COPY CAT

Over the weekend, we did some MAJOR moving around in our house... we put both boys in the same room and made the nursery into a home office. I'll blog more about those projects later.

Yesterday, while checking my e-mail, Luke wandered into the room carrying his little Elmo laptop. I asked him if he needed to sit at the desk to do his work and he said yes, so I happily obliged.

It absolutely cracks me up when he copies what either my husband or I are doing.

LUCIEN CHARLES

Like I've posted earlier, Luke now likes to have his picture taken, so he poses quite often.

This is his "Go" pose.

He started doing this pose a couple of days ago after watching something about football training with Marc. He crouches into this pose and then yells "Go", and then sprints from the living room into the kitchen. And then he comes back. And then he goes back, and so on... and so on... and so on.

GREY DANIEL

Just some recent pics of Grey Daniel...

He was quite proud of himself when he removed all of our shoes from their basket so he could sit in it.

He loves blocks as much as his brother does...only he's not quite as meticulous at stacking as Luke was at this age.

His new thing is standing on the arm of the couch and then jumping.

And yes, he's fallen off the couch quite a few times. Luckily, still no broken bones.

TINY BUTTS

GEORGE

Luke now has a sleeping buddy.

"UNDO IT"

Every morning while we are eating breakfast, I always turn on CMT so we can watch country music videos. Carrie Underwood's song "Undo It" is a favorite with the boys. Whenever it's on TV or the radio, they ALWAYS chime in.

We might have a couple of songbirds on our hands.

FIRST DAY OF PRE-SCHOOL

His expression is priceless.

Yesterday was the Big Day - Luke's first day of Pre-School, so of course we had to take the infamous "First Day of School" picture. We went outside to take them, but my camera was fogging up due to all the humidity. I took these two, but wasn't sure how they would turn out...

... so then we headed inside, and got these two adorable ones.

When we dropped him off, I don't think he even noticed we had left. I admit, I got a little choked up. Once we were outside, Marc said he had gotten choked up seeing him sitting at the little table. Then he said... "next thing you know, he will be leaving for college".

I said... "don't say that. My baby can't grow up"

SCHOOL SUPPLY VIRGIN

We JUST found out this past Friday, that Luke got into a nearby Pre-School. Honestly, I didn't even start making calls about getting him into pre-school until two weeks ago. We live in the country, I figured it would be easy... not so much. Anyway, he got the last spot - at the last minute. He starts to Pre-School this Wednesday, so I only had a few days to get everything ready. I was quite surprised that there was a Required School Supply list for a three year old... I mean, Really??

This is what he needs...

12 large Glue Sticks

1 Watercolor tray with brush

1 box of Jumbo Crayons

1 bottle of Elmer's School Glue

and these...

3 boxes of Baby Wipes

2 containers of Clorox Wipes

1 bottle of Hand Sanitizer

1 box of Tissue (I bought an 8 pack of travel size... hopefully that's okay)

1 box of Ziploc Sandwich Bags

1 standard size Bath Towel

Don't you just love a new box of Crayons?

I have to say, I really enjoyed making these purchases, and I know I will look forward to this tradition every year. The best part of having to buy all these things, was that it was the Perfect excuse to Finally purchase a Label Maker. Everything has to be labeled with Luke's name, so I really put it to the test last night after I got home and had all of his supplies organized.

Check back Wednesday, 'cause you know I will be posting a "First Day of School" picture.

IKEA

About 3-1/2 years ago, three weeks before our first child was conceived, my husband and I made some significant furniture purchases. We visited one of the Greatest stores EVER... Ikea. While there we bought the Ektorp sofa and chaise, which came with the standard White slipcovers. If at that time, we knew children would be arriving 7 months later, we probably would have spent a little bit more money and gone for a darker color for the slipcovers.
However, the White slipcovers served their time well.

This is our living room back then...

Yesterday, I made another trip to the Greatest store EVER... Ikea. While there, I picked up some new slip covers... NOT White.

Red for the sofa...

and Khaki for the chaise. The reason I had to buy two different colored slipcovers, is that Ikea no longer produces the one arm chaise, therefore, they had a very limited supply left of slipcovers for it. The great thing about that though, is that the slipcover for the chaise was only $19.00... so I bought two. So for the next 6-8 years, the chaise will be Khaki.

Whenever I go to the Greatest store EVER... Ikea, I always meander through the entire store - absorbing it all in and looking for inspiration, which isn't hard to find. Yesterday was no exception... the inspiration was overflowing.

The one thing that got me the most excited, was this...

a Modern Kids Kitchen. How freaking cute is this? I knew right away, this is something the boys will be getting for Christmas. I love that it's not "kiddie" looking, and it's on the small size, which works great for our small house. Being that I was a Kitchen Designer in my past Real Life, it really spoke to me.

I will be sad if we ever move somewhere where there is not an Ikea within a short driving distance... because I really love the Greatest store EVER!!

LITTLE MONKEY

This morning at the park, Luke conquered the Rock Wall.

He also swung around like a monkey.

ART & BOOTS

Luke is starting to become quite the little artist. Using his MagnaDoodle, which we got him last year for our trip to New Orleans, he is really exploring his creative side.

This is Luke showing the Whale that he drew.

I think it's pretty darn good.

Now just for fun, here's Luke wearing his Daddy's new Muck Boots.

CHEEEEEESE!!!!

FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY Luke likes to get his picture taken. But of course now, he's a total Cheeseball.

Grey's fascination of the day is the plastic bin the Lego's are stored in.

Why do they have to grow so fast?