Lucas is 4!

My gorgeous boy,

You are 4 today! How time flies! Yesterday, you celebrated your birthday in class with your friends from school, with your Mickey Mouse clubhouse cake that mama made and 25 orange gift bags for your friends! When I picked you up from school, you gave me a hug and said "thank you mama for my mickey cake!" And you told me that Noelle, your teacher sang "happy birthday" and that you blew out FOUR candles!

This past year you have grown up so much, speaking really well in French and English, switching back and forth depending on who you are speaking to. You are speaking more french than me :) I am so proud that you have adjusted so well and that sending you to the centre de loisir for the month of August has been a blessing! 

You love:

Everything chocolate (especially Nutella) , pizza, chicken nuggets, fish fingers, ice cream, pasta, nesquik, peanut butter sandwiches, lasagne, cheese, pesto in your pasta, cream based spaghetti, Mickey, Save Ums, Rolie Polie, Petit Nicolas, Barbapapa, Legos and building blocks, puzzles, balls, balloons, cars, playing with water, going for walks, cycling with papa, dancing and listening to music, playing your piano, playgrounds and especially the slides, bubbles and all animals & insects, including birds, worms, bees and spiders.
You still refuse to eat eggs, thinking that there are baby birds in them. You want me to catch every fly and mossie and spider so that you can put them into your cup. You love fish, but still do not understand why you can't hug them without killing them....

Your best friend is Matheo, with whom you like to ride bikes with. You are loved by every girl in your class, especially Ilona and Lou-Ann. Ilona claims you as her boyfriend and waits for you every morning outside the school gates so that you can both walk into class holding hands. And she kisses you after school everyday! You like to tell me what you want to wear and what you do not want to wear. You do not want to wear anything new, especially shoes which is a problem seeing that its getting colder and you will have to give up your crocs soon! . You can count to 20. You can recognize alphabets and numbers. You can recognize and pick out your name! You can open our automatic gate by keying in the 3 digit code yourself. You wear your clothes yourself, and your shoes. You know how to hang up your cardigan in school every morning. You also insist on spooning out the milk and mama's coffee every morning. You clean your face every morning after breakfast so that you will smell nice when Eliane kisses you :)

You are full of mischief and laughter. You bring so much joy to everyone around you! I thank God everyday for such a wonderful boy, you are such a sweetheart! You make me smile everyday with your little antics. I love you, my little man!