Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Dear Lori,

You are an excellent mother but I just wanted to give you some heads up on some recent tricks with Lucas so you are well prepared when he comes, not that he is hard to deal with just some ideas for you...

1. I hope you have lots of bandaids on stock. It seems to be the latest thing for him. 4 times a week we are putting a bandaid on for some sort of "owie". He's never bled, but is quite fond of bandaids. Also they don't have to be fancy. Cheap is fine. =)

2. Ever since we got his hair cut his boyish side of roughhousing has come out. If you are laying on the floor be prepared for him to jump on you.

3. He loves it when things match. Especially the same color. If he ever doesn't want to wear something, just mention how it will match with something else he's wearing and that usually works great.

4. He likes sharing, and will often ask you which of the two things he has do you want. It doesn't really matter which one you chose, he already has yours picked out. =)

5. He is in a growth spurt and will eat alot.

6. He says the cutest things. Today I asked what he wanted to play and he said " I'm thinking about it". Or if he leaves you to go get something he'll usually say, be right back.

I think that's it. I do hope he brings some joy to your family.

Till Tomorrow

Jenn

2 comments:

Lori Aitken said...

Thank you for the compliment but it wouldn't matter whether I was a good mother or not...those golden nuggets of information are more useful to someone who will be spending time with your child than you can EVER imagine!!! Those tips will help Ian, Mackenzie and I "play along" when Darryl and Lucas are here and will be especially helpful at the funeral home since it will be an unusual and at times boring situation for him. (Don't worry, we'll keep it interesting for him!)

Thank you SOOOO much for the inside scoop and even more so, thank you for letting us have a couple of days with your husband AND son! Even though it's under sad circumstances, WE LOVE IT when any of you can come to visit!

Goofball said...

I love it that he likes to "match" things :p...

and yes bandaids are cool.