Party of Five

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Just Like My Daddy

It was very quiet upstairs today so I went up there to see what was going on...this is what I found!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Off To School He Goes...

We will be in the market for a smaller lunch bag that fits in the back of his bike :)

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

I know, I know, I have been a total slacker in the blogging department lately. Even my dad called me out on Sunday night! I will try to be better...I don't have pictures to share tonight, but I do have a couple of the conversations we have had with Luke lately.

Last night: Luke was very, very whiny!
Me: Luke, what's wrong?
Luke: I crabby

Tonight: On our way home from swimming lessons
Luke: home
Me: You want to go home?
Luke: Yeah, tired.

Let's just say he is a very honest boy!

Lately: been going on since before Halloween
Luke: a pirate, a monsser, a ghost
Me: where?
Luke: right, dere...I see it
Me: that's ok...they are nice
Luke: no, scawy

Luke has also been singing us lots of songs. In the car on the way to swimming lessons tonight, we heard a beautiful medley of:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (I really need to get this one on video)
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Ants Go Marching (the "hurrah, hurrah" part)
Elmo's World
And then a little rap mix of "Go Daddy, Go Daddy, Go Mommy, Go Mommy, Go Truck"

Monday, November 8, 2010

World Series

Wally and his dad had the chance to go to Game 5 of the World Series last Monday night. Wally's Aunt Loie and Uncle Dan live in Texas and were able to get tickets.

They flew out around 8 PM on Halloween night. Monday morning they toured the Dallas Cowboys new stadium and then headed to the game that night. They can both say they saw the winning game in the World Series - very cool! It was a short trip with them arriving back home around 6 PM on Tuesday. Here are some pics from the trip!

Cowboys stadium

Rangers Ballpark

Nolan Ryan

The Giants are new the champs!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Barnum FUNundrum

Yesterday, the three of us went to the "the greatest show on earth"! We went to Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus at the Allstate Arena.

An hour before the show, you can go on the floor at no cost and see some of the acts.

Then it was time for the show to start...it got dark and it got loud and Luke was not loving it!

Wally and I did our best to calm him down and tried to show him all the cool things going on, but he wasn't having it. He eventually snuggled into my lap and put his held on my shoulder. I tried to turn enough so he could still see what was going on and every once in awhile he would pop his head back up, but then he fell asleep! Yep, as loud as it was, he fell asleep! And we were at the 11:30 show so it definitely wasn't his usual nap time. Here is some of what went on while Luke napped.

There were 7 motorcycles in this globe at one time going 65 mph - crazy!

Then there were the tigers. That guy is crazy - some of those tigers weren't happy!

Thankfully intermission arrived and we woke Luke up. He ended up thoroughly enjoying the second half! (We moved to an area of the arena that wasn't as crowded so that was helpful since he had some room to roam!)

Here are some highlights of the second half:

The elephants were definitely Luke's favorite part (and mine too!).

We even got to meet the baby elephant, Barack, born in January 2009.

Luke liked this too - a motorcycle on a tightrope!

Trapeze artists

These people were crazy! They would be shot into the air, do flips and land on top of 4 people or on a stilt!

The finale!

It ended up being a great time. Neither Wally nor I had ever been to a circus of this magnitude - you know, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! This is definitely something will we continue to do every so often! We highly recommend it!