Showing posts with label Luke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luke. Show all posts

Monday, July 30, 2012

Luke's 11th Minecraft Birthday Party (Part Two)

Luke invited a few of his buddies over to help celebrate his 11th birthday.  He loves that video game called Minecraft.  I know nothing about it, so he explained a few of the characters to me and I decided to go with the easiest guy (The Creeper) to design as the theme of his party.

This was the front of his invitation.  I went with a simple postcard style.

This was the backside of his invitation.  Apparently, the Creeper hisses...

I made some sugar cookies to resemble The Creeper.  I got the idea on Pinterest.

I only planned one official game.  I found it on Pinterest and it's called Tape Ball.  I wasn't sure if it would be a blast or a bomb, but the boys ended up LOVING it!  The game lasted about 15 minutes and they were engaged the whole time. 

The idea was for one kid to unravel the saran wrap and as they did each layer held at least one piece of candy.  At the same time another kid is rolling two die trying to roll a double.  Once they rolled a double the kid unravelling the saran ball had to stop and pass it to the next kid.
 




When the game was over I gave each boy an empty Creeper gift bag to hold all of their candy.
 

Skyler made Luke a custom Minecraft card... too cute!


Noah gave Luke this awesome candy maker!

My Creeper cake ended up looking more like a beaver, but nobody seemed to mind.



After the party was over we all relaxed for a couple of hours and then Hayley, Luke, Wes and I headed out to a Mariner's game at Safeco Field.


Happy Birthday Luke!  We love you man!  Let's schedule a hair appointment for early next week, k?!

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Luke's 11th (Part One)

Can't believe my Lukey Bear just turned 11!  It was a great couple of days of celebrating for him.  On Wednesday night we had a backyard family party.  It was a fun, casual evening spent with his Washington cousins. 
Luke's favorite desserts of all time are donuts and Creme Brulee, so in lieu of a traditional birthday cake he chose to go with both of his faves!  It was definitely a sugar overdose on this evening!

Posing with his cousins.

Miss Madylin

Dylan

Ashlie, Tatum, and Lauren

Luke, Hayley and Cody

Grandma and Grandpa gave him a cool Monster Lego set.

Cody, Dylan and Ashlie gave him a Gamestop Gift Card.

Tatum, Lauren, and Madylin gave him a personalized moto-cross shirt with his favorite number on the back. 


Taking time for a quick photo with mom and dad... we love you Lukey Bear!

Luke ended his fun evening with a sleep-out with Cody in the treehouse!

Monday, July 2, 2012

iFly

I love to give 'experiences' for gifts, so Luke and Wes both got iFly gift certificates for Christmas and we finally got around to going sometime in April.  Hayley wanted to bring her camera to take photos, so I left mine at home.  Since I didn't see the photos on my chip I promptly forgot about them until recently, so that is why I am just getting around to posting these fun pictures.  They both had a blast and Hayley and I had almost as much fun just watching them!  I would highly recommend this for adventure seekers!
Suited up and ready to go!

Everyone has to take a 30 minute training class prior to doing their two turns.  I think each turn was about 2 minutes.

The wind speeds for Wes and Luke were between 85 - 120 miles an hour.  The speed depends upon
the weight of each person.












This was a really special day for Wes and Luke.  What a treat.... definitely on the expensive side, but worth it!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Favorite Toys Resurfacing...

I came home last night to discover that Luke had taken a bath.  Not a big deal, I know, but it just touched my heart because baths for this almost-eleven-year-old ended a long time ago and with our hurry, hurry world that we live in showers are just the faster way to go.  Also made me smile because the older he gets it seems that all the things he plays with involve a controller or a keyboard!  When the kids were little the bathtub toy of choice were the Schleich animals, so when I saw this I knew I just had to snap a quick photo because it doesn't happen very often.  I love these little animals.   

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

What time is it Mom?

That was the question that Luke kept asking me.  I didn't think much of it at first.  Absently, I just told him the time.  After a couple of months of telling him the time I finally asked him, somewhat sarcastically, if he knew how to tell time.  He replied that he did indeed know how to tell time.  The conversation went no further, but his question of time kept persisting over the next month or so and this time my approach changed.  I started to tell him to just look at the clock and read it for himself and he told me that he couldn't see it.  That's when it hit me... I realized that every time he had been asking me for the time he was sitting on the barstool in the kitchen.  The clock that I had been asking him to read was the tiny little microwave clock that was about ten feet away.  I think I made his eye exam appointment that same day!  Yes, that's why they call me 'Mother of the Year'!
Getting his eyes examined.  Love the look... kind of looks like Steam Punk! 

Trying on the first of many looks after the Optometrist confirmed that he is very definitely nearsighted!


After many, many months he's finally able to see clearly... poor kid!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Modigliani Art

For Luke's fourth grade March art lesson, we learned about Amadeo Modigliani.  He's the artist who drew his subjects with elongated faces and necks.  For the actual lesson the students drew self-portraits using the techniques that Modigliani used.  The kids used oil pastels.  I absolutely loved the way this project turned out.  So cute and they were all so unique!