Super kid Luke

I sure love this big boy of mine and don't know what I'd do without him. He makes me laugh everyday and is such a good kid. 

Over the weekend we made Luke's super kid poster along with 10 clues about him for his teacher to tell his class. I love these kinds of things and love how his personality comes out in his poster and clues! 

Then, today Luke got to wear his pajamas to school because he earned 20 super student tickets in his Chinese class! He has been talking about this for weeks and chose wearing pajamas to school over a bunch of other reward options. Cute (and silly) boy!!

First day of 2nd Grade

Today was Luke's first day of 2nd grade! Where in the world has the time gone? He is growing up way too fast! 

Summer went by in a flash and I'm sure going to miss having him home with me all day. He is such a good boy and we think he's so great and just love having him in our family. As sad as it is seeing him grow so fast it's also so great and fun to see him learning and growing and turning into such a good "big kid." 

He wrote his sign! 

He's also turning into quite the goofball. He had to strike all these silly poses before we could get the one above, haha.  

There were a bunch of different superhero and boy backpacks to chose from at the store, but when he saw this BYU one be had to have it. He loves BYU like daddy. I told him he could pick out a pencil box or bag to keep his new pencils and erasers in, and when he saw this one he HAD to have it. Luke LOVES anything with combinations. He thought this was super cool. 

Lined up for school this morning. What a big guy! 

He came home after school with not much to say about school, so I had to pry it out of him! (And threaten he'd loose balls out of his reward ball jar of he didn't tell me some details about school, haha). But then he told me some things and it sounds like his teachers will be great and it will be a good year. He is doing the Chinese immersion program still, which he really likes. We felt like he learned so much Chinese already last year. It will be fun to watch him as he learns more this year. 

We sure love this boy. He is kind, smart, and good. What more could a parent ask for. What a great child to be the oldest in our family for our younger ones to look up to. We love our Lukey guy! 

Not so little!

Look who mowed the back lawn all by himself a couple nights ago! I think that's pretty impressive for a seven year old! I was surprised (and a little unsure) when Cory told me he taught Luke how to mow the lawn the other day. But he was right, Luke does great with it and loves the responsibility. I say this all the time, but this little boy is growing up too quick! I love this kid. Not so little now, but still my little boy. ❤️ 

Big boy mowing the lawn

I was so surprised the other night when I came outside after putting the babies t bed - Luke was mowing the lawn! He is such a big boy! He has been talking about helping Cory mow the lawn for awhile and now it's happening! Awesome! Way to go Lukey. 

He loves his little sister

Flashrider 360

This red bike took over our day, but we have a happy boy here. Our house is a disaster due to me spending every spare second I had this afternoon assembling Luke's new toy, but it's done! Luke's a saver and finally found something he wanted to spend his $$ on. It called the flashrider 360. It spins out and the breaks spark..pretty cool. It was $83 with tax so a big purchase for Luke, but he's having tons of fun with it and I think he'll have a great time with it this summer. 

He has been doing extra jobs for a week or so to earn some money to add to what he already had so he could get it. Thanks to our bank no longer having change counting machines, he paid for it with $10 worth of quarters, $3 worth of dimes and nickels, and lots of bills. The cashier at target was so cute about it. 

He is so proud! He keeps saying how weird it feels to have almost all his money gone. And he's hanging on tight to that receipt.."if anything goes wrong I have 90 days to return it, mom." Good job Lukey! What a big, responsible boy!

Last week of 1st grade!

We had fun visiting Luke at his school field day on Tuesday. His school has been doing fun activities all week. I'm pretty sure he just stared 1st grade..can it really be ending already?!

At field day. They had a carnival with big bounce houses, relay races, snow cones, body art, and lots of fun things! We had a lot of fun visiting him there. Also, Luke was one of the fastest boys in his class so he got to compete in the Ninja Warrior race against the fastest 1st grade boys!

The twins even came to see Luke at his school. 

We're going to miss his awesome teachers Mrs. Chapman (English teacher) and Miss McGarry (Chinese teacher). He has loved both of them so much and has learned so much this year! 

Luke won 2nd place in the whole 1st grade in the Ninja Warrior race! Way to go Luke!

Yesterday was Luke's last day of school. I compared his first and last days of school. Look how much he has grown up! It makes me sad to see, but he is growing into such a good, smart and grea boy. 

He brought home lots of assignement. I thought this one was cute. He loves his teacher. He said this was about Mrs. C. 

This says "Christmas party". 

To celebrate the last day we went to the "famous snow cone place" as the kids call it. 

And then Luke and Halle had a sleepover and watched a movie. We are excited for summer!