Luke Quickies

Wednesday when I woke up Luke at 6:45, the first thing he whispered to me in his scratchy morning voice was, "Mom, guess what day it is.  Hump Day."  I don't think his eyes were even open yet.



And last night when I gave Luke his dinner, he sniffed it and said, "Oh, I know this chicken!"  But what I really love is that it was beef and broccoli.  But he ate all of it!  Which is more than I can say for Cindy...

This One's For You, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike! I mean, Dad.

Cindy actually came up with this yesterday, so I made it for her this morning.

Do a little dance....

So here's the deal: With great blogs come great responsibility. What that has to do with Sweeneyville, I don't know. Okay, true confessions, I took a secret video of Luke last night.  We had cranked up the song "The Hampsterdance" (which is a song that Jacob and I first got to know through DJing many, many years ago), and it had a magical effect on Luke.  Usually this child does not 'dance' in any way, shape or form.  But he turned into a crazy man. Anyway, I am posting the secret video I took of this.  I have not told Luke that I did this because I don't want him to be embarrassed and think I am making fun of him.  I will save that emotion for the day of his wedding reception. For now, with great pride and a small request to not directly mention this to him in a derogatory way, I give you, Luke: my very own Lord of the Dance!  And the wrapping paper tube.

A Luke Quickie

Today I was playing a trivia game with the kids.  This is how it went down:

Me: Which book is the best-selling book of all time?
Cindy: Uhhh, the Book of Mormon?
Me: Not the Book of Mormon, but the....
Cindy: Bible!
Luke: The Bible is not silly!

As funny as it I thought it was that Luke thought I said the "best silly book" of all time, it makes me even more happy to know that he was truly offended that anyone would dare call the Bible silly :) Dang straight, Luke!

The Legend Continues

There is a picture of me as a patrol floating around somewhere too, but for now, it is just some straight up nostalgia courtesy of Cindy and her dear old dad.  

A Luke Quickie

Last night during his prayer Luke told Heavenly Father, "Thank you that we finally got a little bit of homework."  He must have hit his head harder than I thought!

That Awkward Moment When....

You realize you can share your clothes with your nine year old.

Let's Go WIldcats!

This "first day of school" photo from last week got a lot of traffic on my Facebook feed.  It wasn't so much that Cindy was annoyed with the prospect of school as she was annoyed with me.  She was tired of all the pictures.  This was the last one we took :)  

Three cheers for school!

 Okay, here is a much better, and earlier, photo with Dad.

Good looking family! I am such a lucky girl :)

And here is not only a good outside prior photo, but also the photo proof that out of all the over 40 sunflower seeds we planted earlier this summer, this is the only ONE that grew. ONE. Wow, my soil is sad.  And zombies will have great success in this neighborhood.

Save us Cucuface, you are our only defense!

Tubthumping (He got knocked down, but he got up again)

What is up with my house turning against me this week?  Last night Luke was attacked by the bathtub.  He cut his eyebrow open and I had to actually take him to urgent care and have it glued back together; the first time he has been to the doctor for any illness or injury since his last immunization at 18 months!  I was kind of expecting Blue Cross to call me with a fraud alert because my insurance actually got used.  This also marks the first time that either of my children have had simple stitches or glue.  Nine years without a laceration that warranted attention!  All my medical records seem to be breaking this week and since they say that bad things come in threes, I am pretty much going to bubble wrap my family and do as little as possible for the next 48 hours.

And after all the questions at church today it did remind me that I have been meaning to order these bandaids...

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So Far, So Great

I just started this program three days ago (it should have been five, but my stupid thumb delayed me) and so far I am really digging it.  I was completely skeptical that a true 20 minute workout could do anything for me, but this one really works.  Did I tell you it's 20 minutes?  Even Thursday and yesterday after working and coming home and not wanting to do anything, I had to do this because it only takes 20 minutes and I would be a total lame-o if I couldn't find 20 minutes to work out. There really is no excuse now.  After the first workout I did have the feeling that I had just done the warm-up for Insanity, but now after three days of doing this I feel really, really good.  Of course I have also stopped my summer diet of eating chocolate at every meal so that can't hurt either....