Trike weather

60 degrees and sunny here in Atlanta today and Luke was begging to go out and ride his tricycle.  We are all a little stir crazy from the winter weather we've been having here, so we were happy to oblige. 

Cousin Train

Cousins Caleb and Colby came over to play yesterday while Kristin and Chad went out to lunch.  Since the boys were wearing matching shirts, I brought out the camera.  Needless to say, the pictures I tried to set up weren't very good.  But when they made this train with the chairs, I finally got a cute one! 

Snow Day

All weekend, the forecast called for a mighty storm on Sunday night/Monday morning.  We closely watched the news, as both Damien and I were scheduled to work in the morning.  This time, the predictions were right.  We got lots of snow and ice.  Because the road conditions were so bad, we both stayed home.  It's the first time ever in my memory that my store has closed.  Luke and I went outside with Damien until Luke declared after only 5 minutes, "I'm done."  He takes after me: he's just not a fan of the white stuff and would rather be inside looking out, than out.

There used to be a sidewalk here

Brrrr...it snowed

Damien's feet

6 and 1/2 inches !!!!

Luke wanted to go outside

And sled after seeing the kids across the street

Sliding down the backyard "hill"

Looking at the snow and ice

This is about as much as Luke touched the snow

Bye - Time to go inside

Big blue eyes

Big Boys

I borrowed these photos from Kristin.  They are so cute, I wanted to share.

Big boys having a grand time

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Luke sees Santa ate some cookies and drank some milk

Luke roars like Chewbacca, one of the few toys he asked for

Playing with some new engines

Checking out all his loot

Yummmm - chocolate from the stocking

Reading and having a snack

Caleb plays with Buzz while Luke shows Colby the Millennium Falcon

White Christmas

Outside only for a quick picture

Toys, toys, toys

So excited!

Mr Santa Claus

While in Savannah over the Thanksgiving weekend, Grammy wanted to take Luke to see Santa Claus.  Bass Pro Shop has a great Santa, plus there are other neat things to entertain little ones there.  We wanted Luke to be excited, so we talked the visit up on the ride over.  He always refers to the jolly guy as Mr Santa Claus and prepared by singing his favorite song about him.

Hugging Santa

Hey Dad!  Can I have this?

Operating the Train

Coloring takes concentration

Taking time to smell the flowers

Riding the train with Grammy - but sitting in his own seat

A Day at Zoo Atlanta

Damien and Lisa : )

"Why did Luke sit on the egg?  'Cause he didn't have a chair!"

"Hi, Mr Gorilla!"

"I touched him!"

Looking at the tiger

Touching the Red Boa (I think)

Yay!  A baby elephant

ROAR!

Luke heard me mention the zoo last week, and everyday since, he has said "I want to go the the zoo, Mommy".  We started a countdown: we can go the the zoo in 5 days, 4 days, 3 days, 2 days, tomorrow (and yes, Damien is probably sick of hearing me sing "Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow and we can stay all day!")  
Luke told us he wanted to see the elephants, monkeys, gorillas, lions and pandas.  He was not disappointed.  It was loads of fun and we were able to see most of the exhibits pretty well.  After looking at each animal for a while, he would ask to touch it.  And although I'm sure he thought he'd want to touch the rhino, I'm glad that the only touching option was the snake!