Opening Woody

Cuteness on "Christmas" morning!

"Reading" his Truck Book

We got this truck book that used to be Nathan's as a boy, "Let's Go, Trucks", and Luke LOVES it!  He has the entire thing memorized.  Here's the text of the pages he "reads" in case you can't understand all of his lingo.  Occasionally he'll leave a line or word out, but he gets most of it - what I've written is what he actually says:

Big trucks, little trucks, loud ones, quiet ones.  All kinds of trucks for all kinds of jobs.  The trucks are rolling!  Here they come!

What has two [should be "twelve"] tails, one horn, and squeals?  A dozen pigs in a livestock truck.  These busy trucks haul sheep, pigs, horses, and cows from the farm to the market.

Round and round, the concrete's churning.  Rumble, rumble, turn and tumble.  Concrete mixer trucks are coming.

Turtles don't have stoves, ice chests, storage bins, tables or benches inside their shells.  But campers do.  It's too bad turtles can't have campers.

Moving to Kalamazoo?  You need a moving van.  Everything is packed and stacked and tied inside.  In Kalamazoo, you'll find your things there, too.

Ummmm!  Warm bread!  Fresh bread from the oven, the loaves are popped into the bread truck and rushed to stores all over town, so you can get a bit of better bread for your butter.

What do tanker trucks carry?  Gasoline, oil, kerosine.  Wax and even ink.  Lots of other liquids, too.  That's what tankers carry.

How do you haul raspberry sherbet across a desert?  In a refrigerator truck.  It's frosty enough inside to please a polar bear, but polar bears aren't allowed.  They might eat the raspberry sherbet!

Tow trucks tow cars.  Tow trucks tow trucks.  Tow trucks tow tow trucks.  There's not much that tow trucks don't tow.

Up and up goes the utility truck.  The cars are all honking...  The red light is stuck.

Down and down goes the well-driller's drill.  The cows are all bawling for the new well to fill.

This is the mighty flatbed truck that hauled the steam shovel that never got stuck that worked on the road all smooth and new that carries the cars to Springtown.

Cut off the siren!  Unreel the hose!  The fire's roaring!  Pour on the water!  The fire's sizzling.  Pour on the water!  The fire's out.  Let's all go home.

Stacks and sacks [of money] ride inside an armored truck.  That's why the [truck carries] guards who carry guns.  Crafty criminals and crooks can't crack into armored trucks.

A farmer's truck can deliver eggs, yank up a stump, or haul hay into horses.  It even can stay [should be "can even turn"] into a fruit stand.  Fresh strawberries here!

Delivery trucks delivering.  Beep, beep!  Beep, beep!  Almost anything you wish.  Flowers.  Mail.  Laundry.  Fish.  Boxes.  Socks and bags.  Beep, beep!

Have a heavy load to haul?  Call a dump truck.  Tip it up.  Dump it out.  Want to haul a hill away?  Call a dump truck.

People make wishes when a transporter [should be "transport trailer"].  "Aren't they beauties?  Aren't they fine?  Wish that one of those cars were mine!"  People make wishes when a transporter rolls by.

Coo Conversation

I just really enjoy this little "coo conversations" with Jonathan - can you blame me?  :)

More Smiling!

Jonathan talks a little bit here, but does a lot of happy smiling!  Add that to the Christmas music and Luke playing in the background, and you have a very merry video.  :)

Luke Playing Angry Birds

Nathan taught Luke how to play the "Angry Birds" game on his iphone.  It's so amazing to see his coordination and intelligence to figure out something like that.  My little boy is getting so big!

Baby Talk

Jonathan's talking is getting more determined.  I love to see his expression trying to figure everything out.  :)

2010 Hughes Family Film Festival

This year, since Luke was still too young to act, and we now had a 2 month old, I was not sure what to do for our annual submission to the Hughes Family Film Festival at Thanksgiving.  The previous year, Dan and Jennifer did the first half of the alphabet with their kids, so I piggy-backed on that idea and did a counting one!