Luke started his morning with a visit to the nursing home to see Granny. He loves to visit Granny on Saturday mornings. Papaw Donnie brings him tator tots and a drink and he runs around the halls greeting all the nursing home residents. Granny says that Luke is her "joy." :)
When Luke returned from his visit with Granny, he and I played hide and seek in Papaw's yard while Luke tried to find me on his lawn mower. We also delivered some firewood using his trailer and trimmed papaw's bushes with scissors. It was cold and breezy but so nice to feel the fresh air.
Then, for lunch, Memaw came over and Memaw, Papaw Donnie, Landis, Luke and myself ate at Elizabeth's Pizza together. It was some great family time. Then...finally....the moment Luke had been looking forward to for days....a visit to Memaw's house.
At Memaw's house, we had a blast! Luke, Memaw, and I hiked through the woods for almost an hour. We found two old tires and pushed them along (playing a game to see how long we could keep them rolling). Luke loved this! We climbed up the big dirt hill and slid down the big dirt hill. Luke has already learned how to slide on his bottom when he's on a big hill that is steep. He has no worries of getting dirty - LOVE IT! We walked through the woods looking for big limbs to pick up - Luke would find the biggest ones that he could and then make Memaw carry them! :) Luke found several loose limbs hanging from trees and he would stop and swing on them. We all had an awesome time just hanging out, laughing together, enjoying the cold winter breeze in the woods. It was a great memory for me and mom - just watching Luke be an excellent explorer!
After our hike in the woods, we played on Memaw's trampoline. Memaw would pop me and Luke up in the air and Luke thought this was great. Then, Memaw chased Luke around and around the edges of the trampoline and pretended to eat him. He laughed out loud for seriously 30 minutes straight - such pure, genuine, fun!
Of course, we never spend time at Memaw's house without riding the 4 wheeler so Luke rode his 4 wheeler for a little while - his favorite part has become riding off the edges of the curb. It scares me to death but he thinks its hilarious! :)
We ended our time at Memaw's with Luke using Memaw's dust buster to vacuum up dirt, leaves, and Collie hairs. The child loves to clean - it's crazy - I think he gets that from his Mammaw! :)
I thought Luke would fall asleep on the way home from Memaw's but he didn't so because it was already 3:00, I decided to let him skip his nap. About that time, Heather and Silas texted and wanted to play so we invited them over for a Saturday afternoon playdate. The boys were absolutely wonderful. They played together for almost 2 hours with only a few tiny toddler disputes. For the most part, those boys are kind to each other, take turns, and truly enjoy each other's company. It's awesome to watch this little tiny friendship form - they say they are "best buds." Heather and I talked and talked while the boys played inside a closet for almost 30 minutes with a flashlight - they made up their own games and scenarios - they both have quite the imagination and, I have to say, super language skills so their ability to play together becomes easier. Thank you Heather and Silas for an awesome afternoon. Thanks to you all - Luke handled his afternoon without a nap beautifully!
After Heather and Silas left, we ate dinner and then Luke was in bed by 6:30. He was EXHAUSTED!! :) The early bedtime allowed me to finish some school planning that I needed to do. I was done with it by 9:00 and ready to do some reading. It was an awesome day and a wonderful, relaxing evening! :)
Now, some super cute pictures and video of Luke getting into the soot in the backyard fire pit (days after the coals were hot - don't worry). :)
Luke was playing in our fenced in backyard and I ran into the house real quick to get something and when I came out - this is what I saw....
And, the video of him showing off...check out his facial expressions! :)
Have a great week everyone!
Toddy
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