Nathan's parents got Luke this lion walker for his birthday. This is the first "test-drive" once the boys got it all assembled. I thought it was so cute how careful Luke was, taking a short little step and then pushing it forward again, etc. Later, he got more aggressive with it, causing Nathan to put some paper next to the wheels to slow it down some so that it wouldn't get away from him. :)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Birthday Cake
This video is long, but it shows Luke's progression from not sure what to think of this chunk of stuff on his tray to playing with the plate (I was looking away at the time - I'm not really a negligent mommy!) to realizing the wonders of sugar and "shoveling" it in as fast as he could! :) Enjoy!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Playground
Here's another feature on the playground with a different direction of spinning items - and he figured that out, too. :)
Connect Four
My mom brings some of my things with her every time she visits so that eventually I will be in possession of everything that I'd like to keep. :P This time, she brought my travel game of Connect Four that I thought would be good for when our kids are older to play with on car trips. Luke thought it was great! He liked to shake it really hard - and probably wanted to figure out how to get the little pieces out! :)
Giant Abacus
When my mom was visiting, we went to the park and discovered this huge abacus! Luke loved batting at the balls to make them spin. He's really learning how to add and subtract - since he has so many brains in that head of his!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Ring Stacker
We hadn't played with this ring stacker in a month or more, and when I got it out again, Luke seemed to know just what to do with everything! He could only do the large blue ring before - now he could do all of them! And he seems to know that when he finishes the stack is when he gets the biggest applause, so he'll take the top one off and put it back on just to get the praise. :P