Luke

"Look Mommy, I'm a tiger. Rooooar!"


"Oooh, you're a scary tiger."


"Roooooar!"


"Okay, Tiger. Step into your pajama pants."


"Roooooar!"


"Do you have to go pee-pee on the potty?"


"No wanna go pee-pee....(lowers his voice to a throaty growl)...No wanna go pee-pee on the potty!"




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Translations for bedtime song requests:


"Bwack an white!" = Jesus Loves the Little Children


"Wee man!" = Zaccheus


"Bible!" = The B-I-B-L-E


"Dee an why!" = Deep and Wide


"Shunshine!" = You Are My Sunshine


"Pider!" = The Itsy Bitsy Spider


"Wise man!" = The Wise Man Built His House


"Ear!" = Oh Be Careful Little Ears What You Hear


(Holds index finger up) = This Little Light of Mine



Note: If all else fails, ask him to start singing and try to figure it out as you go.




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Storm Photos

I took these shots from our backyard yesterday evening. We were all out there enjoying the cool breeze and an amazing light show from the north. Mesa got hit with a terrible, but short-lived storm that knocked down power lines and uprooted trees. Fortunately for us, it didn't make it out to our area.

It was a perfect night, though. The sun was hidden behind low clouds and even the air seemed golden. Whenever I see big majestic clouds like this, I think of our Creator...painting all of nature with His glory.

What a mighty God we serve.

Batman!

Luke Counting

Evie & the Elmo Phone

Things I Probably Shouldn't Ask the Pediatrician

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If I bribe my son with Coke to get him to eat his vegetables, do they cancel each other out?


Why is the recently deceased Pope easier to get on the phone than you are?


Can you write down the signs of concussion on a piece of paper so I can hang it on my fridge for easy reference?


Did you really spend eight years in college just to lecture me about getting rid of the bottle?


Is it strange that my greatest desire in life is to please you?


If you insist on making witty remarks, could you at least stay for more than thirty seconds so I can come up with a decent reply?


Would you mind if I recorded this conversation so I can take it to the world's fastest court stenographer and have it transcribed?


What are your thoughts on spanking?



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Cleaning With Daddy

We pretty much defy gender roles in this household...

Fun With Black and White

I know I've been TERRIBLE about updating this blog. Believe it or not, my biggest excuse is that the kids are doing too many cute things to keep track of. Luke is talking so much now (when did he become a real person??) and we're having such hilarious conversations all day long...I just haven't taken the time to write it down when it happens. And by the end of the day, it's completely slipped my mind (which is rather crowded with adoption information right now).

So, I'm making a solid promise to start blogging with more frequency. I'll start by letting myself off the hook a little bit and realizing that every post doesn't have to be Pulitzer worthy (har-har)....or even all that wordy....to be good entertainment my readers. That's right, I'm talking to all two of you.

I'm going to start doing what I wanted to do from the get go. Write about and post pictures/videos of my beautiful, amazing children.

I promise to flex my writing muscles every now and again with long, thoughtful/goofy postings...but I want to start filling in the blank spots a little with some eye-candy.

So, without further excuses delay, here are some photos that I recently played with on a free editing web-site. Most of them are recent but I think there's one of Evie that's a little older. See if you can spot it!

Enjoy!










For some reason, this one just looked better in color....