Luke's teddy bear of sorts

This picture is a few weeks old, but very indicative of where we are these days.  Last night he slept with two miniature motorcycles (a bit bigger than this matchbox car).  Absolutely would not let them go as he reluctantly went down at 8:30pm (yes, also where we are these days).  At 3am I woke up to "Momma!  Momma!" and made my way to his bedroom.  "Want motorcycles," he said.  Turns out he also wanted something to drink so we took a trip to the kitchen.  The night ended with me bringing him into bed and falling asleep with mini motorcycles being driven all over my face.

By the pond

Luke's favorite thing to do these days is throw rocks into the neighborhood pond.  We have unearthed every large rock surrounding the pond, and yet he wants more.  Just today, I found myself noticing rocks around the neighbors house that I thought about stealing to satiate this kid...the things we do for love.

New use for legos

Yee-haw

We quickly realized this toy belonged on carpeted surfaces, or else a helmut would be in order.  

A glimpse into his teen years...

Boots

Luke loves everyone else's shoes.  However, since his feet are almost as big as mine now, he always goes back to Mommy's shoes.  These boots are a big favorite - after he wears them, he makes me wear them.  One time he even made wear them to his school one morning.  With sweatpants.  

Fireman

Bike

He likes to ride it every now and then, too.

Morning ritual

This child wakes up ready to go - it's really amazing. He has barely wiped the sleep from his eyes before diving into his books for a morning read.

Gettin' to work

While he insists on mowing the lawn EVERY DAY of these last couple of months, we'll see how much luck we have getting 16-year-old Luke to really cut the grass...

Big shoes to fill...

And so much easier to walk in than Daddy's...

Home Depot Apprentice

A boy can dream, can't he?

Rare moment of calm

Good Luck, Buddy

Flashback

One year ago today...

Botanical Gardens

Excellent location for working out our monster trucks...

Home Depot

It feeds the obsession...

I can't believe this doesn't make him carsick

Layed up

Luke started full time daycare last month and has been quite the infection machine. This last bout of bugs (one right after the other) had the whole house sick and baby Luke layed up for a whole week. Now I see how kids get hooked on cartoons...that's all they can do when they're sick! I must say, the low key week was kind of wonderfully mellow and we even learned some Spanish with Dora and Diego.

Watching

Luke may or may not be watching a totally educational cartoon here...

Like a baby concert t-shirt

This dump truck shirt and the airplane shirt (at his feet) are big winners - they are the only pieces of clothing Luke will willingly put on.

Sometimes I like to poke out my tongue...

Rain

What a perfect time to mow...