Words of Wisdom, by Luke

I read the cutest little post here on a friends blog, and it reminded me of all the funny little things Luke says and does. I decided those little gems need to be written down (or typed) so that I can look back and laugh some day.

As Luke had Claire pinned to the floor, she started crying and Luke said "Quaires, what wrong? You need a nap!". I think she just wanted her 25lb brother off of her, but I'm sure a nap wouldn't hurt either.

Luke: I need more milk!
Me: What do we say when we want more milk?
Luke: I say I need more milk!

As we were driving, Luke instructed me to "Go fast, Mommy!" I however was at a stop sign, so I explained that we can't always go fast to which Luke asked "Just a little bit fast?"

I worked very hard trying to make Luke understand that his Gummi vitamins were not candy. They were medicine, and only Mommy or Daddy should give him medicine. This plan backfired on me when kept asking for "medicine" at his Kids Day Out program when he really wanted fruit snacks. I got a lot of questions about that. Then we saw, hugged, and high fived Santa--but REFUSED to sit on his lap, whatever--and Santa gave Luke a sucker. To this day, he talks and asks about and for his "sucret". So now I am the mom of the little boy asking for medicine and sucrets...please don't call CPS on me.

We were brushing our teeth and afterward, Luke put a hand on my shoulder and said "Great brushing, Mommy" Thanks Luke.

I asked Luke to please sit down and eat his snack. He immediately started crying and went to his time out spot. Apparently, he has spent a moderate amount of time in time out.

Luke told me this morning that his milk was "mmmmm. tasty coffee!" Thadda boy!

His PTSD from Kids Day Out now has him saying "No fun today! No fun today!" DAILY. It seems he is traumatized by fun.

He will hand his sister a toy and as soon as she accepts it, he rips it out of her hand and shouts "Don't do that Quaires!" and then look at me and with the sweetest smile say "Nice sharing"...not quite, but nice try.

He is entertaining. Some days, I wish he didn't have such fantastic language skills :)

Sweet Luke

Finally, I got around to getting Luke's 2 year photos taken!
So thankful for a beautiful, sunny, November afternoon and a mostly cooperative 2 year old :)
Love how he runs to see his Daddy at the other end of the bridge...sigh.

Sweet Claire

I am so fortunate to have a talented, creative friend to make Claire this sweet dress, and even more fortunate to have a talented, creative friend to photograph Claire in this sweet dress!

Thank you Elizabeth and Molly!

3 years

3 years, 4 jobs, 2 houses, 2 kids.
Here's hoping year 4 is a tad less interesting!

Then & Now

What a difference 6 months makes!

DST

Luke is having a bit of a hard time adjusting to the time change.

This is now a typical morning at our house.

Silly, tired boy, you should just sleep in :)

6 Months

Our sweet baby girl is half a year old already! She's more wonderful everyday.
She's a happy, singing (screeching) girl. We only see the pout occasionally, usually when not being held by Mommy :) She's getting better with her solid food. She is getting better and better at sitting.
She wants to play with her big brother SO BAD, but just ends up grabbing at him.
He loves it anyway.

She's growing growing growing!
18 pounds - 80th percentile
28 1/4 inches long - 99th percentile!!!
and 97th percentile in head circumference. BRILLIANT!

We love our big little girl.
Happy Half Birthday, beautiful.

Baby Feet

Claire just might love her feet as much as I do.

Halloween 3, The Return of Dinosaur Luke

Halloween is FINALLY over! This has been the longest Halloween ever, mainly because it started for us on October 17th. Goodbye Halloween! And take your candy with you.

The boys had a fun time carving the pumpkins.
I had a good time gathering the pumpkin seeds.Luke was more interested in picking flowers than the pumpkins.

Claire had a great time, I guess.

Luke and I made some Mickey Mouse cookies. He did a fine decorating job.Apparently, it was as good as it looked.

Alex inspecting the candy, not for safety, but for chocolate.

Luke enjoyed the M&Ms. For some reason, he didn't seem to believe that there were only 2 M&Ms in the bag. Why would I lie about that?!

Costume #3 for Claire.

What better way to end the night than with smiles for Grandma?