The Kriz Family

We raked leaves for the first time this Fall, and Lukas was a great help. Ok, maybe not so much, but he seemed to like playing in the leaves.

Here’s our little helper working the leaf blower. Notice he is taking safety very seriously and wearing his earmuffs. He refused to wear safety goggles though.

He also had fun shuffling around in the piles of leaves

We tried to get Lukas and Boone together for a moment, but this is the best we could do.

There’s my feet!

Just some cute ones. I can’t wait til snow. As much as I hate winter, I think Lukas will love playing in the snow this year!

Halloween is here again, and this year we had our little man dress up and trick-or-treat at a few of the neighbor’s houses. He was a little Yoda, and he seemed to really enjoy walking around and watching all the kids come by. All the other trick-or-treaters were commenting on the little baby Yoda. There were a couple “enemies” that came by (Darth Maul and Darth Vader), but Yoda didn’t seem to mind too much. He has a lot to learn about the Dark Side, but I think the Force is strong in this one, so I’m sure he will use his powers for good. Wow, that’s really corny. Heh, heh, heh.

Lukas liked his card from Grandma and Grandpa Kriz

If I cannot pull it out of the ground…

…use the Force to levitate it I will.

It was hard to keep him away from the pumpkins (and open flames…)

One last walk before bed

And just for comparison - here’s our little man as a dog last year - how much he’s grown!

Check out our supercool pumpkins…

This was a momentous day.  For a long time, we had been noticing that our boy’s hair was growing and growing, but only on the top and back of his head.  There wasn’t much on the sides, so people often asked if he was like one of those Hollywood babies with a mohawk. Anyway, we also noticed that his curls (yes, curls - not sure where those came from) were looking more and more like a bird’s nest, and we weren’t so sure we could cut them and make it look better.  So we decided, after much debate, to take him for his first haircut.  We went to the Great Clips down in Madeira, and as expected, Lukas was none too happy about it.  The stylist made very quick work of his haircut, since he was pretty upset by it all.  She even grabbed some of his locks for us to put in our baby book.  Awwwww.

Ok, first we had to remove the cape - Lukas didn’t care for that at all… We’ll just brush the hair clippings off I guess.

Working quickly to clean up his hair while he was in between crying fits!

Another little breakdown

Whew, that makes me tense just looking at those pictures again. Hopefully we can go another year and a half before the next haircut!

We recently got Lukas a bunch of clothes for the Fall and Winter, and since he is older and bigger, there seems to be a better selection of cute (that’s Heidi’s word) clothes for him. One day, he was in a plaid button-down shirt with some khaki pants, a fleece vest, and a Harvard ball cap (thanks Maria - he really likes his hat!). He looked like he belonged on the college campus. Check him out!

Lukas is developing his fine motor skills, and we’ve noticed him being able to do more things with nice smooth motions, rather than the hurky-jerky flailing from months past. One thing he’s getting the hang of is eating with a fork. He still can’t manage to get food onto the fork himself, but if you hand him a bite, he’ll get it into his mouth. It’s really fun to watch, and I think he likes to be “independent” too. Here is his first go at it, eating some spinach quiche (one of his favorites).