Allred Fam: August 2009

Saturday, August 15, 2009

all about LUKE

This post is kind of a follow up to a previous one when I mentioned how Luke likes to get into things...get into trouble...be destructive.... These are just a few more pictures I captured on my camera phone within the last few weeks of our Lukey. He is a special, special boy....

We went to the park, and he had to find the one spot in the entire park where there happened to be a big puddle of mud. When he sees mud, or any opportunity really, to get messy and gross, he takes full advantage!

right after a rain storm in our backyard, he somehow was able to run outside and get soaking wet within 2 seconds

This is how he eats EVERY meal! It's either on his head, on the floor, or on Thatcher

Yeah, giving him pudding was a mistake I will not make again!

We were on our way out the door and I ran upstairs for two seconds to grab something, and in the mean time he climbed up on the counter and spilled a 2 liter of soda all over the counter and was swimming in it

This picture is why we call him special

He found a helmet and put it on backwards and rode around Mat's parents yard for like an hour with it like this. I could not stop laughing. It was so Luke, and so funny

He just loves to be silly

And also likes to copy everything Thatcher does....he saw him putting on his underwear and wanted to be a big boy just like his brother. Not quite the same idea

It's just a good thing he's so stinkin cute

If not, he would be in trouble

Who could be mad at this face?!?

It really is quite the adventure living with Luke, we literally can't take our eyes off of him for five seconds....it only takes 2 apparently for him to find trouble. He is an amazing little boy though and says the funniest things, we can't help but think he's hilarious....most of the time

Saturday, August 8, 2009

kindergarten....

Thatcher started kindgergarten last week... really it makes me a little teary eyed just looking at these pictures. I don't know how he went from this,

to going to kindergarten in such a short amount of time!

It was such a fun day for him, and he was ready. But walking around the school with him, he seemed so small, too small for that enormous school. I didn't think I'd be sad, but he kept squeezing my hand and telling me not to let go. But I had to...

He was super excited to get his own tote tray and seating assignment. And couldn't wait to meet his new friends.

This was the last picture I took of him as I was slowly backing out of the classroom. I was one of the last parents to leave, and he kept saying, bye mom.... it's ok, you can leave now. I really never thought I would be that broken up about it....but as I was walking down the hall, the tears just started flowing. I have no control over what happens to him at school, what if he gets hurt? What if he gets lost? What if someone is mean to him? What if he has to use the bathroom that is WAY down the hall?

They had a "boo hoo" brunch for all the moms who were dropping off their kids at kindergarten, and were handing out tissues and hershey's kisses. I needed like three tissues and had more than one person ask me if I needed a hug. BUT, I was not the only one! Really it shouldn't be this hard to send your kid to kindergarten, and I am not the type to cry! But it's a huge milestone and I'm glad it's over with.

We had some balloons and a congratulatory cake waiting for him when he got home. It's a big step!! He did awesome of course, and couldn't wait to go back the next day.

We are so proud of you Thatch!!

Thatcher Quotes

Thatcher was going to Lagoon with my dad and some of his aunts and as they were pulling into the parking lot he looked at all of them and said, "yeah...I'm gonna need some cash".

So yesterday morning I was wearing my glasses before I put my contacts in and Thatch came in and asked me if I was wearing Daddy's glasses. I said no, these are mine. Then he said, "Are you sure? Because you look like a man in those glasses."

Thatcher was singing to himself in his room and I heard him from down the hall in my room and yelled to him, "Why are you so cute?" He yelled back, "Because you treated me like I was cute!"

I put on a hat to go to the park yesterday and when I went in to get Thatcher he said, "nice hat mom, I never knew you could look so cool".

I went to put his seatbelt on him in the car, and he said he could do it himself. I said, are you sure Thatch? You know how to do that? He said, " watch and learn mom.... watch and learn".

Mat was driving and he asked Thatch how he was doing in the backseat. Thatch replied, "just chillin". Mat said, Chillin like a villain? Thatch says, " That doesn't make sense, villains are bad... they don't just chill!"

Last night while my parents were watching Thatcher, he had to go poop and when he was done he called my brother in to wipe his bum. My brother said, Thatcher I don't know how to wipe bums very well. Thatcher replied " You wipe your own bum don't you?"

At dinner while eating pork chops, he took a bite and said, "Mom what is with the chicken?"

I put a tire back on his toy car for him and after I was done he said "wow mom, that's pretty impressive!"

We were in the Target parking lot and he saw a paper cup in one of the parking stalls. He pointed it out to me and I said, that's not very nice is it? referring to littering, and he looked back at the cup and said sadly, "yeah, poor little cup".