A post dedicated to Luca

Luca is very daddy-focused these days, especially at bedtime. When asked to choose between mommy and daddy at bedtime, his answer is always daddy. It's almost unfair to Maya because she sometimes wants daddy to put her to bed too. His napping at home is becoming challenging - it can take mommy up to two hours to make him nap during daytime. It's frustrating to mommy, of course. Maybe it's a new phase. He brings toys (trains, airplanes, cars; different fancies on different days) to school every day and it's impossible for mommy to take them away without making him crying. But he usually gives them to his teacher Desiree after mommy leaves - he's realized that he cannot play with sand or other toys with both of his hands full. He's still going strong on Terrible Two, throwing a tantrum easily if his needs weren't met.  But he's also very polite and sweet, saying thank you, please and sorry all the time. And planting a kiss on mommy's face without being asked. 

New acquisition. He's watched Planes probably 50 times already and still hasn't gotten tired of the movie.

Maya and Luca like to share.

He's big on Lego. Maya and daddy build, and Luca plays and destroys their masterpieces

When will the pizzas ready? We are HUNGRY!

Luca doesn't look too happy. Did Maya just take a toy away from him?

Luca got a haircut several days ago. Daddy took him to his salon, but Luca didn't want to have anything to do with haircut. When he got home, he was totally cooperative when Daddy shaved his head. Maya had fun touching his head and calling him a baby. She even went to her room to fetch a photo of her and Luca when Luca was a real baby.

On this photo, Luca is trying to fix his bike which has a flat tire. He loves helping daddy with fixing and repairing.

 Daddy is a pretty good hair stylist.

Yes, that's Luca's baby photo.

Luca has a lot of fun walking around with mommy's running shoes…till Maya grabs a toy from him. In another year or two, it won't be so easy for Maya to take things away from Luca.

Part of Luca's airplane collection. He calls the yellow and the dark-blue airplanes Blinking. One day he woke up his nap, asking for Blinking. At that time, mommy had no idea what he was referring to. He cried like crazy, asking for Blinking again and again and again. Mommy offered all kinds of toys, but he wouldn't stop crying. Finally he saw the two airplanes on a table, he reached for them and laughed immediately.

That's how he usually sleeps. He still uses pacifier at night - it's difficult to make him quit. Mommy's experience with Maya's quitting doesn't work for him. (See that big blue monster truck? Yet another new acquisition. Poor Luca had to go to emergency and be hospitalized for one night recently. The truck was Maya's well-wish gift. He loved it and ran it up and down on daddy.)