Our Sleepwalker?

We got up on Saturday morning and I didn't hear Luke playing in his room, which I normally do by that time of morning. I went over to his room and peeked in and, sure enough, he wasn't there. I assumed he was quietly playing in the girls' room (odd but possible) and I headed downstairs. I came around the corner and this is what greeted me on the couch. He was out cold. We have no idea how long he had been downstairs, but he didn't seem to care.

Is this normal?

This just wierds me out, but I'm pretty sure he makes this odd eye thing on purpose.

Bucking Broncos

The kids like to play 'Bunking Broncos' on the soft cubes in our family room. They 'mount' the cube and bounce up and down and try not to tip over. Luke always wants to do it, but he is too small for the cube and too big for the other small pillows, but he tries.


They like to do it in front of the television (while it is off) because it works like a mirror and they can watch themselves.

Go get'em, tiger.

Leah on her trusty steed. Luke being defeated by his miniature pony!

All The Help I Can Get

While the rest of us were doing something else, Luke decided to help clean up. He got out the sweeper and some baby wipes and 'swept' the floor and wiped down the cabinets. It was actually helpful until he started pulling out wipe after wipe and throwing them up on the counter. I later had about half a bag of wipes hidden behind the toaster oven, in the fruit bowl, on the stove top and nearly in the fishbowl.

Making Our Own Butter

This was a fun, yummy project we did for school as we read about the times when you made butter by agitating cream in your own home. It turned out pretty yummy and we had crackers and butter for lunch.


The finished project.

Anna and her buttered crackers.

Jack focused on spreading. This stuff didn't spread quite as easily as the store bought stuff.

Yum!

Disneyland with Alex and Deanna

On Friday we got our second chance to use our passes when Alex and Deanna were both in town. We got there in the afternoon in time to see the parade. Although we did do some new rides, the only one I have pictures of is Autopia again! We managed to do the Peter Pan ride, we rode the train around the park, bravely took on Pirates of the Carribean, Storybook Gardens and maybe something else but I'm so tired I can't remember!! It was a blast and nice to have man-to-man coverage on the kids again... it has been zone since we had more kids than adults (Leah's birth four years ago).



Deann, Anna, Alex, Derek and Jack

Luke with his license. At one point in the line we had to go through a turstile with bars that go around. Right after you get through the turnstile there was an employee handing out the licenses. Well, Luke's eyes are the exact height of the turnstile bar after it goes around. Want to know how we know that? He tried to walk through as it was coming up and it nailed him in the eyes. He took it like a man and squinted and tried to duck from whatever it was that was attacking him, the whole time holding out his hand and trying to grab the license the Disneyland employee was handing out. What a cutie!

Looking down over Autopia. I think this is their favorite.

Jack and Derek.

Disneyland

We decided to do annual passes to Disneyland for our family vacation for the next year and our first trip was a few days before Luke's birthday in August. Here are a few shots from the day. It was a warm day but we had a lot of fun. We hope to go often and make the most of our passes.


Getting ready to ride Dumbo.

Driving the Dumbo.

She got her Autopia license and was ready to go!