fun in the sun

Luca got some one-on-one time with Emily today. These little cousins are so sweet playing together. They played in the sprinkler and the bubbles this afternoon and Luca managed to drag out every ball he could get his eyes on. Emily is doing a good job of babying Luca, she is even calling him honey. This is their first full day together...so, we'll see how it's going next week. For today it is all fun in the sun!

vbs

So, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, Luca and I are going to VBS this week. For anybody who may not know, VBS is Vacation Bible School at our church. I'm teaching in the 1st grade and Luca is hanging out with the toddler class who are all kids of workers. We are both exhausted!

It has been a big change in our house to have to be somewhere by 8am. We are doing better than I had expected though, due largely in part to the fact that Luca likes to get up early and is always in a good mood in the morning. Night is another thing however. Everybody knows Luca isn't a great sleeper but he has turned into a terrible sleeper this week. Mike and I have caved and have been sleeping on the couch with him just to get him to sleep so we can!

He has been having a great time in his class. He has two very nice teachers who appear to be spoiling him. Luca is reluctant for mama to leave him but he is happy as soon as I'm out of view. I usually sneak down a couple of times to check on him and he is always having a great time. Here he is at snack...hopefully not trying to steal Ms. Kaylie's food!

on the go

We have been having a busy summer. We went home to Missouri a couple of weeks ago and will be headed to Boston on Monday. In the meantime Luca and I are also squeezing in a week of VBS this week. Luckily, Luca is a pretty easy traveler and he really likes to go. He gets excited to see the suitcases coming out. I wanted to share some pictures of our recent trip. Luca spent about 90% of the time in only a diaper, barefoot and wet. We all had a great time.

Our trip also overlapped with daddy's retirement and my Grandma June's 93rd birthday. We had lobsters sent for dinner one night. Luca was very interested in them and called them "bugs". He also had his first taste of seafood. He liked it...suprise! Luca still hasn't met a food he doesn't like.

I didn't do a very good job weeding through the pictures. Well, I guess I did do pretty good since we had over 100 pictures. I can take a lot of pictures! So, our suitcases are still out and we will be off again soon. Looking forward to spending some time with everyone in Boston...see you soon!