Potty Tales

1- A few Sundays ago we had our friends, Adrian and Diana Peterson over for a quick game of Star Wars miniatures. The Petersons have a little girl- Kairi- that is Miriam's age. The adults were playing games, Luke was watching Donald Duck and the girls were roaming around the apartment. All of a sudden we hear Kairi fall and hit her head on the tile floor in our bedroom. Diana rushes in and hits the floor too. Is that water spilt on the floor? Upon closer examination, we discover that Luke had become so engrossed in his Donald Duck show that he peed the floor. Kairi slipped in it, Diana slipped in it and I was mortified! Diana is a great sport and after running upstairs to change clothes, she returned to finish the game.

2-On Morgan's birthday, I was busy in the kitchen trying to prepare a really great dinner for him. Luke exclaims: "Mommy...poop!" I see my little girl walking towards me with a strange brown object in her hand. Trying to be optimistic, I try to believe that she is holding something other than what my gut is telling me it is. However, this day was not the day for optimism. It was indeed poop that had escaped from Luke's underwear and found by Miriam. I screamed, scared Miriam, carried her to the shower for a good bath while birthday Morgan was stuck with cleaning up Luke. Thanks babe for tackling that one! Anyway, we did get a good laugh out of it later.

ARRRGH!!!! Sometimes Luke is soooo good with using the potty. Today he even told the babysitter while I was at the gym that he needed to go pee. This is the first time he has told anyone other than family that he needed to go. He is doing well for the most part but every now and then there are accidents. Kind of like life if you think about it...

Gross!!!

When we came home from Church on Sunday, we saw this huge beetle down the breezeway from our door. Luckily it was flipped over on its back and not hunting for food. Morgan asked me what this beetle might eat. My reply: "Small children." Just take a look at the huge needle-like thingy coming out of his head...

My name is Luke

Here's the latest Luke-ism
This morning as Morgan went out the door, he said to Luke: "I love you son." Luke said: "My name is Luke Daddy, not son."

Surprise Birthday Party for Morgan

I have tried to have a true surprise birthday party for nearly 6 years now, but I just cannot keep a secret. Morgan has always had some suspiscions or something gave it away at the last moment. However this year, I finally got Morgan. Morgan's birthday is on the 13th but he has 6 huge tests starting next week. I decided to have the party on the 6th right after the last session of General Conference. We had the Petersons, Leavitts, Hales, and Bensons over for chocolate cake and homemade chocolate snickers ice-cream and chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream. Happy 28th Morgan!

Luke could barely contain himself! He just loves birthday parties!
Morgan let Luke help him blow out the candles. I think that Morgan's wish was for help during the next 2 weeks. Please remember him in your prayers as he prepares for his finals.

My Favorite Face

I had some extra cake batter left over from Morgan's birthday cake and decided to make cupcakes. After dinner we were enjoying our cupcakes and how silly the kids looked with frosting all over their faces. I looked at Miriam's chocolate face and said, "There's my favorite face." I guess I hurt Morgan's feelings because when I looked at him, he had smeared chocolate frosting on his forehead! He wanted to be my favorite face! Luke had fun trying to lick the frosting off but decided that paper towels work much better! We have great times in our little family.

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk

The other evening, Luke placed his cup of milk on a table in our bedroom. Moments later, Miriam reached up and while trying to get it down, ended up pouring it all over her head. Here are a few shots from the aftermath of the spilled milk...

"What is all over me?"

Just look how soaked her poor little face was!
Spilled milk and all, I am still happy!

Old MacDonald

Quick story...
Luke asked Morgan to sing "Old MacDonald."
Morgan sings: "Old MacDonald had a farm. Ee-i-ee-i-o. And on that farm he had a ....."
Morgan pauses and awaits Luke to fill in the blank.
Luke sings: "Super Luke"
They both sing: "Ee-i-ee-i-o. With a blast-off here and a blast-off there,...etc. Old MacDonald had a Super Luke, ee-i-e-i-o."

Luke even introduced himself to our cleaning lady's daughter today as "Super Luke." He is at the funniest stage now. I will keep you posted with more funny things that he says!