A Few Pics

Bed head today after Luke's nap. 11-18-10

Chillin' on the couch with all the necessary comfort items. 11-16-10

Being goofy with Mom. 11-12-10

Grandma & Grandpa Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Johnson came for a quick visit at the beginning of the week. Luke was thrilled to have them here and enjoyed showing them our favorite park Monday morning. We fed the ducks and geese, did some exploring and just had fun being at the park. Luke also enjoyed making Grandma and Grandpa sit in his tent with him and play trains. Thanks for the visit Grandma and Grandpa and for allowing Mom and Dad to have a nice dinner out alone :)

More MDO Art

More of Luke's artwork from MDO. I love all of my fall decorations in the kitchen. We just saw the leaf and tree last night at Open House. Also, Luke missed out on a handprint turkey last week when we were gone. His teacher said she would help him make one next week. They were so cute; can't wait to show you a pic of that one when he brings it home.

Luke loves this spider. 10-20-10

This week's project. Luke was excited to show me his pumpkin when I picked him up. 11-10-10

Open House Art: Luke apparently decided the leaves should be falling off the tree and on the ground rather than still on the tree :)

Open House Art: This is one of my favorites :)

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

Last Wednesday through Saturday Luke and I were in KC visiting my mom and step-dad. My mom had a party to celebrate being finished with chemo or as Luke called it, "Yay Grammy party!" He most definitely enjoyed being the center of attention for a while during the party--Luke is still very much a social butterfly. Some of our other activities included going to the park by my old elementary school (talk about making yourself feel old), enjoying the warmth of the fireplace while playing and/or reading, and the highlight (besides the party) was a trip to Union Station to see the dinosaur exhibit. It was so cool! Luke absolutely LOVED it and had his mouth open in awe almost the whole hour we were there.

One of the most amazing moments to me was right after we got there. We had walked into the first room which was mostly introductory stuff with life-size dinos on a wall and I picked up Luke to show him a skull with large teeth in it and he said, "Mom, it's a fossil." Huh? How old are you and you know that? I hadn't said anything about it being a fossil and he remembered what it was from watching Dinosaur Train. I SO wish I had it on video but I don't think I'll forget it. Luke is constantly blowing me away with his knowledge and memory.

Standing in front of a life-size Triceratops

Awe and maybe a bit of fright

Talking to the baby Stegosaurus

Making the dinosaurs move

Checking out the last of the exhibit

Roaring for Grammy (or maybe a yawn)

What a Difference!

I was going through some older pictures last night and ran across one of my favorites from last year that was taken on November 4. It hit me how much Luke's appearance has changed in a year. He no longer looks like a baby--he's definitely a little boy. What a difference a year makes!

The picture with Troy was taken on Halloween when he and Luke were having some man time in the man "cave" they built :)

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun day! The city of Edmond moved Halloween to today so we celebrated a day early. After Luke's nap this afternoon, he and Dad carved a pumpkin. Actually, more like Dad carved the pumpkin and Luke sort of watched. Luke seemed to enjoy the step stool more and was thoroughly grossed out by the inside of the pumpkin. He repeatedly said, "Yuck, it's yucky!" After pumpkin carving the McBride's came over for dinner and then we got the boys ready to go trick-or-treating. We had a few neighbors join us and with 4 toddlers it was a bit chaotic but we had fun. Luke didn't like wearing the hood part of his costume so people weren't always sure who/what he was supposed to be because half the time the hood wasn't on his head. We walked up and down our street and then called it quits. Of course Luke and Benjamin had to check out their loot and enjoy a piece!

A different part of the story is the number of trick-or-treaters we had at our house. I have never run out of candy before but we did tonight (I ran out with waiting kids at the door--felt bad about that). The amazing part of that is the McBride's also brought their candy here to hand out too. I would say we had over 200 pieces of candy and it was gone by 8 pm. My rough guess is that we had over 125 kids come to our door. It was ridiculous!

MDO Halloween Party

Today at MDO there was a Halloween party. I signed up to be a helper which didn't require a whole lot on my part but I definitely enjoyed being there. The kids all got Halloween tatoos, got to squish some real pumpkin seeds from a pumpkin they watched get carved, made their own pumpkins with seeds, enjoyed some Halloween music and ate a yummy snack. It was SO much fun to watch Luke interact with his friends and teachers. Unfortunately he didn't want to keep the hat part of his costume on very much but I managed to get one picture with it on his head.