Luke

Luke is getting SO big! He is talking much more now although still hard to understand. He lOVES animals-but only to look at them. He freaks out if they come anywhere near him. He is a mommas boy and loves to play outside.

He is taking the terrible twos a little too far...definitely our most defiant and hard headed of the 3. I thought the 3rd was supposed to be mellow and easy? Not so much here.

Look like anyone? Oh yes, he has been watching his brother and has decided that he wants to skateboard too!

Luke turned 2 on April 18th. I can't believe that he is 2...it makes me so sad-he is my baby! We only had a family party this year, but he had a great party and a super day!

Here is the birthday boy with his new Sounders shirt-thanks Papa Tony!

Luke LOVES Diego right now so he had a Diego party! We had Diego everything-he even got a Diego bike-he was in heaven!
My mom bought him this Diego outfit-he really looked like a dork but he loved it!

the cake was not as messy this year:)

Luke has decided that he is done with his crib..he climbed out of his crib and would not stay in it-so big boy bed it is. I wasn't really ready for it but didn't really have a choice. It took us 2 hours to get him to sleep the first night but has gotten better every night since.

Jake

Jake is still loving pre-school and doing really well at it. But I found something that he loves more-skateboarding! I found a place that does skateboarding lessons for really cheap and he LOVES it! Here are a few pics. He has had 2 lessons-I save it as a reward-and he has learned to ride on the ramp, drop off the top of the ramp, pop it in a circle, and flip it from his shoes,jump and land on it.

Maddie

Madison has been up to quite a bit in the last few months...here are just a few things...

I was horrible at taking pictures of the next couple of things-really because I was chasing the boys all over the gym...

Maddie LOVES to act and sing! She was in a play at school-Jack and the beanstalk. She played a musician in the band and had a super great time. They practiced everyday after school for one week and then performed on Sat. She did an awesome job! She also had a choir performance where she had a solo and sang great! We are so proud of her!

Madison was asked by her PE teacher to be a part of the Cup stacking team-yes you read it right- a cup stacking team. She practiced once a week after school and then sometimes at lunch. Little did Josh and I know how big this was. We arrived at Auburn HS and we found out that it was the NATIONAL CUP STACKING CHAMPIONSHIP! People came from different states and even B.C.! Anyway we thought it was very funny-and then we ran into our good friends the Whitings. Their daughter was also asked to stack for her school-it was great to have friends to visit and laugh with:) Here is Maddie with Jillian

Here Maddie is stacking for an individual medal

Here she is in relay

And 7 hours later she came home with 3 medals-great job Maddie! If soccer doesn't work out she can always fall back on cup stacking:)

This winter as part of her Christmas present, my mom and dad took her up and taught her how to ski! She LOVED it but didn't get to go up as much as she wanted due to the weather. Hopefully next year will be better!