Fire Safety

Luke's Day Care had Firemen come to school for Fire Safety week!
Here are Luke and Josiah watching from a reasonable distance :)

Closer!

And they got to see inside the truck too!

Ms. Donna and Ms. Susan:

Grandparent Love

Luke got a visit from his Memaw and Granddaddy this past weekend... he was on cloud 9!

They showed up with a dinosaur, so we were off to a great start :)

Memaw bought him a candy "Neckelece"

And she got a kiss for it :)

We went to the park

Allie swam!

And rode tricycles

Granddaddy read books at bedtime

And we ate a lot! It was a fun weekend and Luke loved every second! We are thankful for Grandparents!

Slurping Spaghetti and Singing some ABCs!

Really? You Were Supposed to be in Time Out!

School Buddies!

This is Josiah, he and Luke are running buddies at school...

Making Matches

"They match"! Don't you think :)

Beating the Heat!

We just got back from a summer visit to my parents house- we had not seen Melody and Justin since they left for Italy last August! It was good to all be in the same room together! To make it better, my cousin, Lindsay and her Husband Dean brought Caleb to play with Luke and log some time by the pool! It was a fun time!

Fajita dinner upon arrival!

Cousin bath time! Sleepy faces:)

Granna made Brent a birthday cake and Luke helped her put 33 candles on it!

Group hug!

Giggles:

Crushing the Army guys... Justin wasn't a fan of this game :)

Pool Boy:

Non-stop jumping

Park:

Hibachi lunch before we took off

Luke warmed up after they picked on someone else :)

Road trip prize! Allie unamused :)

Thanks Momma and Daddy for another fun weekend. We love you!

Squeeking Out Every Last Bit of Summer

In Brent's 2.5 weeks of his summer break, we were going to pack in the fun! We ended the break with an overnight stay at the Great Wolf Lodge.

Luke loved the water park! I didn't take many pictures because our camera is not waterproof and we really just wanted to have fun without the blow by blow documentation! Here are the few pictures I took:

I was most impressed that Luke went down a huge twirling water slide and loved it. This was his kiddy pool warm up!

We went to dinner at Fudruckers and a guy made Luke a dinosaur balloon animal... this $1 treat may have been the highlight of Luke's entire trip! He was sad when we told him he couldn't sleep with it and Luke is intent on taking it to school in 6 days for show and tell!

They have a story time every night and this clock tower comes to life-- the creapy animals sing "There's nothing to be scared of" Watch this and tell me this is not scary! :)

PAINT!

Luke's room is getting a big boy makeover :)
Last picture in his baby green room:

My helper :) It dried much darker and bluer than the purple you see here :)

A room tour will follow when we get everything back on the walls. Stay tuned!

I love you more than

One night, I was laying in bed with you, Luke, and while you were winding down, I started telling you that I love you more than (insert your favorites here). You giggled at the thought ;)

Skittles (Every time you eat them, you tell us they are your favorite)

Didi (you build him a house to sleep in when you go to school)

Slip N Slides

Tangeriene and Tangeriene's Daddy (you LOVE Tangerine that Honey bought you at the zoo... you ONLY wanted that little tiny monkey when she offered you anything in the store. One night you looked across the room at the orange Astros ralley monkey and called him Tangeriene's Daddy)

Gummy worms

Chapstick- a lot of our chapstick goes missing these days! (you were eatting an orange flavored Dum Dum and said "Yum... it smells like chapstick!" Your Momma is so proud of your food associations!!!)

"Dinnosaur Ta-rain"- you love this PBS show right now! When it is over, you say in the sweetest voice, "Just OOONE more-- just one".

Turtles

That same night, I guess we had more to pray for than normal at our bedtime prayers and when I said Amen, you whispered "Thats a lot". God can handle those long prayers, sweet boy! Momma and Daddy love you.

New Song

Luke started singing this last week:


Two little monkeys
Swinging in a tree
Teasing Mister Alligator,
Can't catch me, can't catch me
Along comes Mister Alligator,
Quiet as can be
And SNAPS that monkey
Right out of that tree!