Playing with Purl

Playing with Grandma Maloney's kitten!  Love the laughing!

Luke's First Sparkler

Luke got to do a few sparklers by himself!  This was his very first one - caught on video.  Fun!  We also set off some fountain fireworks, which were a first for Luke to see also.  :)

Poppers Dance

Doing a silly dance with Grandpa Maloney after a popper goes off.  :)

Poppers

We flew to Oregon on July 4th, so Luke got to enjoy all the benefits of fireworks in Oregon... starting with poppers (which, incidentally are the one "firework" allowed in LA County).  :)

Sing Happy Birthday!

Celebrating Luke's 3rd Birthday with the customary Hughes-style birthday song!

Pool Fun

We had some water fun at the beginning of Luke's 3rd birthday party.  When it got a little chaotic pairing the trampoline and the swimming pool, we had the kids take turns - Luke actually decides to sit down in the water on his turn!  He had previously been a wading only kind of guy for the most part.  After this, he got very comfortable with the water and splashed and cavorted with the best of them!

Birthday Present

Luke opening a present on his birthday.  Note the comics standing in for wrapping paper... we were going to be moving the following weekend and were about to leave for a week-long trip to Oregon, and I had already packed the wrapping paper.  Oops.  :)