Luke's Photo Gallery

On Christmas morning, Luke asked me if he could use my camera to take pictures. Here are the results for your enjoyment. In order: Great Grammy, Mom, Jonah, Terry, Grammie, Uncle Kendall, and Dad.

He did really well until he started taking pictures of our pajamas!

Christmas on Stage!

Luke had his first Christmas program since he's in Preschool now! He had a lot of fun practicing his songs at home. He did a great job for the entire program...well, he picked his nose part way through and he was the only one that bowed after EVERY song.
Listen closely at the end of this video!

Splish, splash, I was takin' a bath!

Luke and Jonah have a big time together most days, but bathtime is especially fun for both of them!

Fridgidaire Masterpeice

Fridge art started last month with mysterious "stackings" every time we opened the door. At first, it was just yogurt on the milk carton, but now it has branched out to more creative stackings.

Leaning Tower of Yogurt

Dairy, Dairy and more Dairy

Brought to you by Luke.

If you get lost

Yesterday, I was quizzing Luke on the specifics of his life just in case he ever gets lost. He was quick to respond with most of the answers. His full name is "Steven Luke Simmons." He is "3 years old." His mommy's name is "Kalee" and his daddy is "Steve." His grammy is "Claudia" and great-grammy is "Carole." And he lives in "Lake Chelan."

I was proud that he knew all the answers without even as much as a blink of an eye. I have to admit, we've had this conversation couple of times. This time though, I went one question further than I ever have before. "What street do you live on, Luke?"

He paused, pondered, then cocked his head a little and looking at me squinty-eyed with a quirky smile said, "Seasame street." We both laughed out loud!

Jonah: 6 months

Jonah has been crawling since he was 5 1/2 months! He's become a pro over the last month and a half. The other day, he pulled himself up to his knees to grab a blanket out of the overstuffed chair. I just about fell over...then he did! Ooops!!!

What a cutie--love you Jonah!

Handy Man Luke

My mom found this entire tool kit at a Big Box store in Wenatchee this week. It came with everything you see except the clothes he's wearing. Luke is now prepared to pitch in and pull his weight (only 35 lbs!) around the house! And it makes for a great Halloween costume. He was a bit disappointed that he wouldn't be Larry Boy or the red PowerRanger, but once he saw the hammer and tape measure, he was all in!

**Kendall Construction is my uncle's construction company in Chelan.

We went to the petting farm at Banjo Creek today. Luke was a little apprehensive of the animals at first, but after strong encouragement and reassurance he actually wanted to feed the goats out of his hand. By the time he came around to the idea, the goats were full and only one would eat.

He was very proud of the "Most Original Costume" ribbon that he won!

He's kinda creepy looking, but he's made of plastic!

Secret Artist

Most of you that are followers of our blog know that Luke has this funny way of stacking yogurt on top of our milk jugs in the fridge. Well, I have three more funny pics to add...all within a weeks time. Our little artist at work--

First we have

"Two on Three"

Then,

"Little Milk, Big Milk"

And last, but not least,

"La Leche con Limon"

Picking Apples

Steve and Luke harvested our apples today. We have three trees in our backyard. They picked 3 large tubs full of apples. I'm not really sure what we'll do with all of them...apple pie, apple cobbler, apple crisp, applesauce, baked apples, apple butter, apple chutney, apple...

Where's Steve-o?

Jonah's crawling

I know what you're thinking, Jonah's crawling already?!?!? That's right, he's 5 1/2 months old and he's crawling and sitting up by himself.

Adam's present

Luke told me a bedtime story tonight about God's present to Adam.

"Adam was lonely, so God gave him animals but he was still lonely. So God put him to sleep, took out a soul, got some dirt and made Adam a present...Eve. Then he wasn't lonely anymore."

I love that Luke learned this at preschool today! He's getting such a great beginning, thanks to Mrs. Jenkins.

Luke added a cute ending to this story!

Family fun Autumnfest

Autumnfest with our Couples In Action group was lots of fun for all ages. The kids carved pumkins; Luke and I won the "smallest pumkin" contest. I actually bought it thinking it would be less work, but little did I think about fitting my hand in a tiny squash! Hmm. Now I know. At least he had fun pulling the seeds out!

Can you see Luke on the left?

Everyone brought a pot of soup or chili, yum! Steve and many of the adults tried their hand at making fresh apple cider. After some discussion about all the parts of the cider press, we made quite a bit of tasty cider! Here's to the first annual Autumnfest! Hope to see ya'll there next year!

Oktoberfest

Met our good friends, Michele and Walter, in Leavenworth today for Oktoberfest. Drank some beer, ate some brats, had lots of fun! Luke had a big time trying on funny sunglasses and jumping in the balloon house with Wyatt. Jonah had big eyes looking at dad's HUGE new beer mug.

Luke's stacking ability

This summer, Luke took to stacking small yogurt containers on our milk cartons. Steve and I got a chuckle out of opening the fridge to see this site. Today, I opened the fridge to see this...

...we're out of yogurt.

Family Camping

Mom and Jonah at the beach.

Jonah snoozin'.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?"