Luke Loves His Kitties

First of all, I wanted to share these pics of the cats ... I was so excited that they actually sat still for me to photograph them ...

Pumpkin and Comet

Comet and Pogo

All 3 lined up on the stairs.

And this one I love ....

Pumpkin and Woofie -- Luke's 2 favorite animals ....

I walked in and Pumpkin had actually been sleeping on top of Woofie. By the time I grabbed the camera to snap a pic, she sat up. But I still got a good shot!

Luke loves his Pumpkin...

So much, in fact, now he wants to hold her and carry her around ...

I can't believe she lets him pick her up like this. But she is SOOO sweet. She just sits and takes it. I've told him many times that cats have teeth and they will bite you if you continue to pester them. And if it gets to the point where she bites him, I'm going to have to say he probably deserved it!


He made himself a little pallet in the floor and then brought Pumpkin under there with him ...

What a good kitty to sit there and take it...

Then he decides to put her in this mesh bag ... poor kitty.

She still sat there and let him. It was at this point that I made him release her. She needed a break!

Too Cute!

A few funny stories I need to share:

1) This little guy is constantly cracking me up. I believe I have a budding comedian here. Lately, he's all about telling jokes. He'll say to me, "Do you know ducks wear pants?" (Or some other nonsensical statement)... Then crack himself up and say "That's a joke." I'm pretty sure he's forgotten part of the joke. But to watch him laugh at his own joke, now that's pretty funny!

2) The other day, we were sitting at a red light behind a truck. I am patiently waiting for the light to turn green when I hear my little backseat driver yell "Come ON! Let's GO!!" I don't know where on earth he learned that! :)

3) Just this week I had to travel to North Carolina for a business trip. On Thursday morning, I was preparing him for the fact that I wouldn't be at home that night. He asked me where I was going, so I told him. Then he asked 'why' (that famous toddler question) ... I told him that I had meetings to do. He pondered this for a second and then asked "Is it Show and Tell?" ... Well, yeah, Buddy, it really kinda is.


4) This same Thursday morning, I drop him off at school. And told him to give me a big hug because I wouldn't see him til Friday night. So he did. And then as I was walking away, he squeezed his arms and said, "I saved a hug for later." How sweet is that!!

The Snow Is Gone ..

As quickly as it came, it was gone again. And all that was left was part of the snowman that Greg tried to make. (see previous post)

It snowed on Tuesday and by Saturday, it was gorgeous weather - the temp was in the 60s.

We enjoyed playing outside.

He found this leaf and then carried it around everywhere!

Then he found a yellow piece of paper in the yard ...

I hope there are more days like that to come ... I can get used to this!!!

Snow Day!!

Within a few hours of the first snowflakes, there was a good accumulation on the ground. With the temperature below freezing, there was the danger of ice on the road, so schools closed early on Monday, Feb 2nd.
(That can't be a good sign for Spring -- snow on Groundhog Day)! :(



This is what our yard looked like when we got home at 12:30 on Monday...

Luke immediately jumped out of the car so he could throw a snowball...

One cool dude!

Trying to eat the snow ....

The deck ... as you can see, there's a good 2 inches there...

School was closed on Tuesday and again on Wednesday ...

Greg trying to build a snowman ... However, Luke had no interest in helping ....

His only interest was in eating the snow....

After we all froze our patooties off, we came in and got hot cocoa with marshmallows!

Yummy.

And this is the sunset on Tuesday evening... It was prettier in person with all the pinks and purples in the sky.

Catch-Up Time

It's been a while since I posted, and for that I apologize. I'd meant to post about my New Years Resolutions, one of which was to stop procrastinating! However, it took me a month to make that statement. Ugh. I wish I could do better about getting posts and pictures on here for you. But it's hard. When I spend the majority of my days in front of a computer at work, the last thing I want to do is come home and sit on the computer. (And Luke doesn't really like it when I do that either).

I know I've told you before how much Luke loves Pumpkin. He is so sweet and just wants to love on her. And she is sweet to let him.

This is Comet's new place to sleep .... directly over the vent. You think he'd get hot... I mean, he already has a fur coat on!!

Luke and his friends on New Years Eve.

(I wish I'd taken more pictures but the adults were too busy having fun)!! :)

A few weeks ago a very dear friend of ours celebrated his 40th birthday! Happy Birthday, Ben.


Robert, Greg and Brandon

Let them eat cake...

These pictures are from the first real snow we've had here in a long time. It started the afternoon of MLK Day, but stopped before dark. It was a real surprise when we woke up on Tuesday morning to a winter wonderland! Luke was so excited.

This picture was taken Monday afternoon when I went to pick Luke up from school... I just love the Canada Geese that hang around Luke's school.

They probably took off because some crazy lady kept snapping pictures of them....

This is Tuesday morning ...

All bundled up and ready to play...

This is the print his snow boots made ... he thought it was so cool...