's is easier, they did not have this option when I originally made my acct almost 4 yrs ago

www.photobucket.com/fischer

and voila, all the good shots of our kids are there : )

enjoy!

Doing so well

I was worried Lucas's move to the 'big boy" Pre-K room would be traumatic-for all of us. Him moving classrooms in the past has been a little bit of an issue, as it really shakes him up. The week before he began transitioning, Lucas was so nervous and did not want to do it, poor kid hates change, like his mom. However, he is obviously maturing and growing up.

Last week and this week, the teachers tell me he is doing great and he comes home all proud of himself and excited about his new big boy room : ) This morning he took me on a tour in his new room, since his teacher does not start that early.

And I was doubly worried because Carter will not join him in that new room for maybe a month or so, and I hope that does not create too many problems, the teachers are aware, and Lucas has said nothing about it yet, so we will see, but soon Carter will be in there anyways, and it will be all good.

I hope he does this well when he goes to Kindergarten next year!!

The Bass Pro

Thats what Lucas is according to his daddy and grandpa. They are SO proud of him( I am too : )) that not only did he catch 7-8 fish on fri but he got his first BASS, a good 10-12 inch one too, not no sissy fish haha.

Lucas was very proud too and yesterday we drove up to the closest Bass Pro Shop to us, in Toledo, so daddy could get Lucas a Bass Pro shirt, and of course Larry wanted to go there for ages, so it was the perfect excuse for him to go, we had a good time, Lucas also has a toy bass boat, complete with 2 bass to catch, a guy, fishing pole that reels, and a net, oh the boat has a trailer too. Lucas is in love.

More summer fun

Last weekend was our yard sale, it went well, no major glitches, it was a lot of work, but worth it in the long run. Thank goodness its over, it will be at least another 6 yrs beofre I do that again. But its all cleaned up and lots out of the house.

Last night my forum friends came over, and we got to meet one more member we have been talking to for over 3 years, since before her oldest son was even born! How cool is that? Tiffany and her family are passing thru on their way back to their AF base in ND form visiting family in NC. I finally got to squish chubby sweet little Blake, who will be 2 next month and Lucas and Logan were two peas in a pod, Logan was 3 in May. Plus Christy and Barb came with their broods, Ben is almost 4 and Spencer is 4 mos, they belong to Christy, who I see form time to time who loves in Hudson, and Barb with her 4, Britney, 16, Matthew, 14, and Trinity,almost 4 and Nika, 2. The kids had a blast, and so did we.

It is just so neat that I can meet in person these women who I have shared more than 3 yrs of my life with online. They 'talk' to me more than anyone sometimes, know all what is going on, see pictures all the time, laugh at Lucas's antics with me, have seen him grow form the chunkeroo to the big boy with cute glasses, they have lifted my spirits when I was down, listened to me vent, gave me advice when I needed it and it feels like we are all one family, so when we meet in person, its comfortable and easy, just like we have known each other all our lives, it just flows into conversation, not much catching up, since we do that every day.

I never would have thought all those years ago, that I would find that kind of thing on the internet, it started when Lucas was about 6 weeks old and I came back form my mat leave, with all sorts of questions and feelings, and I tumbled upon this great group of people who were having all the same experiences, same aged kids for the most part and all walks of life and experiences.

I am honestly not sure what I would have done without them many times in my life since Lucas was born. Just to know your kid is not the only one doing something horrible, or funny, or disturbing, makes parenting so much easier. All the advice, and fellow womanly support, its awesome.

Good times

Being with the babies (since anyone youn ger than Lucas is a baby ) has been awesome. I can tell Morgan recognizes me now when she looks at me and smiles. Baby smiles are the best, what a beautiful little angel princess. Miss Michaela knows she is Auntie's princess still as well, these little girls are so sweet and the thought of not seeing them for a week let alone a month is hard

But we had so much fun the past week, shopping, playing, kiddie park, etc. Morgan even came to Lucas's bowling with us last week : ) She loved it there actually, she will be a busy girl when she gets older, I can tell, she likes to be where the action is.

Lucas loved his first real fireworks display. he exclaimed 'O My GOD" a lot at the booms, it was adorable. Pics to come, it took me forever to upload the ones I put up this week form the last few weeks,

yard sale this week, and I cannot wait for that to be over, we have way too much CRAP : ) If I were to EVER have another child, someone strap me down rather than let me buy so many clothes for one kid, you would think I have had 6 based on all the clothes Lucas has owned.