Luke -"Best wishes" from a friend

Everybody has an "autocorrect" story. This is ours. It is a little dated now, but I just found it and wanted to get it posted.

Sit 'N Spin fun

This is a short video of Luke and Oliver playing in the floor. We only have one Sit 'N Spin, but that didn't stop Oliver from having fun. As Luke takes a hit and has to go see mommy, you see Oliver

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Luke watching TV

This was so cute, I just had to get it posted. This was his idea, I just happened to walk downstairs and find him this way.

Luke the "wounded" (Stickers)

We had just finished watching Jingle All the Way with Luke and he was dancing to

Luke the "fixer"

Here he is playing with his tools. You can see from the expression on his face that he takes this job very serious.

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Luke the fearless

This boy is always having fun. He has learned to stand up on his Tow Mater as he rides it. He is usually looking behind him or down at the wheels while he is driving. Seldom does he look directly in f

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Luke in "his" bed...

We have been having this struggle with Luke about sleeping in his own bed. Today, Tammy told him to go get in his bed and take a nap. When she went in to check on him later, she found him in our bed

Really Hungry

After a very busy morning at the park, Luke was starving. Here is a fun video of lunch afterwards. I had stop filming before the end when he wanted his hands clean, so he just held them down to his

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Helping mommy...

Here is a quick video of Luke helping mom with some icing. We realize this is like watching somebody else's home movies, but this little fellow brings us so much joy. We just have to share it...

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A boy and his boxes...

This is just a quick video showing how much fun a boy can have with a couple of cardboard boxes. Sometimes the simple toys are the most fun.

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Something other than Curious George...

I believe I have seen every episode of Curious George of the four seasons on Netflix. Today, Tammy found a new show and he seems to like it.

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Tug of war with the pups

The dogs wanted to play tug of war, and Luke jumped right in there with them. As you can see from the video, they are great with him and he knows no fear around them (or anything else).

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At two, they are learning from us.

The other day I was cooking some brownies. When the timer started beeping, Luke went to the second drawer, grabbed a dish towel and started waving it around. After watching this video, you will see

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Finally, we can go out to eat again.

It has been a challenge for Tammy and I to go out to eat. Luke is so full of energy and just doesn't want to sit there for long especially in that high chair. Sometimes it seemed he would last until a

Cool Hand Luke

This video reminds me of a scene from the movie Cool Hand Luke where Luke has

Luke and the doggy door

Tammy has been trying to stress to Luke that he is not allowed to go out the doggy door. He acts like he gets it, but as soon as we walk into the other room and he doesn't see us, he "forgets" and sn

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A game called "kee"

Since the process of uploading the prior video was so easy, I figured I may as well add another. This video starts out just staring at the corner between the kitchen and the living room. The reason

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A boy and his puzzle...

As Tammy and I were watching 'Seven days in Utopia' with Robert Duvall the other evening, I was also watching Luke playing with his puzzle. This is not an earth shattering viral video, but I thought it was cute, so I uploaded it.

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Starting List of Activities

From the list that I compiled during a recent training event, here is the starting list of things I want to teach or do with Luke.  The numbering is random.  I only included them for the sake of discu

From the list that I compiled during a recent training event, here is the starting list of things I want to teach or do with Luke.  The numbering is random.  I only included them for the sake of...

Lincoln Log Fun!

The box said ages 3 and up.  Luke just turned two.  Oh well, what do they know?

Why this blog?

We wanted a place to document this journey of raising Luke. In a recent training for foster care workers, we were challenged to start early in preparing children for adulthood.