artsy fartsy

Luke loves to take artistic & abstract photos. He also gets a great deal of joy from announcing whenever he passes gas. Just the facts.

Pinned

In light of CCHS having a state champion (!) wrestler this year, here are a couple of recent pictures of my favorite wrestlers.



Luke loves his daddy! He looked at me the other day and said you and Daddy are friends. Yes, we are. I am glad he has a sense that we like each other :)

Feb 20

Slept in until almost 9:00 after getting Luke settled down when he woke at 6. Took a quick family trip to grocery for cupcakes, a perfectly perfect Sunday breakfast, and then came home to get dressed for the day's adventures.














Adventure for Steve - GOLFING!
Adventure for Erinn & Luke - HIKING with Gma J and our wonderdogs and Gordon, the express train.

Luke loved all of the bumps on the trail, he loved counting down to race after race and he loved running into some horses on the trail!

It was just spectacular!

how do I type a happy face?

Just got home from a date with Steve. We went on a lovely drive through Southern Illinois, had a memorable dinner at a wonderful winery
and then coffee at a nice little place in town. Luke tried to hide from his sitter when she got here (Sorry, Leah!) but as soon as she left he told me she was really fun and was coming back tomorrow :)

Steve and I are approaching our five year anniversary which seems unreal, and I feel luckier today than the day we met and/or got married. Going to bed before 10pm now with a happy belly and an even happier heart.

Specs

If Daddy needs them, why shouldn't Luke give them a shot?

Investment

Please tell me that these are an investment. I would be completely remiss if I left a photo of Luke's trains out of his LOG since these pals have become a highlight of his every day. He can name and describe each of these trains. He knows a story about nearly every one and he definitely is glad that he has learned to go #2 in the potty since that is how he got most of them.

I will admit that I am so thankful to work and have the ability to buy these for him. Some of them have simply shown up on the Island of Sodor since he is such a great kid. I would buy him a toy for the rest of his life each day to see the joy on his face that lasts about .83 of a second when he spies a new character on the tracks. COMPLETELY PRICELESS & COMPLETELY WORTH IT! Steve laughs at me a little over being such a 'treat softie' but he loves those moments just as much!

Luke talks about wanting to go see a movie that is about 'monster trucks and trains'. Maybe he will be a producer?

The real thing

1. We don't use any kind of 'fake' butter in our house. Real butter is GOOD!
2. Isn't it normal in some world to wake up from a nap and ask your mommy to eat some butter? And then, of course, for her to let you have a stick?

Life really is short. I figure he is saving some carbs and going for the good stuff!

Germs be gone

I am a big believer actually in using regular soap instead of antibacterial everything and in the benefits of getting dirty outside, etc...However, the recent bugs that crept into our home and have lingered for nearly two weeks can take the hint and move on. Luckily, Steve avoided the gunk and Luke is definitely feeling lots better. I am, too, and I will happily go a few years at least before needing the flu again.

We were lucky to have Steve helping us get better (allowing extra sleep, being superdad) and especially to have the Gma's nearby. Susan was an awesome help (and taught Luke to 'fight the germs') getting me better, keeping me in good standing at work and giving Luke so much TLC and my mom was a great boost when she would come visit and make all of us feel better with a fun visit!

It is a lovely day outside and maybe we can open windows soon to help the allergens start their battle with everyone :)

The photo above, by the way, shows Luke & I snuggled up on a sick day last week. Steve was brilliant enough to bring me a coffee and we had all of the other essentials in bed with us - fruit loops, OJ, lots of Sweet Pickle books and Star!

Loving Imagination

These photos are of some reading we were doing on Groundhog's Day. Luke will daily turn to the 'baby' page, point out the mommy and daddy groundhog and then kiss each baby and 'hold' one. He will say "I love you too, baby Groundhog" and try to get them to go to sleep by rocking them in his arms. If I am lucky he will let me pet them, too. He is a joy. Snow day today! Home playing with, yes...TRAINS!

Sweet

Uncle Ziggy

I am not sure if it is obvious that Luke was really not into having this photo series taken at first. He soon got pretty happy to be sitting high on his Uncle Ziggy's shoulders and had a little fun. Actually, he had a lot of fun calling Glenn Ziggy and enjoying having him to eat pizza with and sing about the Steelers. We will all be cheering tomorrow night for Uncle Ziggy to win big and for the Steelers, too!