A couple more bday ideas

I was thinking a family member who loves the movie as well might want to get Lucas a DVD of The Princess Bride (Kelsey, Faith, any aunt?) It occurred to me he would LOVE the movie and I realized we do not have a copy of it.

He also has asked that Harry Potter legos be added to his list. Why? cause he sees the commercial on Nick every 5 seconds, but if its too many little pieces or for kids WAY older than him, don't worry about it, he just keeps mentioning it over and over again, so I thought I would toss it out there.

Invites will go out for the bday party right after I get the Thank You's for the baptism mailed out ; )

Fun in the Sun

Long time no post! We have been busy having summertime fun the last couple weeks! What have we been up to you ask?

Well, Lucas has learned how to ride a two wheeler, he did it all on his own overnight, he woke up the next morning after having the training wheels off and just took off. he is very proud and so are we. he has only had one major spill that resulted in some scrapes on the face and body, but he is very steady these days. This has also simultaneously helped him learn to ride his scooter with ease as well.

Last week, we spent a day at Swings N Things with Alyssa, Liv, Noah, gramma-gramma and mom. We played putt-putt, which Lucas was very good at and di not even cheat anywhere near as much as I did. It was chilly on the bumper boats so he only did that once, but the Go Karts continue to be a favorite, doing those 3 times. He also got to play Laser Tag for the first time. Any game with a gun is a good game to him.

Then Friday we spent the whole day out at Jellystone with Jill and Linda, and all the kids, which include Jill's nephews and Linda's niece and nephew. We had a blast. Swimming, the beach, hanging out at the campsite with the sprinkler and slip n slide. Good friends, good food, awesome weather, could not get any better. Lucas loved it all.

Sunday we went to Jill's parent's house for Ethan's bday get together for more swimming, good food and friends. We did not go see fireworks this year but there were a lot going on around the house, so we stayed outside with sparklers and watching the ones we could see.

Of course dressing up our Toby as a cowboy (just kidding, that was an impromtu dress up that lasted only as long as the camera took to take the pic) he hated every minute of it but was a good sport. he is now bigger than Riley, and comes running from wherever he is when I say " Toby, come give mommy kisses" , only to put a paw on each of my shoulders and slobber my face with kisses, does it get cuter than that? I think not, still in love with that little guy.

We have joined the Summer Reading Program at the library, and it has gotten me back into reading all the time, I cannot keep up with all the books I want to read, I wish I had more time to read. When I was young you could always find me with a book curled up somewhere, its been fun.

Lucas also started Tball a couple weeks ago, he is on the Captains team, and he loved his first practice, they will have oone more practice next week and play four games, I absolutely cannot wait, priceless to watch all these kids chasing after the ball. That will be a summer highlight for sure

This month while Joe is here Larry will take next week off work to play with Lucas, they are planning bowling, swimming, backyard camping, fishing for themselves. I am off a few days the following week to do fun stuff. We will be going camping at the end of the month for real, hanging out at Joe's bday party at Dave N Busters, and of course Lucas's baptism is this Sunday already! we are all ready for that and looking forward to it, the heat is due to break just in time. Lucas also has some Little Gym camps coming up the next couple weeks as well, so we are busy, tired, but happy. And I am the only one who has gotten sunburned, but as long as its not Lucas, thats ok.

Lucas's newest excuse for not doing what he is supposed to is "My brain stopped working" Well I say it sure has is frequently my response : ) he always has an excuse and thinks everything is up to negotiate. I keep telling him I do not negotiate with terrorists. All in all, I have seen slight improvements in the attitude lately, its at least going in the right direction