Like Daddy

Santa and Granna!

Granna came to visit Luke and have some Christmas fun this past week!  This was sort of a last minute invite that made our activity packed week so much more fun to share!  Luke was so excited that he got his own special visitor... He would wake up and ask if Granna was still here... sweet boy.

 We went to visit Santa.  There was no line and so no real prep time to talk about Santa, so Luke was not sure of the whole process!  He asked Santa for an orange bike and blocks.  Santa asked him if he liked dinosaurs and he said no.  This is how I know that Luke was unsure!

 

Friday was Luke's first Christmas show at his daycare.  They sang 3 songs... he sang loud and proud!

 PS2 Class

 Cutest reindeer in the bunch!

 Pizza party with friends

Granna babysat so we could go to a Christmas Party- Luke showed her how to play games and cars.

We are ready for Christmas at our house!

Polar Express 2011

We got to go ride the Polar Express this weekend with some our our sweet friends.  Getting ready to see Santa!

 Eskimo kisses on the bus. 

 Silly faces before the show began:)

 Riding the train, sweet babies!

 Meeting Mrs. Clause and singing Christmas carols

 SANTA!!!

 Santa gave all the kids a bell to ring for Angels to get their wings

 The Conductor punched their tickets... THIS was the highlight of Luke's trip!  (He watches Dinosaur Train and punching tickets is a big deal... same with time tunnels- we went under a bridge and Luke asked if it was the time tunnel)  He held this punched ticket and had the sweetest smile when the conductor left.  It was magic.

 Arriving back at the train station

 We had chicken spaghetti at the house for dinner... Braelynn re-arranged the nativity scene to this... I think this is a MUCH better arrangement. 

Merry Christmas!

An IFF Christmas

The QC Team:

 Luke's Momma does "The Wobble" :)

 My Jenny (also my date:)

Durdle is BACK!

 Durdle returned to our house Dec 1!!! 

And he brought Luke a new pair of shoes from the North Pole!

So we better be on our best behaivior this year since he reports back to Santa!

Potty Talk

I woke up one Saturday morning, looked on the monitor and Luke was not in his bed.  So I made my way down the hall and saw his bathroom light on.  The conversation that commenced went like this: 

Mom:  (knock on the door) Luke, are you okay?
Luke:  (washing his hands) Hi Mom, I am just washing my hands
Mom:  Do you need to go potty?
Luke:  I just did Mom (points to his disheveled potty on the floor). 
Mom:  Are you sure, I don't see any pee pee.
Luke:  Mom, I cleaned it.  I flushed it down the toilet. 
Mom: Gasp, squeal, hugs, kisses... you get the point.

My big boy.

Thanksgiving 2011

 Picking up acorns for Santa's reindeer with Mary Ward

 Counting acorns for the reindeer with Aunt Jamie

 Football

 City folk snapping pictures in front of the cows :)

 This kitty loved Luke. 

 Uncle Chris played hard all weekend! 

 Nature walks with aunt Freddie!

 Picking berries for the reindeer while Black Friday shopping

 Aunt Christy playing dress up with Luke in Banana Republic :)

 Cards

 A breakfast to remember!

It was a fun trip to Ashland, MS.  10 hours in the car with my boys... playing, eating, sleeping, and not thinking about TCU for a second!  Happy Thanksgiving!