Eating the birthday cake

Birthday party!

I made the cake-its a train, can you tell? The colors are dark, but they are purple, green and blue

I think he likes it!

He likes to hold the spoon, but he's still figuring that out...

Luke!

Thats gonna stain

Eating with two hands

I love the illusion of propriety here with the spoon

YUM!

Pictures are nice-but you really have to watch this video to really see how much he enjoyed his birthday cake!


Happy Birthday Joel!

Joel's Birthday Dinner

Joel's special birthday dinner-CULVER'S!! Luke gets a cheeseburger and fries, maybe a couple cheese curds, when he goes, but Joel gets a chicken dinner with a roll and two sides! He almost eats it all!

Praying for dinner

Gobbling it up!

All done!

Full and Happy.

Happy B'day Joel, the morning

I LOVE this picture-so cute

Peek-a-boo

All those pictures were so cute and sweet, you'd think they played perfectly together always...but they don't. Right after those were taken, Luke knocked Joel down and needed to sit in a timeout...*but*...sweet, sweet: Joel climbed up in the chair next to him and sat with him for his timeout-see:

I love this.

Luke's Birthday

We woke up and had PANCAKES! yummy.

Joel didn't eat pancakes, but he liked his breakfast too.

Then we opened a few presents right away:

(no, no, not him...)

Luke is so happy he did it!

...what? don't you usually get your hair cut on your birthday?

A few more gifts (yes, there are even MORE)

Joel wants to read the bee book too

Veggie Tales! ALOT of Veggie Tales

Joel after his bath

And then we went to church and had a little "party" there too!

Ice cream cones and Lightning McQueen!

Lots of friends and church family came

Luke may be shorter, but he feels right at home

Some people surprised us with presents!

And he got a balloon!

The sticker book was pretty exciting for him-he had to show it off

Luke also got a wiffle ball set

complete with a helmet

how cool is he now?

Luke's sticker artwork (he's so proud)

Luke had a very Happy Birthday-thank you all for the cards, gifts and thoughts. THE BIG 3! I hope to get a video or two up soon as well-come back soon.