1. Obviously Luke and his fourth birthday! I wrote a post about the party here in case you missed it. We had the best day together on his actual birthday of Monday as well. I played whatever he wanted to play (for the record, it was his new card game "War" and the matching game about half a dozen times each...) and only ran one quick errand to the post office. When we got finished there, we explored around the small downtown area and stumbled on a little library box. Just like it sounds, it's a small box on a post where people can take or leave books for others in the community to enjoy. We sat on a nearby bench and read a few kids books and then moseyed around some more. That night we took him out to Five Guys for dinner and then home for a cupcake and to open his new Imaginext Batcave and tie-blanket that Audrey and I made for him. It was a great, nostalgic day enjoying my not-so-baby baby boy.
Warning: Bragging Mommy alert. Sorry...
2. A great parent-teacher conference for AJ. David, Audrey, and I met with Audrey's teacher yesterday (students join in for the second conference of the year) and were super proud to hear how well our girl is doing. She is reading on a 4.8 (4th grade, 8th month) STAR reading level and ranks in the 99th percentile. She is doing fantastic in math and writing as well. One of her own personal goals she wrote out was "to improve my handwriting". Well you and me both, sister. We took her out to celebrate at Yogi Mogli just the three of us and gushed over her a little. Not only is she doing so well in school, but David and I were both amazed at how mature she has been this past week while Luke got all the attention and gifts for his birthday. She never pouted or complained and went out of her way to make him feel special about his big day. To me, having that kind of attitude is a skill of equal or greater importance than her reading level, honestly. Nobody cares how smart you are if you're a real jerk (okay, so it worked for Steve Jobs, but it doesn't for everyone...)
3. A hard worker who does hard things. David has had an incredibly tough week at work as his company laid off some people in their Atlanta office. He personally had to let two people go and was understandably torn up about it. I'm thankful he has a caring heart, even when it makes stuff like that so hard. I've never given much thought to that side of management, but it is sometimes a necessary evil. This week, we're saying prayers of gratitude that he has a job and praying for those that lost theirs.
4. Blooming cherry trees. The bulk of winter is behind us and Spring is coming, y'all!
5. Having some time to catch up. Valentine's Day is over. The consignment sale is over. Luke's party is over. I have about 3.5 seconds to catch my breath before we are knee-deep in some home improvement projects, teacher appreciation weeks begin, and Timber Trek stuff starts up, but doggone it, that's still 3.5 seconds. I am going to use it to knock some things off that never-ending to do list that is always lingering in the background and I'm going to enjoy making a check mark or two on it!
Luke's Fourth Birthday & Party
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
This past weekend was Luke's much-anticipated Superhero Birthday Party. And I do not exaggerate when I describe it that way. He has been looking forward to it since the moment I began planning, which y'all know was round about early fall. :) I wanted him to weigh in on a few details of this one now that he's getting old enough to express an opinion. Not only did I want him to be happy with how it turned out, but since quick decision-making is not his strong suit, I figure the more practice the better. I carefully narrowed down some invitations for him to choose from and we talked about which costume he wanted to wear. I also discussed the cake with him and went to great lengths to try and find one that represented all of his favorite heroes while simultaneously didn't cost a year of his future college tuition. Both kids helped me make one of the games and the centerpieces and, slowly but surely, it came together and the much-anticipated day arrived.
The guests showed up around 11am and the kids (all the cousins plus three little friends and their siblings) were decked out in their adorable costumes. They played together in the playroom until I called them into the sunroom to do the games. I let Luke take lead. He explained each game to the crowd and then went first to demonstrate how it was done. All the little superheroes had so much fun playing everything, but the "Hulk Smash" game where they punched through tissue paper-covered bowls for a prize was definitely the hit (haha) of the party.
When they were finished with the games, a few worked on the crafts while David finished grilling the hot dogs. We called everyone in for lunch, David blessed the food and prayed for Luke, and then we dug in. Afterward we had cake and ice cream (he was SO serious while everyone was singing to him!) and then cleaned up hands and faces and let him dive into his presents. He got a lot of Paw Patrol, Miles from Tomorrowland, and superhero gifts and was thrilled with everything.
When the wrapping paper cleared, everyone hung out and visited while the kids played a little longer and then the crowd started heading out. Luke got to skip nap and stay up and play, which was one of his favorite parts of the whole day. After everyone left, we cleaned up a good bit, made nachos for dinner, and watched Peter Pan. It was a fantastic day celebrating our big boy and I hope it's one "super" party that he remembers for a long time!
More party details...
Colors: Red, blue, and yellow
Centerpieces/Decor: Centerpieces made out of red boxes with a yellow star on them and stuffed with "Pow" "Zap" -type cut out signs, balloons, more comic cut out pop words hanging from the fan in the sunroom and above the kitchen island. I placed blue tulle and some superhero printed material on the tables. AJ drew a "Welcome Superheroes" message on the white board easel and we sat that on the front porch. On the fireplace mantel, I hung a "Happy 4th Birthday Luke" banner and set out two pictures of him dressed up at Batman, some of his action figures, and a few DC Superfriends books. I put a bunch of small-sized photos in my Southern Living frame on the basement door as well as taped some in the shape of a "4" onto the basement wall.
Food: "Wonderdogs" (Hot dogs), a Captain America fruit tray, "Thor's Hammers" (pretzel sticks stuck into small cheese rectangles), "Mighty Munchies" (bagged chips), and "Hulk Juice" (green Hawaiian punch). The cake was a chocolate Publix cake with fondant symbols I'd ordered from an Etsy shop of Spiderman's wrist and web, Batman's symbol, Thor's hammer, Hulk's fist, and a comic sign that said "Luke".
Activities/Games: Hulk Smash (bowls each filled with a small prize glued onto a piece of foam board and covered with green tissue paper for them to punch through), Spiderman Web Target practice (shooting silly string at a target), and Pin the Bat Symbol on Batman's chest. I also had superhero sticker scenes for them to create and small cardstock finger puppets for them to color.
Favors: A little golden book about the DC Superfriends plus a superhero pez dispenser.
In closing, a letter to the birthday boy:
Dear Luke,
Sometimes at night when I'm putting you to bed, we have a little routine that we do. I'll tell you how much I love you and then say "There's nothing you can do to make me love you more and there's nothing you can do to make me love you less" and explain how I love you simply because you are my son. You usually brush all that off and say, "Okay, but what do you LIKE about me?" and after I go over the unconditional love thing again, I launch into a list of some of my favorite things about you. On this, your all-important fourth birthday, I thought I would take a moment to write some of them out:
The guests showed up around 11am and the kids (all the cousins plus three little friends and their siblings) were decked out in their adorable costumes. They played together in the playroom until I called them into the sunroom to do the games. I let Luke take lead. He explained each game to the crowd and then went first to demonstrate how it was done. All the little superheroes had so much fun playing everything, but the "Hulk Smash" game where they punched through tissue paper-covered bowls for a prize was definitely the hit (haha) of the party.
When they were finished with the games, a few worked on the crafts while David finished grilling the hot dogs. We called everyone in for lunch, David blessed the food and prayed for Luke, and then we dug in. Afterward we had cake and ice cream (he was SO serious while everyone was singing to him!) and then cleaned up hands and faces and let him dive into his presents. He got a lot of Paw Patrol, Miles from Tomorrowland, and superhero gifts and was thrilled with everything.
When the wrapping paper cleared, everyone hung out and visited while the kids played a little longer and then the crowd started heading out. Luke got to skip nap and stay up and play, which was one of his favorite parts of the whole day. After everyone left, we cleaned up a good bit, made nachos for dinner, and watched Peter Pan. It was a fantastic day celebrating our big boy and I hope it's one "super" party that he remembers for a long time!
More party details...
Colors: Red, blue, and yellow
Centerpieces/Decor: Centerpieces made out of red boxes with a yellow star on them and stuffed with "Pow" "Zap" -type cut out signs, balloons, more comic cut out pop words hanging from the fan in the sunroom and above the kitchen island. I placed blue tulle and some superhero printed material on the tables. AJ drew a "Welcome Superheroes" message on the white board easel and we sat that on the front porch. On the fireplace mantel, I hung a "Happy 4th Birthday Luke" banner and set out two pictures of him dressed up at Batman, some of his action figures, and a few DC Superfriends books. I put a bunch of small-sized photos in my Southern Living frame on the basement door as well as taped some in the shape of a "4" onto the basement wall.
Food: "Wonderdogs" (Hot dogs), a Captain America fruit tray, "Thor's Hammers" (pretzel sticks stuck into small cheese rectangles), "Mighty Munchies" (bagged chips), and "Hulk Juice" (green Hawaiian punch). The cake was a chocolate Publix cake with fondant symbols I'd ordered from an Etsy shop of Spiderman's wrist and web, Batman's symbol, Thor's hammer, Hulk's fist, and a comic sign that said "Luke".
Activities/Games: Hulk Smash (bowls each filled with a small prize glued onto a piece of foam board and covered with green tissue paper for them to punch through), Spiderman Web Target practice (shooting silly string at a target), and Pin the Bat Symbol on Batman's chest. I also had superhero sticker scenes for them to create and small cardstock finger puppets for them to color.
Favors: A little golden book about the DC Superfriends plus a superhero pez dispenser.
In closing, a letter to the birthday boy:
Dear Luke,
Sometimes at night when I'm putting you to bed, we have a little routine that we do. I'll tell you how much I love you and then say "There's nothing you can do to make me love you more and there's nothing you can do to make me love you less" and explain how I love you simply because you are my son. You usually brush all that off and say, "Okay, but what do you LIKE about me?" and after I go over the unconditional love thing again, I launch into a list of some of my favorite things about you. On this, your all-important fourth birthday, I thought I would take a moment to write some of them out:
- You are generous and thoughtful. You share with others, often without having to be prompted. You have always been so good at that. What's truly been an amazing example to me, however, is that you choose the best thing to share. If it's something edible, you'll dig through until you find the flavor or kind that you know the person likes, even if it's your favorite as well. It melts my heart every time.
- You have a great sense of humor. You're still working out making up a joke from scratch, but you usually understand when someone else tells one and love to laugh. Your comedic timing is also very impressive for someone of such a young age.
- You know how to have FUN. Like the rest of us in this family, you are an old soul at heart. But your old soul has a lot of energy in it. You love to giggle, act silly, dance, and cut up. Though your knack for doing it right before bedtime can get frustrating, I love that you don't take yourself or things too seriously.
- You are a ladies' man. Your preschool teacher told me that no other little boys exist in your class as far as all the girls are concerned. If she doesn't assign seats on the floor, she'll often turn around to find you surrounded by a group of girls squeezing in on you. What's more important is that you are learning to be a respectful gentleman, and that will serve you well all of your life.
- You are a brave protector. You often talk about fighting bad guys, but sometimes you put your words into action and stick up for Mommy or Audrey if Daddy is tickling or wrestling with us. You stand in a bug's path to block them from Audrey and offer to do things that she may be too shy or fearful to do on her own.
- You are adorably cute. If I am scolding you and you start to crack a smile, your dimples do me in and I can't help but grin too.
- You are a helper. You like to jump in and help me sweep, pick up, make lunch and dinner, carry things, or open doors for me.
- You love God and often talk about and ask questions about Him. You remind me often that God knows everything and that God can do anything. I hope you always know that with every fiber of your being.
These are just a few of the many, MANY things I like about you. You are so amazing, Lukey, and we are so proud of the little boy you are turning into. We are incredibly blessed to have you and wish you the happiest of birthdays!
We love you,
Daddy and Mommy
xoxoxo
We love you,
Daddy and Mommy
xoxoxo
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Whiny Wednesday
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Warning: This post has no real point. I just want to blog more this year and I am trying to remind myself that posts don't have to be profound or long. They just need to be real and, honey, this "mundane lane" stuff of the thirties is as real as it gets at this stage. So read on, but make sure you're caffeinated so you don't fall asleep!
Today has been one of those nonstop days that has me feeling completely drained. I woke up at 5:30 to exercise then got the kids and myself ready and drove Audrey to school. David's mom came over to watch Luke while I dropped off Valentines at the nursing home that our small group kids made and hit the grocery store. I took the food home to unload and then went to volunteer at Audrey's school for two hours. After I ate lunch with her, I came home just in time to put Luke down for a nap and then deal with a quote on a home improvement project that was supposed to take 15 minutes but turned into an hour and 15 minutes. When he finally left, I scarfed down a late lunch and handled a few emails before getting Luke up from nap early and driving back up to Audrey's school to pick her up and go to a PTA meeting. Afterward we went to the post office and the gas station (how is the orange light on again?!)
Now that we're back home, I have closed myself in my bedroom for fifteen minutes of peace and warned the kids to play nicely by themselves. They know they are not to interrupt me unless someone is bleeding. And even then, it better be serious hemorrhaging.
Frankly, this whole week has been nuts so far. It's been full of party prep for Luke's birthday, Valentine's Day card-making and snack-baking, and last minute consignment sale tagging. In between all of that fun, I had a lovely OB-Gyn appointment that took f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Friday is going to be insane too as I deliver snacks and Valentines to Audrey's class then drive across town to drop off my massive consignment sale load, come home to prep and clean for small group on Sunday, and wrap up the day with a "Vision Dinner" our church is having for small group leaders.
But tomorrow. OH tomorrow! After I finish my workout, I am going to come home and get these children up outta my house. I will then go get a cup of French Vanilla cappuccino from QuikTrip (classy, right?) and sink myself into massage chair at the nail salon for a loooong overdue pedicure. I will come home and probably do something responsible like laundry or dishes...but not for too long. I'll pick up Luke from school and then work on his party stuff and watch Fixer Upper while he naps. And when Audrey gets home, we will bake brownies and cut them into heart shapes and do plenty of quality control testing along the way. It's nothing grand, but it's those few hours of refueling that allow me to do the rest of the week well.
I encourage you to carve out some of your own recharging time this week. Read a book, take a hot bath, call a friend, get a pedicure, or do some pointless blogging about real ol' boring life. It's cheap therapy, I tell ya. I'm almost ready to emerge from my time out and go check on those kiddos. (Okay, maybe five more minutes.)
Today has been one of those nonstop days that has me feeling completely drained. I woke up at 5:30 to exercise then got the kids and myself ready and drove Audrey to school. David's mom came over to watch Luke while I dropped off Valentines at the nursing home that our small group kids made and hit the grocery store. I took the food home to unload and then went to volunteer at Audrey's school for two hours. After I ate lunch with her, I came home just in time to put Luke down for a nap and then deal with a quote on a home improvement project that was supposed to take 15 minutes but turned into an hour and 15 minutes. When he finally left, I scarfed down a late lunch and handled a few emails before getting Luke up from nap early and driving back up to Audrey's school to pick her up and go to a PTA meeting. Afterward we went to the post office and the gas station (how is the orange light on again?!)
Now that we're back home, I have closed myself in my bedroom for fifteen minutes of peace and warned the kids to play nicely by themselves. They know they are not to interrupt me unless someone is bleeding. And even then, it better be serious hemorrhaging.
Frankly, this whole week has been nuts so far. It's been full of party prep for Luke's birthday, Valentine's Day card-making and snack-baking, and last minute consignment sale tagging. In between all of that fun, I had a lovely OB-Gyn appointment that took f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Friday is going to be insane too as I deliver snacks and Valentines to Audrey's class then drive across town to drop off my massive consignment sale load, come home to prep and clean for small group on Sunday, and wrap up the day with a "Vision Dinner" our church is having for small group leaders.
But tomorrow. OH tomorrow! After I finish my workout, I am going to come home and get these children up outta my house. I will then go get a cup of French Vanilla cappuccino from QuikTrip (classy, right?) and sink myself into massage chair at the nail salon for a loooong overdue pedicure. I will come home and probably do something responsible like laundry or dishes...but not for too long. I'll pick up Luke from school and then work on his party stuff and watch Fixer Upper while he naps. And when Audrey gets home, we will bake brownies and cut them into heart shapes and do plenty of quality control testing along the way. It's nothing grand, but it's those few hours of refueling that allow me to do the rest of the week well.
I encourage you to carve out some of your own recharging time this week. Read a book, take a hot bath, call a friend, get a pedicure, or do some pointless blogging about real ol' boring life. It's cheap therapy, I tell ya. I'm almost ready to emerge from my time out and go check on those kiddos. (Okay, maybe five more minutes.)
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January 2016 Recap
Thursday, February 4, 2016
January hasn't been too crazy of a month, which was a nice way to ease into 2016. We rang in the new year quietly and had a couple of days of chill time before the kids started back to school. As is usually the case, I wasn't quite ready to send them back, but knowing that it was inevitable, I was definitely ready to get back into a normal routine.
In an effort to keep up our fitness goals in the cold months, we picked up an elliptical from a friend and have been breaking that in for the past few weeks. It's very nice to roll out of bed and walk down to the basement instead of running in the frigid temps or driving all the way to the gym just to do cardio. I've been busting it hard with diet and exercise to get those "holiday" pounds off (you know, the ones that started with Halloween and usually stick around until Valentine's Day?) and am about 2/3 of the way there. It most certainly doesn't come off as easily as it used to, that is for sure. One diet cheat day = 3-4 super strict days to get it back off, which is frustrating. I'm not looking forward to what the next decade brings in that regard, but I won't borrow pounds or the worry about them from tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be a little easier when more daylight and warmer temperatures arrive.
Speaking of weather (writing of weather?), we had a teeny bit of snow towards the end of the month, but it was such a little amount and so cold out that the kids didn't last long stomping through it. They made a couple of what turned out to be "grass angels" in the front yard and then wanted to go inside for hot chocolate. People are always calling for a snow day, but our school district requires any missed days to be made up so it just doesn't have the allure that it did when I was a kid. Maybe we'll see a little more over a weekend before it's all said and done.
We did make some headway on home improvement projects this month. We got a leaky gutter replaced and the squirrel hole patched up nicely. We also had three trees removed - one huge bradford pear that was an ice storm casualty waiting to happen, the massive cryptomeria on the side of the house, and the sweet gum by the lamppost that the power company butchered a few months ago. Everything looks a little bare right now, but we'll do some filling in come springtime. I do especially miss the cryptomeria from the inside. It always made me feel like I was in Maine when I would sit in the office and peer through it. Next up on the list will be new carpet, which we are about sick of researching and looking at samples of. It's a stressful necessity that we've been putting off/saving up for for nearly two years, so it's time. I just hate dealing with any decision that costs that much money and that you have to live with for 10-15+ years. I know it's just carpet, but we want to get it right.
Anyway, the kids had a couple of neat things going on at school this month. Audrey had her 100th day of school and dressed up as a 100 year old. Luke had a Toastie Toes (pajama) Day and Audrey got to pay $2 to Relay for Life and have one as well. Audrey's school also had a Science Night in conjunction with their Science Fair. Even though we didn't submit a project, we still took the kids up there to participate in the experiments and meet the guests scientists. Well, David did while I rocked the PTA spirit wear table, but let's be honest that it was his cup of tea anyway.
On the resolution front, I went drawer by drawer in both kids' rooms and the playroom and have nearly finished tackling the master closet. I did most of the basement, but need to give it another once-over. I've made two trips to Goodwill and am planning on another in a few weeks when I get back my discards from the consignment sale. For the "improving connections" resolution, David and I had two dates, I had dinner with a girlfriend, we went bowling with our small group, and we spent an evening hanging out with neighbors and roasting marshmallows at their house. Now if only I could get my act together with blogging more, I'd be in business! Just know that I want to...or at least, I want to want to. I'm just too busy socializing elsewhere and cleaning out drawers! ;)
Now to close with a couple of stories/quotes about those cutie kids:
- AJ's eye patching for her amblyopia continues. We have another follow-up in a few weeks.
- I may have been doing a little trash talking while racing slot cars with the kids. Luke turned to me and said, "Mommy. You are not being very mature." Ouch.
- AJ scored off the charts on her CogAT test. We didn't fill her in because she doesn't need the knowledge or the pressure about those tests at this age, but we're still super proud.
- As we near age four, it seems that Luke's constant curiosity and inquisitive nature will continue. Here is a sampling of the questions I got on the way home from taking AJ to school: "When I die, what happens to my blood? How do you make a pickle pie? Why is poopie brown? Why don't you just drive on that side of the road? How do toasters work? Does God hold up this road?" It's a six minute drive, y'all. I gotta step up my coffee game.
- Luke still says "warshmallow" for marshmallow and "quackers" for crackers. And if I catch anyone correcting him, they'd better be prepared to face the wrath.
- Despite a few vocab word mishaps, Luke was recommended to go straight to the "TK" (transitional kindergarten) class at preschool. We won't be enrolling him in it because it's five days and I don't want him there that long, but as they say, it was an honor just to be nominated.
That's all for now, folks! February means small group starting back, the big consignment sale, Valentine's day, and Luke's birthday and party, so stay tuned for lots of news there!
In an effort to keep up our fitness goals in the cold months, we picked up an elliptical from a friend and have been breaking that in for the past few weeks. It's very nice to roll out of bed and walk down to the basement instead of running in the frigid temps or driving all the way to the gym just to do cardio. I've been busting it hard with diet and exercise to get those "holiday" pounds off (you know, the ones that started with Halloween and usually stick around until Valentine's Day?) and am about 2/3 of the way there. It most certainly doesn't come off as easily as it used to, that is for sure. One diet cheat day = 3-4 super strict days to get it back off, which is frustrating. I'm not looking forward to what the next decade brings in that regard, but I won't borrow pounds or the worry about them from tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be a little easier when more daylight and warmer temperatures arrive.
Speaking of weather (writing of weather?), we had a teeny bit of snow towards the end of the month, but it was such a little amount and so cold out that the kids didn't last long stomping through it. They made a couple of what turned out to be "grass angels" in the front yard and then wanted to go inside for hot chocolate. People are always calling for a snow day, but our school district requires any missed days to be made up so it just doesn't have the allure that it did when I was a kid. Maybe we'll see a little more over a weekend before it's all said and done.
We did make some headway on home improvement projects this month. We got a leaky gutter replaced and the squirrel hole patched up nicely. We also had three trees removed - one huge bradford pear that was an ice storm casualty waiting to happen, the massive cryptomeria on the side of the house, and the sweet gum by the lamppost that the power company butchered a few months ago. Everything looks a little bare right now, but we'll do some filling in come springtime. I do especially miss the cryptomeria from the inside. It always made me feel like I was in Maine when I would sit in the office and peer through it. Next up on the list will be new carpet, which we are about sick of researching and looking at samples of. It's a stressful necessity that we've been putting off/saving up for for nearly two years, so it's time. I just hate dealing with any decision that costs that much money and that you have to live with for 10-15+ years. I know it's just carpet, but we want to get it right.
Anyway, the kids had a couple of neat things going on at school this month. Audrey had her 100th day of school and dressed up as a 100 year old. Luke had a Toastie Toes (pajama) Day and Audrey got to pay $2 to Relay for Life and have one as well. Audrey's school also had a Science Night in conjunction with their Science Fair. Even though we didn't submit a project, we still took the kids up there to participate in the experiments and meet the guests scientists. Well, David did while I rocked the PTA spirit wear table, but let's be honest that it was his cup of tea anyway.
On the resolution front, I went drawer by drawer in both kids' rooms and the playroom and have nearly finished tackling the master closet. I did most of the basement, but need to give it another once-over. I've made two trips to Goodwill and am planning on another in a few weeks when I get back my discards from the consignment sale. For the "improving connections" resolution, David and I had two dates, I had dinner with a girlfriend, we went bowling with our small group, and we spent an evening hanging out with neighbors and roasting marshmallows at their house. Now if only I could get my act together with blogging more, I'd be in business! Just know that I want to...or at least, I want to want to. I'm just too busy socializing elsewhere and cleaning out drawers! ;)
Now to close with a couple of stories/quotes about those cutie kids:
- AJ's eye patching for her amblyopia continues. We have another follow-up in a few weeks.
- I may have been doing a little trash talking while racing slot cars with the kids. Luke turned to me and said, "Mommy. You are not being very mature." Ouch.
- AJ scored off the charts on her CogAT test. We didn't fill her in because she doesn't need the knowledge or the pressure about those tests at this age, but we're still super proud.
- As we near age four, it seems that Luke's constant curiosity and inquisitive nature will continue. Here is a sampling of the questions I got on the way home from taking AJ to school: "When I die, what happens to my blood? How do you make a pickle pie? Why is poopie brown? Why don't you just drive on that side of the road? How do toasters work? Does God hold up this road?" It's a six minute drive, y'all. I gotta step up my coffee game.
- No news on the Celiac front. AJ is still rocking the diet and does great. I'll write more about it as the one year anniversary gets closer.
- Luke still says "warshmallow" for marshmallow and "quackers" for crackers. And if I catch anyone correcting him, they'd better be prepared to face the wrath.
- Despite a few vocab word mishaps, Luke was recommended to go straight to the "TK" (transitional kindergarten) class at preschool. We won't be enrolling him in it because it's five days and I don't want him there that long, but as they say, it was an honor just to be nominated.
That's all for now, folks! February means small group starting back, the big consignment sale, Valentine's day, and Luke's birthday and party, so stay tuned for lots of news there!
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