Luke's Latest

Luke's talents at not-quite-8 months old:

-Luke can climb on, and as of yesterday, OFF of the file boxes and piano-hinge boxes we use to block the computer and grown up books.

-He has incorporated eyebrow-raising into his facial expression repertoire

-He clicks his tongue on purpose

-Jared taught him how to clap last week, and is immensely proud of it. Every morning Jared would say "Let's clap!" and clap Luke's hands together. Now when we say "Yay Luke!" Luke claps by himself.

-He plays peekaboo by ducking behind furniture

-He understands the sign language symbol for "eat" and will come crawling to me, laughing, when I ask him if he wants to eat. He also will help himself if given the opportunity.

-He has a renewed interest in the pacifier now that he can pick it up and put it in his mouth the right way.

-Yesterday he figured out that he could push his vintage wooden walker around and walk holding onto it

-He can turn the pages of a board book one by one

Chick-Fil-A Dress Like A Cow Day

I guess we'll do almost anything for FREE food! We dressed in black and white and cow spots, cow ears, cow bell, and baby cow-on-the-head to get free meals at Chick-Fil-A tonight. Greta dressed up too, but her spots were gone by the time the camera came out. The Professor wore that cow on his head as he ordered, until I reminded him that mama cows don't put their babies on their heads.

At first it was rather embarrassing, especially with the cow bell clanking around my neck, but the counter people smiled and other customers said, "Oh! They get free food! I wish I had done it!" Then other customers came in looking just as embarrassed as we felt. Misery (or embarrassment?) loves company, it seems.

Happy Independence Day!

We've been celebrating big here. Last night we, sans kids, saw a great fireworks display at a local mega church. We packed a picnic supper, table and chairs, and real dishes, and ate in the parking lot. Then we saw a musical program in their (air conditioned) sanctuary before the fireworks began at dark. Their fireworks display is as good as any put on by the municipalities around here.

Bright and early this morning we headed over to our town square to watch the parade. It was special this year because David marched in it. He and one drummer played for the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. Imagine a Yankee playing for the Confederates! Usually we return to our town square for fireworks, but tonight we will be joining friends to watch fireworks in their community.