A visit.

My Parents came to visit last weekend! We had a great time with "Grandpa" and "Grandma". It was just for a weekend visit, but we had some fun times in it. We went to the mall and played on Luke's rides, and then Luke got to go on the big Carousal for the first time-he did great. We walked around our neighborhood and played on the slide, Luke's favorite thing to do these days! Grandpa and Grandma also gave Luke something very exciting-a baseball bat, ball and glove! We were playing indoor baseball (check the pictures out below). Luke is a very good pitcher...when he is focused. And of course, no time with Luke is perfect without the watching of "O Little Joe" and Jonah, his Veggie Tales movies. lol.
Mom and Dad took us to Chicago one day (Luke hung out with the Arnolds-thanks!), we saw Wicked!! and went to a very nice Steak house-I had shrimp. It was so much fun.
Enjoy the pictures.

At the mall

Indoor baseball




watching movies and having fun!

Thanks for the visit Grandpa and Grandma! We love you.

At the table

Progressing on with our Big Boy, we have moved out of the high chair as well as the crib! But instead of getting a booster seat, we saw this chair booster and really liked it. Now Luke can sit at the table with us in a big chair, it is a great height. Unless you look down, it isn't noticeable (say for company) and he can't really outgrow it, until he is ready to sit in the chair without it! So its pretty cool. And it is portable. The legs collapse up against each other, it comes with a case, fits on any chair with four legs and literally took 3 minutes to put together. So good product, we have really liked it so far. He can't climb into it, but it does make the chair sturdier. So, good plug by me. :)

And do you see my kid eating like such a big boy?! A place mat, a plate, silverware ("plasticware")! Its great. And when he is finished he says, "All done." and "Thank you." Then he can get down and play. Yeah Luke!

Great finds

I went to a HUGE children's' sale last week and found a TON of stuff for Luke. I was able to get most, if not all, of what I will (check that, should) need for Luke until this fall. Very exciting! And as always, I have a compulsion to wear new clothes when I get them-but these weren't my new clothes...so Luke got to wear his new clothes (even if they were a smidgen to big for him). Here are a couple of pictures of Luke looking adorable in his new pajamas and new slippers (Clifford the Big Red Dog), while watching Veggie Tales' The Ballad of Little Joe (Luke's favorite movie right now). So cute. And can I just plug The Ballad of Little Joe for a moment? What a great movie! It is the story of Joseph in the Bible, done as a western (A Western Bible Story), and it is so funny. The French Peas are his brothers, and instead of Egypt, he is in Dodgeball city, where "if you don't play fair-yer out", and you have to beware of dodgeball stampedes. lol. I love it. But then, I also like westerns.