Grandmas galore...

After a 5 month leave, my mom is back to work. So, she came in to town last week for a trip. Lucas and I met her at Penn Station. (But Lucas couldn't stay awake and fell asleep before we arrived and woke up just as we got home.)

Lucas has been pretty emotional lately about how much he has missed his "mama" (my mom). In fact, we have had a few conversations that went like this:
Lucas: I am sad.
Me: Why.
Lucas: (crying) I just miss my mama.

So we are happy that she is back.



Plus, she lets Lucas do things like this:


We spent an afternoon at the "underground train station," as Lucas calls it.
Here is Lucas waiting for a train to come by:


And this is the underground train station that does, in fact, lie beneath the grate:


While we were waiting for trains to come by, we played in the grass:


And Lucas found some "twirly whirlies." I don't know why he calls them that.



We also had time for a visit to the park:






Then we ran into some friends at the park:


Then we came home and had a visit from Grandma Susan and Julianne. Grandma Susan was here helping Julianne get moved for the summer.



And Grandma brought Lucas some games that she made for him, which he loves. She obviously spent hours on the games and they are darling. They will be perfect for church too. Thank you, Grandma! (And also, thank you for coming over to help me take care of Lucas the next day while he was throwing up. Ugh! And thanks Julianne, for letting her come - I know she was really in town to help you, so thank you!)


And a few other pictures of things we have been up to lately:



This is called "candy checkers." If you look closely, you can see that some of the helmets have candy under them. Lucas somehow always wins all of the candy.


And last but certainly not least...Sam may hate baby food. But he loves red vines. Thanks, Doug, for figuring that out. Now Sam won't go hungry.