Fun Run and Carnival

We survived another Fun Run and Carnival at my elementary school. All I can say is that Luke was in heaven. Whenever I take Luke to school functions I know that I will have a few built in babysitters. My students love to take care of Luke, and he is more than happy to have them chase him around! Luke and I did the one mile walk with some of my students and our friends. Afterwards, we had the carnival complete with junk food and bouncy toys. Luke's dinner consisted of chips, ring pops, pizza, root beer, etc. His favorite were the licorice ropes...four to be exact. He was a red nightmare by the time we got home.

Birds Nest Rice Krispie Treats

I saw this cute idea for birds nest Rice Krispie treats. Since it feels like Spring is never going to end and we are stuck inside we decided to make them. Luke's loves to help in the kitchen so this was pretty cool to him! He loved shaking the bag of food coloring and coconut. Callie just gently shook her bag while Luke went nuts! They turned out pretty cute and the kids loved eating their nests.

Easter

I was super nervous about dying Easter eggs with Luke this year. He loves to help in the kitchen and be involved so I have seen his skills. It actually went better than I thought though. He had a hard time understanding the concept of gently setting the eggs in the dye. He liked to plop them in. Luke thought it was pretty cool and was sad when we were done.

If you asked Luke what he wanted the Easter Bunny to bring he would say a garbage truck...really? Instead the Easter Bunny brought him a Mack and McQueen. He was so excited about them that we had a hard time getting him to even look for eggs or go through the rest of his basket. He was so focused on his new truck and car. When he finally found the eggs he had hard time understanding that they weren't the plastic eggs filled with candy like at the Easter Egg Hunts. He was a little disappointed. It was a fun morning. Mark didn't have any meetings so we enjoyed just sitting around and relaxing on a Sunday morning. We made the huge mistake of letting Luke eat tons of candy. We were regretting that when we got to church and had a wild monster on our hands! It was a fun Easter!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We didn't think Luke would ever be able to move on after his birthday. He was still singing to himself two weeks later. Luckily, Mark's birthday isn't far behind. Now he sings Happy Birthday Daddy nonstop. Mark isn't a fan of his birthday or birthday cake, but I knew Luke would love singing and blowing out candles. We love Mark and everything he does for us! He is so good to Luke and me! Happy Birthday Daddy!

The Hunt

Luke was lucky enough to have two Easter Egg Hunts this year! Our neighborhood did a hunt in our backyards. Luke found this truck buried in their sandbox and thought it was the best prize ever. It was sad when he was informed that it was not part of the hunt and had to be returned. Eggs and candy just don't stack up to trucks in Luke's mind! We were able to get most of the kids together for a picture at the end. When we told the kids they were done posing they ran off to play. Luke and Acadia just sat there and went through their baskets. They were exhausted after the long hunt!

My Aunt Rebecca did an Easter Egg Hunt for her grandkids and invited Luke...who knows if he'll ever have cousins of his own! We dressed the kids up as bunnies before we turned them lose on the backyard. Luke was the only one not sure about the ears. It was fun watching how excited they get about the little prizes my aunt got them. It was a fun day with the cousins!

Luke is Two!

I cannot believe that my little guy is already two! I never thought I wanted him to grow-up, but the more his little personality comes out the more fun he is! We had a baseball party for Luke. Mr. Luke is just about the most spoiled little boy. He had about fifty people at his party. That's what happens when you're practically the first grandchild and great-grandchild. It was fun having all of our family with us, they are so good to Luke.

I think we built up the idea of a birthday a little too much for Luke. All day long he was singing Happy Birthday to Duke. He was so excited the day of his party and kept asking when it was going to start. Luke still struggled blowing out his candles, but was so happy when daddy helped him! He had a hard time focusing during presents. He just wanted to play with his first present. He was a bit overwhelmed.

That night we couldn't get him to sleep. He had to sleep with all of his toys and kept talking about his "porty"! When he woke up on his actual birthday Mark and I told him Happy Birthday. He went running out to the family room yelling, "My birday porty." He was very sad when he saw that he wasn't having a second party. He is a very loved little boy!

Winter Break?!?!

It's a good thing we spent some of Spring Break in sunny Mesquite. Nothing like building a snowman over Spring Break!