A wonderful, ordinary week in the life of Lukas John

I often write about particular events in our live or revelations that I have about parenting. However, I imagine as I distance myself from these early days in Lukas’ life I will forget what we actually did during our weeks and days together. So this is a week at a glance.

Sunday: pancake breakfast with Mama and Papa. Trip to Echo. A long walk up the hill to Church Street. Lukas walks alone the whole way! Lunch at Red Onion café…a sandwich and some soup. Home for a nap. Wake up and play with Oma and Opa. They take Lukas to a restaurant!

Monday: drive to Montpelier with Auntie Kirsten and cousin Tessa. Much giggling and sharing of toys. Play at the library…gotta share the trains and toys! Go out for lunch at Langdon Street Café….lukas eats all the muffin…Tessa steals auntie Susan’s soup.
Take a walk in the woods. Lukas walks a long way in the snow and collects sticks and leaves. He falls asleep on the way home. After it’s Tammy time for a few hours and then home. At home he eats dinner and plays with mama and papa. Bath time and bed.

Tuesday: In the morning we meet Shana and Micah at the library and then go upstairs for music with Robert. Snack time and singing songs like Old Macdonald and You are my Sunshine. Lukas is tired and full and goes to Tammy’s. After his Tammy nap time he comes home and eats noodles…big noodles. That evening we go to our neighbors, Rowan’s house, and play and eat cake and ice cream. Even Gluten free!

Wednesday: It’s unusually warm. I make French toast for breakfast…because I feel like having a weekend breakfast in the middle of the week. We take a walk on the bike path….Lukas walks by himself all the way to the playground. He slides down the fire pole and walks the wobbly bridge. He swings and swings and makes a new friend. Tired from all the play and fresh air he rides back to the car in the stroller. Then we go to the grocery store. Lukas gets a bagel for a snack and we come home to nap. Oma comes to play with him in the afternoon. That evening Jen and John come over and have dinner with us and sleep over. Lukas loves it. He plays hide and seek with John. He reads stories with Jen. He can’t fall asleep as he talks about breakfast tomorrow and our sleepover company!

Thursday: Lukas wakes us all up early. We eat egg bake and finish breakfast before 7:30. After breakfast we visit Shana and walk to the second hand store together. It is warm and wet. Lukas walks almost the whole way there. He splashes in puddles all the way. He likes to watch the train tracks in hopes a train may come. At the store he gets a few second hand toys. We go back to Shana’s for cornbread and milk. Lukas falls asleep on the way home. When he wakes up he plays with papa who is working at home. That night he gets his hair cut and a bath.

Friday: Lukas helps me make strawberry muffins for Caroline’s party. It is a Valentines party. There is punch and hot cocoa there. A big bowl of pop corn and bagels and cup cakes. There are almost a dozen kids. There are crafts to make valentines which I think I enjoy almost more than Lukas. He plays with the tricycle and shovels pop corn in his mouth. He wants to be held a lot. After the party he goes to Tammy’s. When I bring him home we have a mix of things for dinner and mama brings Lukas to bed early. He’s tired. He ate too many sweets.

Saturday: Mama made crepes for Valentines day breakfast, with blackberries and raspberry sauce and cream. Lukas likes them with just butter and cinnamon. After breakfast we take a long walk up through Gilbrook Park in Winooski to St. Mikes. We end up at Dunkin Doughnuts where Lukas gets a hot cocoa and mama has a decaf. We come home and he plays and reads with papa and then takes a nap. When he wakes up he helps papa cook and do dishes and then watches a movie. After much tickling and cuddling on the bed he goes to sleep with mama … who also falls asleep…despite Valentines pressure and a flourless chocolate cake waiting for her downstairs…..luckily Jorg wakes her up to eat dessert….yum.