long post about lu being 2

lucas is starting to say more words, constructing "sentences" with words & gestures. for example, he might say; "oo" "water" and make a big arm gesture.. meaning he ran through the water and got his "oos" (shoes) all wet. and repeating after the words we say. i say, okay now step into your pants-leg. and he says "tep" (step)..

my best example is this: two days last week he threw sand in someone's face! once in mine and once at a little boy. not to be mean, just to be two.. my response was swift both times.. i picked him up saying "no, we dont throw sand at people" and strapped him in the stroller to go directly home. but he didnt cry either time or even seem disappointed. he was like "okay, where are we going now?" and i wasnt sure he quite understood.

but several days later we were at another park and i saw him coming across the park with a hand full of sand, so i raised my eyebrows and said "what're you gonna do with that?" he came over, big smiles and threw it on the ground right in front of my feet and said "(gesture: throw) mama... go (gesture: pointing to park gate)...(mumble, concerned look, tucked chin, shaking head no)... no!". and i was sooooo proud. not only is this probably his biggest sentence to date, but its a big concept to boot!

and he's terrified of flies, it's kinda cute actually. the other day he came into the office after quietly playing by himself in the living room for several minutes, crying, pointing to the living room saying "bvvvvv" "bee, bee" (because somehow they never put illustrations of common houseflies in the picture book, but bees are in every one.. more colorful i guess.) so i went in and did what anyone would have.. i opened the window and waited until the fly landed on the screen and then closed the window, trying not to think about how many days it might last in there, and telling myself it couldnt be too long since they have a lifespan of 3 days or something. he felt safe then, and still points to the window, saying "bvvvv".

back to the communication skills... he points what way we should turn down the street, and says "way", and looks for a "giddy" (kitty) in every window, grabs a snack and say's "one?" as in : can i have one? or "deux?" as in: can i have more? (thats the french word for two, y'all). "duce" for juice. "woo-woo" for hotDOG.. ehh,. hmmm, hard to explain THAT to him... and "bomme" (pomme) for apple. when i say "can you say 'please'?" he says, (batting his eyelashes) "ma-ma?"

and if we come home after spending ALL day out, he whines, crying big alligator tears at the front door, pointing down the driveway saying "go! go!" meaning: i want to stay outside, lets go to the park or grocery store or whatever! anything but going inside mama! but (depending on my mood) we go inside anyway and i say "look honey, we're going! we're going INSIDE!" ha ha .. occasionally we give in to his requests, after all he's 2 and needs his sense of autonomy.