Lucas Camilo

Not to be outdone by his sister, Lucas has a few updates of his own that we wanted to share.  As we’ve mentioned in previous posts — mostly about Ida — Lucas has been a champ through this busy, exhausting time.  So he earned a trip to the Burke Museum today for their annual “Dino Day.”  Fortunately, our great friend Tio Sha is in town so he accompanied Burke and Lucas to the big festivity while Krista and Ida stayed home for some chill time.

Dino Day proved to be totally up to the hype.  Of particular interest was a set of Edmontosaurus bones recently unearthed in Montana which were on public display for the first time.  Lucas ate it all up… he even got to make his own dino feet and wear some T-Rex hands, as well as watch daddy swing around an Ankylosaurus clubbed tail.  Check out the pictures below, along with a video of Lucas cracking through shale to find his own 49 million year old leaf fossil:

In other news, Lucas has been working hard at school perfecting his power chair driving.  After getting a new loaner chair with a much better set up, he’s been improving in leaps and bounds.  We think he’s ready for the big driving test next week which will determine whether the insurance company will pay for a power chair of his own.  Check out the videos below – first, one from three weeks ago in which he pauses to show of his Therizonosaurus claws.  Then a longer one from just last week in which he drives all the way across the school to his classroom.  Go Lucas!!

http://youtu.be/m5zIkGNH4F8

http://youtu.be/rNvY1EY_cO0