Popcorn

The way to Lucas' heart is through playing with him or feeding him, especially popcorn. 

He posed for a few pictures and then got to business. 

The Barber

Lucas was due for a haircut so we took him to the old fashion barber in Metamora. He didn't like the horse chair he wanted him to sit in so he sat in Nathan's lap. You can see the fear in his face but he didn't cry. 

He looks so much older now; such a cute little man!

He knows I'm taking his picture now

As you can see my his smile and pose, he knows what I'm doing. Silly boy!

"Look where I put the football mama!"

"Touch down!"

Great smiles!

How can you not love these faces?!?

And Lucas' silly smirk. 

Pancakes

Lucas's favorite food is pancakes and we enjoy our weekend big boy breakfasts. Today the boys sat at the counter to eat and Lucas was soaking it up, as you can see. 

Hard worker

I'm not positive but I'm 99% sure Lucas told me the other night that he'd finish my dissertation for me. He looks ready to go. 

Conference

Nathan and Lucas joined me in Chicago for a couple days of my annual conference. Besides the time change and early mornings we had fun. While I didn't get pictures of it, we had a great pizza lunch catching up with the newly married Katie and Ted Berger and I had a great dinner with the other new Chicago resident, Tera. 

My conference planning colleagues were so great with Lucas. They made him a name tag, let him check out the materials, and taught him to say touch down. 

We all got a cold and the boys were fighting it off with going to bed early so I snuck a shot when I got back to the room. So cute!