Luke's Thanksgiving Feast & Playground Fun

A few weeks ago, Landis and I took some time off of work to visit Luke's school for a special Thanksgiving program in Luke's classroom and a Thanksgiving feast with all the Shady Grove preschoolers and families.  It was a special day!  We started by watching the 10 toddlers (ages 2 and 3) in Luke's classroom say the pledge of allegiance and sing Amazing Grace. It was precious!  Luke said the Pledge of Allegiance with his hands up around his mouth and his eyes closed (he looked like he was praying the whole time). Hearing those little tiny voices saying that BIG pledge was AWESOME! And, then, hearing those little tiny voices singing Amazing Grace was even more AWESOME! I found myself wiping tears from my cheeks.  I wish I could show you the video but it's on my big camera and we haven't downloaded it yet.  Here are a few pictures though....

In this picture, Luke and Gabriel are having a conversation about how they both have stripes on their shirts.   

 Saying the Pledge....

 The Amazing Grace song was really cute - it started off just like the hymn but then it broke into an upbeat version. The kids clapped and danced and twirled around.  Here is Luke clapping....

 And Luke finishing one of his twirls....

When Luke finished singing, he looked at his teacher, Ms. Lisa, and said, "I did a good job, didn't I Ms. Lisa?"  It was cute!

After the singing, we ate a pot luck dinner in the fellowship hall.  Luke was very sweet.  Me, Landis, Mammaw Carolyn, and Luke enjoyed our dinner together and the fellowship with other families. It was a wonderful morning.

After leaving the lunch, we decided to go play at the Union Cross playground for a little while. Daddy went with us too.  We had a blast!  We raced Luke up the dirt path to the playground and then we took turns going down the slides scaring each other with a BOO at the bottom.  Fun, fun times!

Here are some pictures!  (Don't you love Luke's hat???) It's my favorite....

 Union Cross has a huge dirt pile - Luke climbed to the top and said, "I'm the King of the World."  (jokingly, of course - we know who the real King is!)

 And, a trip to the park wouldn't be finished until we have one last jump into a leaf pile!  :)

It was a great day!

I hope to post some pictures of Luke's first visit with Santa from last weekend soon.  Even though Luke is very aware that Santa is pretend, he still enjoyed talking with him.  He told Santa that he wanted a Chuck Garage and a 4 Wheeler!  Oh me!  :)

See you soon,
Toddy