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Since Luke was an absolute bear to put to bed tonight, I thought I would mention a few good and cute things he did today.
He folded his hands very nicely for prayer before dinner. Often, requesting that he fold his hands results in one of his infamous meltdowns.
He put his crayons away without any complaint when Michael asked this evening.
He woke up in a wonderful mood. Of course, he was a puppy, but he was at least a happy puppy.
After bedtime prayers, we sang "All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night" and he folded his hands and sang along. Well, he sang until we got past the part about the dump trucks. He was done then. Bet you didn't know there was a stanza about dump trucks in that hymn, did you? Well, there is, Luke composed it tonight. It goes something like, "Ah do bah doo dee dee ah, dump truck dump truck dump truck, ah dee bah doo..."

Tummy ache!

After dinner tonight, we let the boys have cookies. This is a very rare treat in our house, so the boys were quite excited. When Brendan finished his cookies, he asked for more. I said no, that too many cookies would give him a tummy ache. He looked at me and said, "Brendan WANT tummy ache!"

October 18 - St. Luke's Day

The Lesson I Learned Yesterday:

When you are standing in the kitchen washing dishes and your almost 3-year-old announces from the living room, "Mama, Brendan cleaning!" Do not simply assume that he's playing with his toy broom as is usually the case when that announcement is made, say, "Thank you, dear." and go back to your dishes. Oh no, not a good idea. You REALLY ought to go to the living room and find out just what he is cleaning and more importantly, what he is cleaning it with...

...He might, just might, be scrubbing the living room carpet with his brother's toothbrush.

October 14

Brendan is absolutely loving feeling Nicklas kick lately. He will come up to me throughout the day, place his hands on my belly, and say, "Nicklas! Kick Brendan's hands!" He is so delighted and laughs hysterically when Nicklas actually does kick. He also asks Nicklas to come out and play. He's starting to understand that it's going to be a little while yet before that happens, though.