A week in the life of Lucas

He got a doughnut at school that Lilly really wanted. So he gave her half.

On Sunday when he was bored he decided to write notes to his friends at school. Kenny's said, “Kenny and Lucas are best friends” with a Lego character on it.

Lucas jumped off the bus this week beyond excited to tell/show me he had lost his tooth at school. Later that night he really lost the same tooth somewhere in our neighborhood. A hug from his baby sister and a forgiving tooth fairy barely revived his sullen spirits.

He ran a handful of laps around our street. Not by choice. His dad thinks it is a great way for him to think about being nicer to his sister and get a little conditioning at the same time.

He got this love note from one the Lilly's friends. She is not the first, second, third, or forth of Lilly's friends to have a crush on my son.

He carried at least 157 diapers out to the garbage.

Walking home from school one day he told me he had to change seats in class. He then asked me to guess if it was because he was good or because he was being bad. From the smirk on his face and because I know how much his teacher loves my little guy, I knew it was a trick question. He got moved for being so good, his teacher hoping he could help another struggling with disciple.

He made the day of a new kid at school by saying "hi" to him at recess. I only know about it because the mom e-mailed me to tell me how important it had been to her son. 

He danced his little heart out to the Gilbert temple celebration.

He had at least five parents come tell Reed today how awesome and nice of a basketball player he is.

He helped a teammate who had never scored all season make three baskets at their last game.

He had a handful of ten-ish-year-old boys talking about how good he was at basketball and then pretending to be contaminators of his game for a while. They never knew that his mom was sitting right within earshot, but the kind things they said about my son in such a silly sort of way melted my heart to pieces. 

He planted four boxwood bushes in pots for his mom. Most of the dirt involved landed on the floor of our courtyard.

He tired unsuccessfully to have a sleepover party with his sister Lilly. They were really good at the party part, super lousy at that sleeping part.

He had a sleepover party with him mom on a different night. They were really good at the sleeping part!