First day of school

Luke's first day of three-year-old preschool was Tuesday. He was very excited to go back this year, especially since he has the same teachers as last year. He also knows more than half of the other children in his class, so this was a relatively easy transition. Our biggest challenge is getting him to go to the bathroom at school. So far he hasn't gone at school and tells his teachers he's just going to wait for me. I'm sure he'll eventually go once he's more comfortable (hopefully, anyway!) I only got two pictures Tuesday morning because my camera batteries ran out and I didn't have any extra. His favorite place to be is on his top bunk, so I had to take the pictures of him up there.

Guess what kind of backpack Luke's wearing? That's right . . . Thomas!

Once upon a time Luke smiled nicely. Now he just makes this weird face when we ask him to smile. I assume it's just one more thing he'll eventually outgrow!

Luke the Builder

Luke got a set of Lincoln Logs for his birthday, and it's quickly become one of his favorite toys. It took him a little while to figure out how to build on his own, but now that he's got the hang of it, he can build pretty neat houses. This is actually one of the smaller ones he has built, but he was in a picture-taking mood this morning, so I snapped some quick photos.

Mr. Organization

My mom sent these wall stickers to Luke last week, and he wanted to put them on his toy chest. Notice how they're not randomly stuck on - the fire trucks are together, the stop signs are together, the stoplights are together. Hmmmm . . . I wonder where he gets that from?

A big bed for Luke

Luke is officially in his big boy bedroom! Because he is resistant to change, we started this process several months ago when we went to look at bedroom furniture for him. We finally decided on a bunkbed and chest of drawers, and we got the bottom bed and the chest last week. The top bunk came today, and the room is finished! It took several weekends of cleaning out, painting (thanks to my dear husband), putting together, and straightening up, but it's finally done. Luke's been sleeping in the bottom bed for about a week, and he loves it! He's excited to have the top bunk because it makes the bottom bed even cozier, not to mention it's fun to bounce around on the top bed. He likes to spend time in his room playing and is having fun discovering toys he previously had forgotten about. Every day he finds something new that he hasn't played with in months.


I love finding a good deal! The bookshelf in the corner came from Home Depot. It was on sale for $12.97, and the red & blue bins were $2.97 each. I found something similar at Target for almost three times as much!





I'm not doing much as far as decorations go, but I found these wall hangings at Pier 1 Kids and thought they were made for Luke. The lamp was another bargain for $15!

The world according to Luke

Here are a few more funny things my child does and says . . .

-Time is a variable. Something that happened this morning could have happened, according to Luke, earlier, yesterday, last night, last year, or possibly last summer. He just knows it happened sometime before this very minute.
-He has started to call Gary & me "Mom" and "Dad". It's the rare occasion when he calls us "Mommy" or "Daddy". He's 3 going on 18.
-He always calls his thumb his "thumbkin".
-Many of his sentences begin with, "Listen to me," as in, "Listen to me, Mom. I do want to watch TV right now." He's awfully bossy!
-Any time he sleeps, whether it's in the middle of the day or at night, he considers it a nap. We count down the days till we're going to do something by how many naps he has to take. For example, there are 3 more naps till Daddy comes back this week.

I have said several times in the past few weeks that whoever coined the phrase "terrible twos" obviously never had a three-year-old boy. Despite that sentiment, Luke still makes me laugh every day (although I'm glad school starts next week!)

Return of the big-headed baby

I had my 20-week ultrasound yesterday (I can't believe I'm 1/2 way through!) Everything looks good and normal. The baby looked at us the entire time and didn't seem a bit shy. This little fact will come as no surprise to those of you who know my rather large-headed son . . . the baby measured 20 weeks, 3 days, but the head measured 21 weeks, 5 days. Oh well, at least I feel very sure that having another C-section is definitely the right thing to do.

Birthday, part 2

Luke and "the kids" - Benjamin, 9; Hannah, 11; & Ethan, 7

We've been in Greenville, SC for the past week visiting family. My mom had a second birthday party for Luke when we got there last Wednesday, complete with another Thomas cake (made by my sister and nephew Benjamin) and presents. Luke finally got Lofty (a Bob the Builder character) and Edward (a Thomas engine); he was desperate for both these gifts, so they were well-received. We had a good week visiting everyone. For some reason I didn't take a lot of pictures but have posted a few that I actually did get.

Fun at the waterpark.

Luke's getting a lesson from Hannah, the maestro.