Luke's First VBS!

This was Luke's first Vacation Bible School! It was held at Westlake Church, which is also where he goes to school. He was lucky to get in. They were supposed to have already turned 3 before VBS. But since Luke's b-day is in 3 weeks, they let him in.










The theme was 'Science Project.' And Luke was a 'dewd.'




(As a side note, I'll tell you that he's not old enough to go to VBS at his own church - supposed to be 4 by September, so that's not til next year)!!

GH3 and Clean Teeth

The new favorite game in our house is Guitar Hero 3 on PlayStation2. So fun - and addicting too. Luke likes to pretend like he's playing with us ... on his Wiggles guitar!!


As you can see from my face, I take it very seriously! :) I have actually progressed to 'Medium', after getting 100% on several 'Easy' songs. Greg is much better than I am. It's funny, but I have to stand while I'm playing - I can't play sitting down. Luke likes to stand too - tells me he needs a strap for his guitar like Mommy!


I think Luke is going to be a lefty. He does a lot with his left hand. And I think he is very musically inclined (not sure where he gets that from). He loves to play the keyboard and sing. It's so cute!!

Also, more exciting news!! Luke went to see the dentist for the first time this morning!! And we are very happy to report that his teeth look great!! (which is a relief because he's really not that good at brushing - he pitches a big fit if you try to help him)!!





He did awesome!! He held his mouth open (like an alligator) so she could clean his teeth. He chose the grape toothpaste. And he got a ton of stickers for being such a good boy!!!

Summer is Here!!

And you know what that means .... ICE CREAM!!!! Yum!! My favorite summer treat... well, it doesn't have to be summer for me to enjoy some ice cream. I usually enjoy it on days that end in 'y'. :)

This is from Brusters. He wanted strawberry ice cream with sprinkles. The nice lady even put two eye balls on there for him.

Greg got Coffee ice cream in a waffle cone.

Summer also means playing outside!!

He loves pushing The Big Red Car up and down the driveway.

Oh, and I have some BIG news that I've been meaning to report! We are fully potty trained!!! And we have been for about 6 weeks now. It just happened overnight, really. He just started saying that he wanted to go pee pee in the potty. And now he is so good that he just goes on his own, doesn't even ask first. He flushes when he's done, but we're going to have to have a talk about leaving the seat up!!

(He's going to hate me for this pic later, but every kid needs a pic like this in their baby book, right?)!!

The Backyardigans LIVE

The Backyardigans came to the Tennessee Theatre for a LIVE performance on May 14th. Nanya and I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the show. And it was - they LOVED it!!


Me and Luke and Nanya and Will


We took the kids to the Downtown Grill and Brewery for dinner, since it was just a few blocks away.


The kids were racing around like wild indians! They were having a blast, but not so much listening to their mommies when we were telling them to sit still and be quiet.


Will and Luke eating popcorn.

We totally lucked out with some awesome seats. We originally bought the cheapest seats (which were still $18.50 each). But when we got there, we handed our tickets to the lady at the door. She looked at us and asked if it was just the 4 of us. We said yes. So she pulls 4 tickets out of her back pocket and hands them to us. She said "Here - take these - they are much better seats - front and center." We couldn't believe it!!

The whole experience was a little weird for me. I couldn't get past the fact that these were animated characters on TV, but here, 20 feet away from me, they were real people in very well-made costumes. And I could see their real faces. Perhaps we would have been better off with the crappy seats in the back. :)

Oak Ridge Children's Museum

The Pectol Triplets had their 4-year birthday party at the Children's Museum in Oak Ridge.

The theme was The Incredibles (which Luke loves)! And of course there was cake and ice cream!

He loved all the trains. There is an outdoor track with a couple of electric trains that run all around.

I love how he is standing with his hands behind his back. We told him not to touch it.

Run, run.

This was a neat little section of the museum - it was a kid-sized doll house.

Here's Luke in the kitchen.

He had a blast!!

Helping Daddy Wash Mommy's Car

Luke wanted to help Daddy wash Mommy's car!



Of course, he had to be shown how to hold the sprayer...



Oh what fun ... the potential was there that everyone was getting wet!!



Stand back ... he LOVES that sprayer!!






Just check out that face ...

A Tiger Woods in the making...

I've been taking Golf lessons at Dead Horse Lake Golf Course from Mike Malarkey!
So I got Luke his own little golf set so he could go to the driving range with me ...

Here we are practicing ...


Need to work on that grip a little ...



And we need to work on the follow through...


But I'd say he'll be ready for The Masters in a couple of years...


And this is me ...

Dinner at the Park

It was such a nice evening that we packed up a picnic dinner and went to the park...

Silly Boy

This little boy likes to tumble! He's really good at doing somersaults!!

This particular evening he pulled all the cushions off the couch and was doing flips on them!

The whole time, he was yelling "OH MY GOODNESS" which was then followed by a fake "ouch."

In air...

The video was much funnier. And if I knew how to post video, I would post it for you here.

But all you hear on the video is "Oh my goodness ouch" and me laughing!!