Fun & Mischief

Playing in the tent he got for his birthday!

Ridin' Mickey's firetruck (another birthday gift)

He pulled the goldfish out of his cupboard and helped himself :)

The House

There is a house in our subdivision that goes ALL OUT for Christmas. We didn't know about it until last Christmas, and with a new baby, we somehow never made it over there. But this year, we did!!!! The "show" is at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 every night and it lasts approximately 20 minutes. The house is in a cul-de-sac and they close the street off so you have to park and walk.

We got back from seeing Santa at the mall on the 22nd and it was about 7:25 when we pulled into the subdivision. It was perfect! We weren't quite dressed warm enough. Luke and I didn't have our gloves, but Wally did so he put his on Luke and then zipped him up in his jacket so Luke was nice and warm! There were about 40 people there (on a Tuesday night - crazy!) The whole cul-de-sac goes all out...it is pretty amazing to see. Luke really enjoyed it - his eyes were as wide as can be (yes, even bigger than usual) the whole time. Wally works with a lady who is related to this family. She said that when the guy was younger he always asked his dad to put lights on their house and his dad told him no, but he can do whatever he wants when he has his own home....looks like he is making up for all those years!!! The guy even hands out candy canes at the end of the show!! They have a website too http://www.sawallischfamilychristmas.net/. Enjoy the pics and some video!

The cul-de-sac

He enjoyed it :)

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Santa Visit 2009

*I am back to blogging (I hope) and have lots to update with Luke's birthday, Christmas, and some in-betweens. The posts most likely will not be in chronological order, but I am hope to get back on track soon!*

In all the craziness that the month of December entailed in the Zukowski home, we did manage to see Santa on the 22nd. We went to the Matteson mall (a horrible mall, but the closest one to us). They do have a gorgeous Toyland set up for Santa though. They also had a deal in order to help everyone out for the holidays - you could take your own pictures with Santa and didn't have to buy anything, but if you did want a picture, it was only $5...what a deal!!! I did still buy the picture - you have to have the postcard frame around it, right?!?! Luke did really well though, although a bit terrified, there were no tears :) [Note: his jeans are long enough, it was just the way Santa was holding him :) ]

After seeing Santa, we let him hang out for awhile in the playarea. He really loved that!

Perfect Little Present

Just a little over a year ago, Wally and I received our perfect little present!



This picture should hold you over until I can post again :)

Lagging

I am seriously lagging in the blogging department lately! I have so much I want to post, but I don't have the time to sit down and do it so here is a quick recap of our weekend and I am hoping that after Christmas and the weekend, I can get up to speed and back to my fairly regular blog posting!

Friday we had Luke's 1-year pictures and some family pics as you saw from the last post. Saturday I was out the door at 7:30 AM to get the Christmas shopping done. It was a total success! I had only one more quick gift to get on Monday. I was home by 2:30 and it was just about time to start getting ready for the daycare Christmas party at 4 - lots more on that in another post next week! Sunday we went to 8 AM mass, drove over to a Walgreens in Homewood (where I work) to pick up our Christmas photo cards which I had sent there by mistake. I meant to have them sent to the Walgreens closest to us - nothing like making my life a little busier...uuuggghhh! We had Panera for breakfast and then headed back home to bake cookies! Since I was able to get all my shopping done on Saturday, I had plenty of time on Sunday to bake! As you can see from the pictures below, Luke mixed up some pretend cookies of his own and helped me with the cutouts :) After Lukey went to bed, it was time to start wrapping...unfortunately, I ran out of scotch tape about 3 presents in so the present wrapping was postponed until Monday night.

That is just a quick rundown....lots more to come!!!

Being silly with Daddy

Mix it up

Helping Mommy!

One Year Pictures

We had originally had Lucas' one-year pics scheduled for this past Sunday, but with all of us not feeling that great, we decided to cancel and rescheduled for this evening. Luke looked very handsome in his Christmas outfit, but we couldn't get that fabulous smile out of him - what a stinker!!! We managed to get a few at the very end with the Christmas background, but those you will have to wait to see on our Christmas card :) Here is a sneak peek at a few of the other ones - still cute smile or no smile! (Just so you know these are the unedited versions).

I had to throw this one in there :)

A Difficult Week

This week has been a rough one. We had the services for Grandpa Zukowski on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. The whole family was in town, and while the circumstances for everyone getting together weren't the best, it was nice to see everyone. The best thing about Luke is that he can bring a smile to anyone's face, no matter the situation. Below are a few pictures of Luke and his 'cousins' (second cousins).

To add to the week, my Grandpa Swanson was brought down to Peoria late last night. He had back surgery a week ago this past Monday and things have sort of snowballed from there. He may be going in for more surgery this evening so please keep him, the Swanson family, and the entire Zukowski family in your prayers.

Grace, Mae, and Eve Zukowski with Luke - almost got them all looking!

Playing with Grandpa's putter....

Clare, Eve, and Mae