Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Livin' the Life

Just a few pics of the goings-on at the Luke residence...

I just thought this was funny.  Those are noise cancelling headphones that Regan is wearing, so, of course, the volume on the TV was totally jacked up.  To make it even more interesting, guess what she was watching?  
Yep, the Antique Roadshow on PBS.


Hadyn has probably been a little neglected in recent posts, with a baptism and a birthday for Regan.  She got ready for school the other day and came out of her room and I was suddenly hit with how fast she is growing up.  
This is not a picture of my baby...where did little Hadyn go?

We found that we have a slightly lackadaisical tooth fairy here.  
It took her two days to come get Regan's two teeth that came out. 
In what I am sure was an attempt to make up for/release some guilt over the incident, she left two intricately folded dollars.  
Regan thought it was awesome and can't wait to see what else the tooth fairy can do on the next tooth...
I bet the tooth fairy is a little nervous since, I bet, that was the only origami she knew...

This weekend we got all of our Saturday work done quickly, mostly by choosing to put it off, but that is another post...so we went for a ride on the greenbelt.  It was, as always, fun.  The most exciting thing was that Regan rode her own bike the whole time.  This may seem less-than-exciting unless you understand that Regan DOES NOT do anything she is not immediately good at.  Luckily, she is a natural at most things, but riding a bike was not one of those things.  She's been able to ride for some time, but has never liked doing it.  Just the last week or so she has been actually having fun riding around our subdivision.  The greenbelt was her first time with crowds and a narrow space (since there are two lanes of opposing traffic).  
She did great and rode over three miles.  
She crashed and burned once, but that was my fault.  
I know, super mom.  
Hadyn got the sweet ride in the bike trailer.  
Someday I'm going to find a bike trailer I can ride in.  
It seems like a very relaxing way to travel.




Wednesday, September 8, 2010

More Horsin' Around

Sam...aside from my own, the cutest kid on the planet.  He's 4, and just a little gentleman cowboy.
Sarah, Sam's sister.  She and Regan are really good friends.  The sun is in their eyes...

Monday, September 6, 2010

I Like to Look for Rainbows...



Regan had a big day on Saturday.  We are so proud of her.  Got teary-eyed then...getting teary-eyed now...better keep it short...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

...Like I Need a Hole in My Head... Two actually...One in each ear...

The birthday festivities continued today, Regan's actual birthday.  We took cupcakes in to her class.  She was the first person to celebrate a birthday, so everyone was pretty excited.  The frosting was very popular, and ended up on many a chin, much to the 3rd Graders' delight.













Then, the "most exciting thing that ever happened in my whole life, Mom!"...Regan got her ears pierced.  She was quite brave right until the moment before they started to count to three, but then was immediately all smiles again.  She looks great and loves the earrings.

BEFORE
GETTING SANITIZED
AFTER...A BIT TEARY-EYED, BUT THRILLED!

Saturday, August 28, 2010

MaD ScIeNCe

We were proud to host the most recent Symposium of the World's Greatest Scientists.  In attendance were some of the foremost Geologists, Vulcanologists, Astrophysicists, etc., and they all had a great time doing science experiments, playing Scientist-May-I, eating cake and lava, and celebrating Regan's eighth birthday.

Regan teaching the other scientists about the effects of water, oil, and salt (hint:  think lava lamps...)

The Volcano cake...not my best, but nobody seemed to mind.  The exploding lava was actually sucker syrup that we made, poured, let cool, then stuck into the cake.  

One of the cutest scientists ever, even in I am biased.

Regan getting her lab notebook ready.  No real scientist is ever without a well-decorated lab book...