Luke is the first of our summer birthday season. He turned 4 on May 12th. It's strange to think that the last time we came back to stay in America for a while was to give birth to him. That was 4 years ago now! Luke is my energetic one. Not that all 3 of my boys are not energetic at any given time, but Luke seems to possess a greater amount of energy than seems humanly possible at times. He just can't contain himself sometimes. I used to think it was just the age that he was at, now I just think that's the way God made him. :o) Along with the energy God has given him, Luke also possesses a sweetness about him that so often blesses my heart. He will often just walk up to me and tell me how pretty my shirt is or that he likes my hair. And he loves to give hugs and kisses as well as snuggle. If you're reading a book to him (which he greatly enjoys) he will snuggle up next to you and twirl your hair as you read. When he's not in Tasmanian Devil mode he can be very gentle and tender, especially around babies. He's often a very good helper to Mommy when the table needs to be set or cleared; he can rise to the challenge to do a good job for me. Luke's favorite color is still yellow and he likes pretending that he's a super hero. Sometimes he'll just be running back and forth and tell me that he's Flash. Or if you want to engage him in some wrestling, watch out! He loves to beat up bad guys like Superman or Spiderman do. Luke can be very silly, too, making up words and "jokes" that don't really make sense but crack him up at least. :o) Lately he's shown a real interest in t-ball and will hopefully be able to show his stuff next month as his games begin. He likes playing outside and getting dirty. When we went to the amusement park in Branson, Luke was the first of all the little kids to ride some of the "scarier" rides. He can be very brave. He also likes to do school with Mommy or Daddy. We've been going through some preschool workbooks as we spend time together each afternoon. His tracing and coloring skills are impressive and he's really getting into cutting and pasting these days. Recently he's discovered "Tom & Jerry" and can't get enough of it. He just sits there and giggles and giggles as he watches it. It's really fun to watch him. He also likes Super Why, which is a cartoon that comes on PBS. It's a great cartoon as it teaches them skills to read. Luke likes to pretend that he is Super Why with the "power to read"! That's the theme we went with for his birthday party. Here is Luke dressed in the Super Why costume he got from the Morriss family.
Since the cartoon is kind of not well known we couldn't find any party supplies, so we had to improvise a little. Aunt Stacey came through with the cake decorating again this year. The cake was a book with a little Super Why figure on it. And we decorated the walls with "super letters" like the cartoon. Luke loved it all!
We had a fun party with family and friends and Luke's favorite foods. Luke enjoyed every bit of it. Here is Luke with one of his new Super Why puzzles. He got several new puzzles and loves putting them together. He's still a puzzle fiend and will do them several times every day.
Happy Birthday, my sweet Luke! I'm so glad that you're 4 now, and I'm so glad that you were born!
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