Luke's First Day of Preschool!!

Daddy got doughnuts for my first day!
this is my backpack...mom, please hold it!
My teacher, Mrs. Gass!
Already ready to play....BYE MOM!


On Tuesday, February 17, Luke started preschool!! He is actually at Leisure Park Elementary where McKenzie goes to school. Since he has been with Soonerstart the last year with speech and occupational therapy he automatically qualified for Broken Arrow School system's program. His class is just like a regular preschool but most kids there have some sort of a delay. He will also get extra help with speech!! Although, it is hard to explain to people, has a crummy name (Developmental Delay) that I can't seem to get over and very emotional...I know that he is exactly where he needs to be! I know that he has been blessed to have had all this help!! It has been overwhelming to see God's hand in all of this the last year!!

His first day was a little shaky...for mom!!! Luke decided not to sleep the night before but he did great on his first day!! He was so excited to see the bird (the class pet) and to play with friends! I'm excited to look back at this in a year and see how far he's come!

THE DAY OF LOVE!

On Valentine's Day we took it pretty low key...we have for the last three years! Since Luke's birthday is the day before it really seems to outshine any Valentine's Day talk. But..we decided that we did want to teach our children about how important it is to love our family and friends and about Jesus' love for us. We took the kids to El Chico for dinner and had some good family fun! Daddy got us their chocolate cake for dessert!! YUM! Strangely, it's my favorite cake!!!

Luke Turns 3!!!!

On Friday February 13th Luke turned three years old! I can't believe he is so big!! Luke has been a true gift from God!! He is so sweet and makes us all smile. He still loves cars...but only the ones from the movie Cars otherwise forget it. His new obsession is Wall-E. Not only does he want to watch it every day...sometimes twice he loves his Wall-E and Eve toys! He loves chocolate milk and lemonade, elephants, tackling his dad, Ella and listening to Hannah Montana...something I can't wait to show him when he's older!!

We celebrated his party at of course, Party Time! He had a Wall-E birthday party with lots of friends and family! He couldn't wait to eat his cake! This is the first year he blew out his candles by himself...which he did after singing Happy Birthday to himself and didn't wait for the song to be finished! Such a great memory I hope I never forget!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Cousins

It's always a trying experience to photograph the cousins together. All my mom wants is a picture of all four of her grandchildren smiling in a photo...well, we try! Unfortunately it's always Luke who isn't in the mood. He HATES to have his picture taken!!!!! Oh..well, here's an attempt!

McKenzie's Valentine's Day Party (At School)

McKenzie and her best friend Hannah
McKenzie and her teacher, Mrs. Moore
McKenzie at her desk

On Friday McKenzie had her class Valentine's Day party. They played bingo, conversation hearts Olympics, had goodies and read their valentines. As always I snapped some photos!

McKenzie's Valentine's Box

Focused!
Using up every space

The finished product!


McKenzie started to decorate her Valentine's Day box tonight for school. She is very excited to send her Valentine's to school for her friends. I wrapped her box for her and cut the hole for the cards to slide in but everything else was all McKenzie! She was very intense tonight and focused. It was so cute to see her care so much about the presentation of her box. I couldn't help but take a couple of photos of her very stickered box! I am enjoying her so much these days. I never thought I could learn so much from a 7 year old!!

Hat Day, Nat'l Wear Red Day and theTwinkie Carnival!Contest at the

me and mckenzie
McKenzie wearing her red
McKenzie in her "Heart" hat
McKenzie and Hannah eating at the carnival
Hannah, Jordan and Kenzie
McKenzie beside her twinkie's...2nd place!
Macy and McKenzie with their winning twinkies!


Friday was a busy day! Every year McKenzie's school has a carnival to raise money for the PTA. Its is crazy, fun and LOUD!! But..the kids enjoy it and we always have a fun time. McKenzie entered the twinkie contest that was themed Leisure Park 500, Race to the Carnival. Rules are simple. You have to at least use one twinkie and everything you use has to be edible..oh, and it has to fit on a paper plate. This year McKenzie won 2nd place for the second graders!! She was very excited to win! Her title was Kenzie and Hannah racing.

Also, to kick off reading month the students have a Hat day...Hat's off to Reading. You are supposed to pick a word and make a hat using that word you pick. McKenzie's word was Heart. Friday was National Wear Red Day..supporting Heart Disease. We have had many friends and family affected by this disease and support it dearly! Since Kenzie was already planning her red shirt (with a heart on it) she picked the word Heart for her hat!

I enclosed all the pictures from our crazy Friday!!!