Luke

So this video is from about a month and a half ago but it's exciting as parents to see your kids learn new things. It's also awesome when tv does the work for you. Joey and I really were surprised that he could do that - but he's been watching Word World and Leap Frog lately so I guess he's been learning stuff without us knowing. That little trickster. He also has learned to write his name.



So, Luke has really become a little person lately. I've loved our conversations because he's so fascinated by everything. He asks me SO many questions and basically says "why?" after everything I say. I'm definitely learning a lot just from trying to answer all his questions. Here are a few recent Luke funnies:

"Daddy will you come potty with me? Then I will have 2 people to protect me, Jesus and Daddy!"

"Mom, when you are done going poo just say (yelling) I NEED TO WIPE MY BUM! (normal voice) to yourself."

"I found a crack in the ceiling mom! And a crack in the wall! Our house is going to hatch!"

Luke: "Who made all the people?"
Daddy: Heavenly Father did."
L: "No dad, ALL the people."
D: "Heavenly Father"
L: "But didn't He get tired?"
D: "Yeah, He rested on the 7th day"
L: "No, He rested on his magic bed with his magic blankets."

Luke: "My show won't work!" Daddy: "should I come and fix it?" Luke: "Yeah! Cause you can fix teeth and toys AND shows!"

Swimming at the lake, Luke kept drifting from the boat. We said, "swim Luke!" He said "I can't! I don't have any batteries!"

Lucy Loo

Untitled from katiehale on Vimeo.

Lucy just turned 21 months on the 21st. She is the funniest little girl and we sure do like her. She is starting to talk a lot more and likes to talk on the phone without hands - cradled between her shoulder and ear. Her favorite joke right now is to pretend she is asleep. She will do it so convincingly and hold still with her eyes closed for so long until we really believe she is asleep. "Yeah, she's totally out." And then she will open her eyes and laugh and laugh. It cracks up the whole family. That trick is a real winner. She has gone potty a few times on the potty! I think it helps seeing an older sibling go. She is very good at giving dramatic hugs. Big wide arms as she goes in for the hugs. Dramatic kisses as well. Very puckered lips and loud noisy kisses. She loves shoes, hats, glasses, zippers, babies, saying "bye-bye!" and "hi" to everyone - her two favorite songs are "itsy bitsy spider" and "pat-a-cake". She is so good at making everyone around her feel happy.

Horseshoe lake with Mike & Vic

September 22 - 27 (Mike & Victoria visit to Memphis... and a little bit Arkansas)

Oh these guys. What a great couple a kids. They really know how to party






















The lake house was really cool. We learned how to play shuffle board and had many a tournament. I think Mike was maybe the overall winner.


And here is the ever so temperamental pinball machine. It would only work sometimes and we would all get excited but it only gave us a couple games and then turn off. I think it playing hard-to-get just made it that much more intriguing.


I don't have any pictures of us back in Memphis. But we basically just watched lots of YouTube and Hulu on the big screen - sharing all our favorite clips. And we watched a few real movies too. We ate lots of candy and desserts as I recall. We showed them some Memphis sights and they were good enough to go on a tour of Joey's favorite grocery store Aldi. I like how Mike and Victoria were both my friends and now we get to be family. How lucky is that? Also, they learned a lot about Memphis. Not from us, from their smart phones. They were quizzing us most of the time. So, if you want to know anything about Memphis - you should probably ask those dudes.