Lukasism

Self Portrait...enough said!!

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown

Charlie made his acting debut as none other than - Charlie Brown.  The kids did a great job during the short skit.

 "Charlie Brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree."

Merry Christmas

What a lovely week celebrating Christmas.   We missed seeing family in California, but thankful that technology makes it possible to seem like they are right here with us.  What did we do before Face Time!?  Here are some pics for family near and far.

Looking spiffy!

Pure joy when he got a Russel Wilson jersey.

Lukas has already out in the mud breaking in his Excavator.

  

Christmas Recital

Charlie had his Piano Christmas recital over the weekend.  He did great!!  Here are a few short videos of his songs --

Silent Night:

Joy to the World:

For a walk down memory lane, here he was at last year's recital: 2017 Christmas Recital

Unicorns

At Kindergarten, the teacher lets the kids vote on what they want to learn about.  (I know, right!?!  Can it get any better!)  The unit the class voted for this time was Unicorns.  

So...what better way to learn about them, than to ride some!

Christmas Parade

Small town fun at the Annual Christmas Parade

Far Far joined us this year

One of our favorites of the parade

Santa Claus came to town!

The tree is all lit up!

Lukasism

It's been a while since I have posted a Lukasism.  He is still quite imaginative and he still has an inclination towards hoarding little trinkets.  It always gives me a smile to open a drawer in his room, look under a dresser, or behind a toy in his closet; there is likely a little stash of treasures that Lukas has stored away for himself.  It is typically an item of little to no value (junk), except to Lukas' inquisitive eyes.

I was cleaning out Lukas' backpack from school and here is what I found...an old sticker sheet, lots of pebbles from the school playground, a little stick, a few coins, and a few "trinkets."

He often stores random items in his cubby at school which we then have to clean out.  I found a paper satchel he had made, which we brought home.  Once home, he added items to carry around and store in it.

The contents: a Christmas penguin, a ninja glove, papers from his cubby at school, and the rest were items I am pretty sure he collected at school (rocks, sticks, piece of metal, popsicle stick, coins, etc.)

 Here is one of my favorite Lukasisms from the past: 2016 Lukasism

Leaves Galore

Pilgrim Potluck

Pin the feather on the turkey.

Hawk Madness

Gearing up for another basketball season with the Hawk Madness kickoff celebration.

Breaking in the new playground.

Cup stacking relay race

Lukas' tower was bigger than he was!

Face painting 

Hawk eyes-  

Captured a shot after it got smeared a bit...oops.

Winter Sports

This winter the boys are each doing a few sports clinics.  The Gorge Soccer Academy and Hood River Hoops Basketball. 

Lukas practicing his chest pass.

Lukas learning the soccer drills.

Charlie working on his lay-up.

Trick Or Treat

A bit delayed but finally getting some pics of Halloween up.  The boys were ninjas again.

Pumpkin Carving

We took advantage of the nice weather to carve our pumpkins.

The boys wanted spooky Jack-O-Lanterns this year.

Mom helped a bit with the harder cuts.

 Finished!

Unfortunately, Lukas' pumpkin only lasted literally less than 5 min...he was so excited about it and was carrying it and dropped it.  OOPS!

Daddy to the rescue with a silly fix.  

School Days

Friday, I got to spend some time with each boy at school - what a great day!

Lukas showed us his class creation - they're learning about rocks!

Music with Molly is always a hit

Reading time

Lunch time

Then I went to Horizon for chapel and got to move and groove with the kids!

After school was football on the field and then a quick trip to the library where we ran into Olivia from Charlie's class.  They were getting silly with dress up.

What a full and fun day!