More Lukey-isms

I love that he is wearing a cape - he wouldn't take it off for anything

Lucas really does say the darnedest things and there is always something that makes us laugh. Sometimes Lucas is quick to say berate us for laughing at him, he really doesn't appreciate it. But he has become quite the talker! He is constantly talking and asking questions. Oh the questions he asks, if only they were easier to answer.

Lucas loves to stand on the fence in the backyard and watch the neighbor kids. (What comes to mind is the neighbor from that Tool Time show.)

Can I have a beneto bar? (granola bar)

"Look mom, a Pitaco!" (Lucas has been watching lot of Toy Story 1 and Mr. Potato Head turned his facial features into a 'Picasso' in the movie.)

"Let's turn a moobie on for me." (Lucas is convinced that he needs to watch a movie every night before he goes to bed.)

"I can't find my Bull-zoder. Do you know where it is?" (Bulldozer)

"Where's my quonkey truck?" (concrete truck)

Dustin had a chiropractor appointment and had taken Lucas with him. While waiting for the doctor to come in, Lucas asked Dustin if they were waiting for the "make you feel better guy"? (the chiropractor, Dr. Vance)

Lucas has also informed Dustin that he doesn't like the peanut butter with the nuts in it, he likes the slimy one! (Dustin's favorite kind of peanut butter is crunchy whereas Lucas likes creamy.)

Lucas has taken having a new brother in stride but he was a little curious when I was nursing Grant. He wanted to know where he was getting his food from when we told him that Grant is actually drinking milk. So the next time I was feeding Grant, Lucas comes up and asks if Grant was eating from one side and drinking from the other.

Lucas has discovered that he likes eating hangabers. (Hamburgers)

Lucas had informed Dustin that he needs to get Lucas his own ladder since he's a big guy now. (Yes because that's exactly what we want our 3 year old to do - play on ladders!)

Grant has turned into quite the little talker. Whenever he starts "talking" we try and engage him by saying things like "And then what happened?", "Uh huh", and "Really?". Luke has now gotten into the action because Dustin heard Luke "talking" to Grant in the backseat of the truck, saying the same things we say, as they were driving somewhere.

Grammy, Poppy, Uncle Jay and Uncle Joe were coming to dinner and Luke knew they were coming. Grammy is the new favorite and so Luke was asking every couple of minutes, when is Grammy going to be here? Finally he grabbed the timer sitting on the kitchen counter and turned it 20 minutes and said when it went off, Grammy was going to be here. I knew it was going to be more like an hour and a half so I turned it back farther. Ironically enough, as soon as it did go off, Grammy had arrived!

To distract Grant while changing his diaper, I have started to tell him the story of the Little Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly. He loves it and Luke loves it. One night Luke asked me so many times to repeat the story over and over and he started to fill in some of the blanks. One of the lines he knows is, "perhaps she'll die." Only when he says it it's, "Pershaps she'll die."

Dustin and Luke were packing clothes for our Thanksgiving trip to St. George and Luke asked Dustin what he had packed for him. Dustin said he packed 4 shirts, 4 pants and 4 underwear's but Luke said, "No Dad - they're garnets!"  (garments)

Dustin is teaching Luke my phone number and how to call 911 in case of an emergency. When they were showing me, Dustin asked Luke 3 or 4 different times, "what's mom's number again?" Luke would then repeat it - except he keeps forgetting the nine. Anyway, after the third or fourth time that Dustin asked Luke what it was again, Luke asked Dustin, "Why do you keep forgetting?" (because Dustin had asked him so many times)

Dustin was making lunch and Luke wanted a "chocolate sandwich", Nutella with PB, and when he opened the bread they discovered it was all moldy. Dustin explained that the bread was moldy and if we eat it, it could make us sick. To which Luke replied, "Well you're already sick so why don't you eat it?" (Because that's really gross- Ick!)

Shaving

Luke has been begging Dustin to shave his head for awhile now but I wouldn't let them do it before Christmas. They had to wait until after we had taken all the pictures we usually do at Christmas. I don't know what it is about 8:30 at night but that's when Dustin gets the urge to get his razor out.

He stripped Luke down and started to buzz. Well Luke didn't like that because then it made him itchy and so Dustin had a hard time finishing. He managed to get most of it though. Not my favorite look for Luke though. Oh well, Luke was happy.

Of course they had to shower afterwards to get all the hair off. Nothing like going to bed at 10 pm.
(Grant slept through everything. Lucky him!)

Luke's Christmas Program

Luke's preschool class had a Christmas program. All month they have been practicing some Christmas songs and they performed them at a retirement home called The Wellington and invited the parents to come watch.

The kids sang We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a song about Santa using zebras to pull the sleigh. They dance around and snapped their fingers to Jingle Bell Rock. They finished with a rousing Jingle Bells with each of the kids holding some bells. Luke's bells came loose and flew up in the air, it was pretty funny. We are so proud of our little Luke.

The kids all decorated their own shirts - they used their hand prints for the antlers, a red pom pom for the nose and some pieces of a pine tree branch for the top of the reindeer's head. Luke practices really hard all month, it was so cute.

Poppy holding Grant

Not only did mom and dad come to see Luke sing but Poppy, Grammy, Uncle Jay, Grandpa Pop Pop and Grandma Bear-Bear. Luke is loved by so many people.

Dinosaurs

 Luke has a really nice uncle. His Uncle Jay was home from school for Christmas break and he asked if he could take Luke out for the afternoon.

They went to lunch at JCW's - where Luke threw up all over the floor. I told Jay he was lucky he was in public so he didn't have to clean it up. Poor JCW employee. Then they went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.


There are some really cool features at the museum. They have an exhibit where you can put the dinosaur together. You can decide what kind of a neck it will have and the tail. If there is anything on its back or whatever. Luke had a blast.

 Luke also went on a dig to find dinosaur bones.

Luke also made an impression of a dinosaurs tooth with plaster.

I'm not really sure what this was. Luke says it spins and you can put stuff on it like sticks? He said it was cool though.

They also saw Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea, a 3D movie in the IMAX theater.

Game 2

The Tigers v. The Lions

The Tigers won 10 - 0. That includes the goal the other team scored for us.

Unfortunately Luke was pushed by some kids from the other team and he left the game pretty upset. He said he never wanted to play soccer again. Dustin and I had to do some fast talking to convince Luke to keep trying. Eventually he decided to try it again, thankfully.

Swing Batter Batter

 Luke received a bat and ball for his birthday. He was pretty excited. He asked Dustin to go out and play ball with him before they went out trick or treating.

Luke did pretty good. Dustin would throw the ball to him and Luke actually hit the ball a couple of times. With a little more practice, he could be pretty good.

Bowers Birthday Bash

 Luke's birthday was on a Sunday this year so we decided to invite the Bowers side of the family for a party. He received lots of really nice gifts, a lot of books.

Luke LOVES opening presents. He has a lot of really nice cousins, aunts, and uncles as well as a grandpa who gave him some really nice presents.

I made Luke 2 cakes. One cake was just for him and was a spider cake. The other one was a white cake with a chocolate ice cream filling. I decorated that one to look like a Jack O'Lantern.

 After presents, the kids went downstairs to play. They had a lot of fun. Luke LOVES playing with his cousins.

Grandpa B. was still in town and was able to make it to Luke's party. He had a lot of fun playing with the boys.

Family who came to help us celebrate Luke's birthday:

The White Family 

The Bowers Family

Grandpa B.

Steve and Terri Wagstaff

Tammy Bleak

The Wagstaff Famiy with their new twins Matthew and Michael

Happy Birthday Luke!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE!

Our baby boy - that isn't a baby anymore -has turned 4! We had a special breakfast with Grandpa B and Luke picked the menu. Muffins, eggs, Canadian bacon and of course - chocolate milk!

He picked the dinner menu too - chicken nuggets! So we made them because (unfortunately) we watched how chicken nuggets are made on You Tube and I'm not a fan anymore. Besides I thought these were just as good and Luke loved helping me make them. He even has his own apron.

We had such a fun and busy day that mom and dad totally forgot to give him his presents! So at 9:00 P.M. - when Luke should have been in bed - he received his presents!

A bat and ball - when the ball hits the bat, you can hear a crowd cheering!

Roller Skates

which he immediately put on

Note to self - when giving a child roller skates for the first time - wear shoes because they will run your feet over!

He loved it AND he slept with them that night (of course!)

Sharing Time

 Luke was given the assignment of giving a talk in Sharing Time. The theme for the month was Prayer is Reverent Communication between God and Me. We practiced his talk the entire week before and Luke actually had parts of it memorized, especially the scripture.  Here is the talk he gave:

In Alma 37:37 it says:

      Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night, lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning, let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

     One night when I was in bed, I was feeling scared so I called my mom to come sit with me. She told me that I'm never alone, that Heavenly Father is always with us. She told me we can pray to him for comfort and to feel his spirit. We then said a prayer and afterwards I felt good inside and I was able to fall asleep.

     I know that Heavenly Father hears our prayers and that he loves us. When we are scared and need his help, he will help us. I know Heavenly Father loves me.

Luke did such a good job. Since Grandpa B. was staying with us, he came to see Luke speak. Grammy, Poppy and Uncle Joe came too. Luke has lots of family that loves him so much and takes the time out to show him how much they love and care for him. Grammy commented on how well Luke did and how he had parts of his talk memorized. She also mentioned how clearly he talks and how they were able to understand what he was saying.

I was thankful that we have had teaching moments in our home so that we actually had a personal experience to share. It helps to have these moments when we are taking the time to read our scriptures and say our prayers as a family. I am so thankful that we have the gospel in our lives for the guidance, peace and comfort it gives us.

Classic Birthday Party

Luke is one lucky boy! He was able to have a friend birthday party and it was at Classic Fun Center. (Not a lot of preparation which was fine with me.)

I asked Luke what kind of a birthday cake he wanted and he said a firefighter one. Okay - I can do that, with a little help from my hubby!! We had a fire truck cake pan but I couldn't see the lines after we put the base frosting on. So Dustin outlined the entire shape for me - he is the BEST!! He did such a great job.

After outlining the cake, he helped me fill in everything. He does awesome wheels!!

I thought it turned out really good. I was really impressed with our work and Luke loved it.

Plus it tasted really good. Luke invited 8 friends to his party. His friends that came: Connor Hoag, Eva Lunt, Megan and Tommy Allen, Alaina and Lydia Miller, and Andrew and Tyson White.

Connor, Eva, Luke and Alaina





After all the kids arrived, we had cake and then we opened presents.
Tommy & Megan = cool (BIG) puzzle with stickers
Eva = outfit with a cool motorcycle on the shirt
Alaina & Lydia = Cars bath set (with a cool pretend camera that Luke carried around)
Connor = cool Cars car

We spent the rest of the time playing on the Jungle Gym and Bouncy house. The kids had a blast running every which way We were there for a couple of hours and they could have stayed longer (mom and dad were done though!). Dustin promised Luke they would definitely come back.

Grant even had fun!