#2 Reasons Why I LOVE Summer!

#2...SHARK WEEK!!!!!

(Duh-Dum, Duh-Dum...)

We LOVE Shark Week during the Summer!!!!

So in honor of our favorite week Luke sported his Jaw Some jammies! Luke rules!

#3 Reasons Why I LOVE Summer!

#3...Popscicles in the Party Wagon!

Everytime it rains Luke wants to go outside and have popscicle in the back of the Armada! Luckily for us we got some much needed August rain, so we all (Sophie included) piled into the back of the truck for some Summer popscicles!

#4 Reasons Why I LOVE Summer!

#4...Bowling with my BOYS!

Luke completed one of his Potty Training charts and this time he chose to go Bowling!

Summer at School!

This was my last week to take my guy to school and I did make him pose for a picture every morning! He has had some great fun at school over the past month! He loves school, his friends, and is starting to mimic everything his teacher says and does! Our biggest goal when putting him into school was not academics. Of course we think he's the smartest kid on the planet, but being an only child he lacks social skills with kids! We have really seen him grow socially!!!! He talks about other kids and asks me to share when we are playing! We could not be more proud of our school guy!

Bring Daddy's tie day!

Precious boy!

Learning about Crabs and Lobsters in Maine

Look at those chompers!

Peace out!

Love him!

The Break-Up

As of this morning, I have officially broken up with my skincare regime. To honor my 8 year relationship I wrote my beloved Proactive a farewell letter...

Dear Proactive,

Today is truly a sad day. You have been with me through many hills and smooth patches. I have trusted you with all the important events in my life like photos, weddings, and outings with friends. For the most part you have stood firmly in front of me and been faithful. Like all relationships, I think over the past couple of months I have not treated you as I should. I was not always there for you and then blamed you for my mistakes. I think right now you are holding up some pent up aggression against me and have lashed out in an unflattering manner. Before ,we have spent some time apart, playing the skincare aisle field, but something always brings me back to you. Regretfully, I made the call this morning and didn't just put you on hold for a short time-I terminated my membership (GASP!) Thank you for all you have done and not done for me! I will miss you and your celebrity friends and the fun little box of surprises in the mail every 6 to 8 weeks. I will however not miss the mark you leave on everything you touch (clothing, washcloths, hairbands).

Dear friend, I bid thee farewell and I pray I will be strong and not fall back into my old habits again.

Love,

Me

Alright that was tough, but with any bad breakup you need a really steamy rebound, so please be a fantastic wingman and send me your skincare regime!!!

Week 2 of Preschool

Lucas learned all about Florida with a study of the Magic Kingdom and dolphins and now we have ended week 2 of The Smoky Mountains! This week he learned about camping and making S'Mores! He still continues to love school and looks forward to it everyday!

Here are some pics of my school guy this week...

Hasta la Vista, BABY!

Lucas is the child who always seems to handle change very well and Mike and I have been oh so lucky to breeze through some big milestones with him. He gave up the bottle super easy, he threw away all his pacifiers and never asked about them again, so when it came time to potty train we knew this would also be a cinch, right?? Um, NO! Or as Whitney would say it, "Hell to the NO!"

We pushed and pushed and pushed some more. We read books about going to the potty, let him watch us go, rewarded with M&M's, watched DVD's, and tried to motivate through fear (yep, not a star Mom quality). This kid would not do it or would for 2 days and then start back at square one. We gave in and waited until he officially turned 3. And what do you know, he mastered the potty within a week, numero uno and numero dos!! We didn't even force the nighttime issue until I was out of school and even then we waited until we came back from our vacation. Through his love of infomercials he had fallen in love with an arts and crafts activity called Aqua Sand. Mike made him a calendar and every morning and naptime he woke up dry in his 'roos he added a sticker until he spelled AQUA SAND! He went for 8 days with no accidents and we took him to Toys R Us to buy his special reward! Mike and I were clearly more excited than Lucas, because as soon as we got there he found a sweeter deal....A Lego Train for a whooping $17o buckaroos! Uh-no! So to his dismay we bought our Aqua Sand and celebrated our new BIG Boy by making a huge Aqua Sand mess! We have now started a new calendar where we spelled out BOWLING! We hope to make a trip to the bowling alley very soon in our BIG BOY 'roos or if it were up to Lucas he would rather wear these...

The powerful persuasion of commercials!!!

He has now decided that when he grows up he wants to wear the Huggies Jeans!

Here's our Potty Like a Rockstar Boy!