Luca is 3 1/2 now and is something else. He loves pretend play. He is constantly in pretend world. He is either making up crazy stories and acting them out or randomly handing us pretend candied pecans or freshly baked cookies. He has imaginary dragon friends named Ginger and Toothless. Toothless was previously named Hooks but got a name change after watching How to Train a Dragon. His closest friend at school is John. John is in Kinder and is very sweet to Luca. He apparently looks out for our little Luca while out on the playground. We recently saw an endocrinologist to check on Luca's growth. He has always been on the lowest percentiles of the growth chart and we wanted to be sure that there wasn't anything preventing him from growing other than the fact that his parents are short. He had a hand x-ray and blood work done. He did a great job. He was calm and relaxed throughout the whole process and I was surprised that he didn't cry during the blood ordeal. All appears to be fine. For now we are to give him whole milk, a multivitamin, and plenty of sunlight to get his Vitamin D up. I feel like I am writing about a plant or something. Ha! We will go back in 6 mths to make sure he is indeed growing. Here is the Luca lowdown:
1. Still a picky eater
2. Favorite things to eat are quesadillas, fruit, carrots, pancakes and bacon, and loves cinnamon rolls in the morning
3. Loves building with Legos, playing with his geotrax, and playing with Jack
4. No longer takes naps at school
5. Sleeps with a monkey and giraffe
6. Thinks saying blah blah is a bad word or an act of rebellion
7. Enjoys being read to and snuggling
8. Is doing fantastic with reading and can read short vowel, three letter words
9. Can count to 20 but is still working on the relationship between the number represented in print and the actual quantity
10. He is funny but doesn't like people to laugh at him
11. Dislikes going to church :/ (Not the regular/typical resistance to going to church that lots of kids experience but rather an absolute refusal to go into childcare. So he just sits with us in the big church.) We are not sure what to do with this but are working on it.
12. Has recently shown interest in music via a play guitar he received for Christmas
1. Still a picky eater
2. Favorite things to eat are quesadillas, fruit, carrots, pancakes and bacon, and loves cinnamon rolls in the morning
3. Loves building with Legos, playing with his geotrax, and playing with Jack
4. No longer takes naps at school
5. Sleeps with a monkey and giraffe
6. Thinks saying blah blah is a bad word or an act of rebellion
7. Enjoys being read to and snuggling
8. Is doing fantastic with reading and can read short vowel, three letter words
9. Can count to 20 but is still working on the relationship between the number represented in print and the actual quantity
10. He is funny but doesn't like people to laugh at him
11. Dislikes going to church :/ (Not the regular/typical resistance to going to church that lots of kids experience but rather an absolute refusal to go into childcare. So he just sits with us in the big church.) We are not sure what to do with this but are working on it.
12. Has recently shown interest in music via a play guitar he received for Christmas
