It's Getting Interesting Folks

Life with Luke certainly has not been boring up until now, but thing are definitely getting more interesting! For instance, today I found myself trying to explain several new concepts to Luke. On the drive home from Michigan, I found myself explaining the concept of the law and police men. Chris and I were cracking up when I told Luke that if Daddy drove too fast, a policeman would stop us and make Daddy pay money, and if he doesn't pay up he'll go to jail. :) The original reason I was talking about the law in the first place was to explain one of the reason why we wear seat belts - not to mention safety! :) Luke was disobeying and kept unsnapping the harness on his car seat. Then Chris and I were cracking up that we were using the law to motivate our son to obey. Yikes. We definitely have some catching up on discipline to do with Luke after a whole week of fun and games at Grandma and Papa's. :)

Here's what else Luke learned about today:

Billboards: I started pointing them out to try to keep Luke occupied.

Indiana: Luke kept asking if we were in Illinois yet. When I told him that we were still in Michigan, then would go through Indiana before Illinois, he cracked up. "Indiana?!" he said. He was cracking up. And when I told him that we were in IN, he started laughing again. I'm not sure what he thinks "Indiana" is in his little head, but apparently, it's funny.

"Developed": After we got home, Luke and I were sitting at the table - he coloring and I putting pictures in an album. I said something about getting the pics developed, and he said in his high little voice, "developed?!" (followed by his silly laugh)

It's just kind of funny when I'm in the midst of trying to explain some of life's seemingly ordinary and mundane things. Luke's at a great age - a VERY challenging but great age. I feel like things have been a little rough since Simon was born - trying to find and make the time to engage with Luke and keep him challenged. But I sense that things are calming down, and I hope the coming weeks will be a little more settled and productive with Luke I am longing for Spring like I never have before, and we keep getting pounded with snow storms! Does anyone have any EASY craft/indoor activity ideas for me to do with Luke?

Since I told you about Luke, I'll let you look at Simon. :) These are all a few weeks old (no new ones downloaded yet); Simon has probably put on a few pounds since. Seriously, he's probably 2-3 pounds heavier now. He's such a porker!

Simon was 5 weeks old here. He wore this sweater outfit to church; I think this was Matthew's when he was a baby.

Snoozing on mama after bathtime.

This picture makes me laugh because it looks like he's winking!