Luke is growing, growing, growing!  We measured him again after many people said he looked like he has grown and he has-another inch in the past 3 months.  I’m not sure how much he has grown but since his turned 2 it has to be a couple of inches.  He’ll be 2-1/2 this weekend!

 

Last week, we had a couple of biting incidences.  Thank goodness he wasn’t the biter but it isn’t great being the bit-ee either!   It happened a couple of months ago one time out of the blue.  They don’t say who bites but they tell the parents of the child who did it.  I didn’t make a big deal out of it the first time, but when Luke came home with a huge bite mark on his forearm one day and 2 days later a bite on the shoulder I wanted to find out what the deal was!   I wanted to make sure the director knew what was going on, to make sure they were on top of it, and to let her know that I wasn’t really happy about it.  I was told by one of the other teachers that Luke’s teacher was very upset and yelled at the sub who was supposed to be watching this child.  I guess they have been told to watch and try to head off any possible issues before they can happen. 

 

I got an email back from the director and she assured me that the center and the parent of the child is trying very hard to rectify the situation.  It seems that this little girl is a foster child with developmental delays.  Her foster mom works at the Disabilities board so she knows how to handle this.  She is in therapy and she was going to buy her a special chew necklace in case it is a sensory issue.  They aren’t sure whether this sudden biting spree was a result of teething, not feeling well, or something to do with her delays.  We actually know who the child is.  Matt was best friends with a guy all thru school.  He ran into this foster mom one day who is the aunt of his friend.  She is adopting this child who is the child of a coworker or someone she knows who is too young to raise the child.  So, it made us feel better that we knew who it was and that the parent was aware and making an effort to help the child.  I feel for this mom and on the other hand I have to protect my child and I don’t want Luke to think this is acceptable or feel threatened and not want to go because he is afraid of being bit.  Not to mention, that I don’t want him being bit and if it breaks the skin, he could develop an infection.  The first bite was huge and bruised the day it happened, you could see the imprint of each tooth on his arm!  UGH!

 

So far so good this week, no bites!

 

Luke has really gotten into his Little People.  I had them put away for the summer and now he’ll come up to me, grap my hand and say “play people mommy!”  His talking is getting better and better.  He is putting more and more words together into sentences and he can even sing a song or sing along to a song now.  He is also starting to sing and dance and mock what the Wiggles or Barney or whoever is doing. 

 

His teacher told me today that she didn’t know that he knew all of his shapes.  She said he was playing with a puzzle and was saying all of the shapes.  She said, he is a really smart boy!  Proud mommy moment! 

 

Today I got a scare.  Lisa from CCC called and said that Luke threw up 3 times and I should come get him.  I asked her if it was from coughing because he started with a little cough last night and coughed some in the middle of the night.  She said she didn’t know.  I got to the daycare thinking the worst and she met me at the door.  She said I don’t really think he is sick.   He didn’t have a high temp, acted like he felt fine.  She said she had him in the office and he didn’t want to lay down and instead was playing with some magnets and telling her what all the letters and numbers and colors were.  His teacher came out and said that she wasn’t there when he did it and I told them that he gags really easily.   Today was their pajama pizza party so I hated to see him miss it.    It was so cute to see them all in their jammies!   Anyway, they said they would keep him and keep an eye on him.  They felt bad calling me but I told them I’d rather be cautious and I don’t blame them for getting freaked when a child throws up especially with all of this H1N1 stuff going around.  I told her he got the first shot and were waiting until the end of Nov. to hopefully get the 2^nd round. 

 

More later!

We had a really great weekend.  Halloween on a Saturday rocks!  I think we need to vote and have trick or treat on Saturdays every year!  I have decided that I will from now on take ½ day of work on Trick or Treat when it is during the week. 

 

I tried a new recipe Friday night.  Using Grands biscuits and taco meat.  They are very tasty and kid-friendly.  A different verson of tacos.  We put lettuce, salsa and sour cream on top and they were good!   Added under recipes.   Luke would not try them though.  But, he didn’t get another meal.  He needs to learn to eat what we eat or he will not get anything else.  I do let him have a banana or some type of fruit or veggie but no yogurt which is a treat for him or dessert.  Anyway, I went to Kroger Friday night.  I was tired but I knew I needed to go!  I did so well on the coupons!   I had a bunch of Silk coupons that I got from a bunch of people that expired on 10/31 so I bought 7 ½ gallons of soy milk at 1.00 off and was already on sale, so got them for 1.99 each instead of the normal $3.99.  They don’t expire until Christmas, thank goodness soy milk doesn’t expire like milk does!   I also had a luvs coupon that expired the next day and also buy one get one magic erasers that expired so I knew I’d better get there!  With their mega sale, I got Cheez-its for $.25, boxed potatoes for $.25, cookies for $.25, 2-liters of pop for .79.  I saved 50% of my bill with things being on sale, double coupons and mega deal.  I was so excited! 

 

Saturday morning I made special cinnamon twists with orange icing for us for breakfast.  I got these at Aldi-they were too cute!   Of course we used orange IKEA plates and Luke thought they were finger-licking good followed up by peach (as close to orange we could get) yogurt (had to have something healthy!).   

We also made special pumpkins with Luke’s handprint and photo and got some Halloween pj photos holding his little pumpkin. 

Matt worked and Luke and I had a relaxing day playing and while he napped, I got some cleaning done.   He is loving the Wiggly Safari with the Crocodile Hunter.    It is growing on me.  After it was over he’d say “fasari” mommy again! 

 

After nap, we got ready for trick or treat.  We go over to the Walker’s every year and this year, Luke got to trick-or treat with his cousins!

 

Luke did really good.  He didn’t get the whole concept, but he did go up with the other kids and got candy. Sometimes he said trick or treat and usually kept standing there waiting for another piece of candy!  He liked to put in his bag himself. 

 In hindsight, I should have gotten him one of those big plastic pumpkins but it worked out ok.  He rode in the wagon part of the way too.  There were a lot of houses not participating so that helped.  He was very pooped by the end-we stayed out about an hour.  He blew lots of kisses and ended up with a pretty good haul.  And, we escaped with only having to give him 2 lollipops and a small bag of pretzels.  He had lots of good food at the Walker’s and got to play with his cousins KC and Ephriam so he was a happy camper!  We were at Grandpa and Grandpa Walkers, and Mark and his girlfriend Kerstin were there, Matt’s brother Chris and wife Faith (she had to go to work at 7) and  Mom was there too and Grandpa Buhi stopped by to see him too!   We had a really fun evening!  Plus, with the time change falling back an hour we got to stay up a little later!

 

Sunday, Luke and I went outside to play in the leaves.  We ran around and played tag and threw leaves and enjoyed a perfect fall day.   Luke also took an opportunity to blow some last bubbles and play in the sandbox before it gets to cold to do it anymore!  Daddy came home from church and joined us. 

Afterwards, Luke ate lunch and napped and Daddy worked in the yard and I worked inside to get things back to “normal”.   

 Sunday evening I got to meet my friends Beth and Linda for dinner to catch up!  So, I really had a fun weekend! 

 

Lots more photos under October 2009 gallery!