Discovery Gateway

The weather has been so crazy this summer. With all the rainy days we are having to do more things inside. The other day I asked Luke what he wanted to do today and he said, "Go to Disneyland." When I told him that wasn't an option he said, "I ride in a firetruck?" Luke figures if you're offering, why not see what you can get! Even though he didn't get his first two choices I think he still had a great time! We spent the entire day at the museum. He took his time at each station and was happy to sit and play. Right when I had decided we needed to move to the upstairs he spotted this tractor and trailer. I knew we were never going to leave. He rode that tractor around for an hour. I explained to him that if he got off to play with something else he needed to give the tractor to another kid. He would see something he wanted to play with, get off the tractor, stop and think, and then get right back on. The tractor was too cool to let go. Upstairs Luke spent a lot of time at the Duplo table. He would build a tower as high as it would go and then start all over. It was fun day and we totally forgot about the rainy day outside!

What We Love in the Summer

Since I work during the school year I feel like we need to play as much as possible during the summer. Our absolute favorite activity is swimming! We go as much as possible...sometimes five days a week. Luke is a little fish and loves to be in the water. I thought he was a daredevil last year, but this year he is nuts. He jumps in the deep end, floats to the top, and kicks back over to do it again. Luke begs me to throw him in the water, I am sure I look like a mean mom! And his favorite is the slide, he'll go down the slide over and over again. I love it when he gets to the top of the slide and there is a line of big kids waiting. Luke doesn't let them push him around, he gets right up to the front and goes down. If there is a kid sitting on the slide, too scared to go down, Luke just sits down next to them and goes. He gets too excited to wait. We love our summers and try to have as much fun before school starts again!

Happy 4th!

It wouldn't be the 4th of July without a parade!!! We (Mommy and Luke) love going to our city parade each year! When we first got to the parade Luke was asleep, we knew that wouldn't last long. Once the police cars came by he was awake and ready to catch candy. Luke loved standing right up in the front with his bag catching candy. It took him a while to realize that he had to be quick in grabbing the candy. Avery and Hayden were great to share their candy while Luke was still learning. Once he caught on he was collecting and eating candy at a rapid rate! The highlight of the parade for Luke was when he got to see Callie in the parade. She stopped to say hi and let Luke ride in her wagon for a minute! The weather was perfect at the parade. Sadly, the minute the parade ended the rain began. We weren't able to go to the carnival after the parade.

That night we went to my parent's house for a barbecue. Since the firework law changed this year my brothers were pumped for their firework show. We brought our chairs out to the sidewalk and got ready to watch. Luke was pretty excited. He started doing his poppers while the boys had fun with flowers and smoke bombs. Once it got dark the show began. Pat, Mitch, Andrew and Peter decided to start with a Roman Candle war. It was crazy. They stood at each end of the street and shot their Roman Candles at each other. Mark grabbed our son and was outta there. Mark and Luke watched the rest of the show from the safety of the house. I don't know if Mark will let Luke around his uncles and fireworks again!

Big Boy Pants

I am actually way late in posting this...about five weeks late to be exact. Luke has been wanting to potty train for a few months now, but with me working and just not having enough faith in him I kept putting it off. Finally, I decided to see if he really was ready and give it a try. For about two days we just stayed home and let him run around naked! He doesn't like his little potty, he will only go in the big potty. I was amazed how well he did and now I feel bad that I didn't trust him sooner. Knowing Luke's little personality I didn't believe that he could really potty train at age two! After going to the beach and Disneyland we had to take a day to retrain, but he did great! He is already able to stay dry during his naps and most nights. Changing Luke's diapers has always been battle and he is so much happier in his big boy pants! Way to go Luke! Such a big boy!