Lucas at 33 months

Lucas had a sudden growth spurt recently. He is now taller and looks lankier than before; lost a bit of weight while he grew vertically.

At 33 months, Lucas is growing more independant in the home while he clings to me when I drop him off at the garderie. Lucas now helps himself to the fridge - yes, he now knows how to open the fridge and I've had to move all the breakables up to the top shelves.

His favourite phrase in the morning is "mama, milk! I'm hungry" while rubbing his tummy. He also says "I wanna watch Mickey" and "put it back" and knows how to switch between french and english depending on who he is speaking to.

Lucas can now cycle on his tricycle (he also says "tricycle") and will insist on bringing the tricycle with us everytime we go out the door. He also switches the TV off when we are about to go out and tries to shut the windows. Lucas can now insert the correct key into the keyhole for both the main door and the main entrance.

Last week Lucas was downstairs playing on his tricycle when a neighbour's kid came out to play on his battery automated tricycle. Lucas watched the boy press on the pedal of the tricycle to move it and then when the boy climbed off, Lucas promptly climbed onto that tricycle and pressed on the pedal and off he went, with the other boy screaming murder!

At 33 months Lucas is still resistant to the potty. In fact now, he refuses to put on his pull ups. He wants his good old diaper. Even though he is going without the diaper at home, I notice he tries to keep it in til he gets the diaper OR he will tell me he wants to ka-ka and pass me the diaper.

Since the weather has been scorching lately Lucas' favourite snack is the ice cream cone. He doesn't ask for chocolate anymore - in fact he sometimes imitates me and says "no, no, no. no more choco" waving his finger. He knows well enough to ask for ice cream when he finishes his meals.

One significant difference lately is that Lucas refuses to nap - its hard getting him to take a nap even though he is tired as when he eventually sleeps after screaming and crying, he will sleep for 2-3 hours. At night however, when he goes to bed, he doesn't make a fuss. We can hear him talking to himself in bed until he nods off.

Lucas at Gepetto

Night market in Tarbes

Bubbly time at Gepetto