Puzzle

Luke got a new puzzle from Grandpa Presley. He does really well with naming the puzzle pieces and putting them where they are supposed to go!

Michigan

Luke and Mama went to Michigan last week. Dada came a few days later. Here is Luke on the plane. He was a little gentleman reading his books. He really wasn't too bad on the plane.

Luke got to visit with his Grandpa and Grandma Presley.

And his Grandma Stewart.

And his many cousins. Here is Luke with Anya.

Cousin Gabi and Luke had the best time together.

Gabi was Luke's partner in crime the whole time.

One day we went to Grandma Stewart's house and Gabi and Luke played with the hose.

Here's a video that will make you smile.

Garden Fun

Here is Luke enjoying a home-grown tomato fresh off of the vine.

He was just being silly here. He didn't actually seem to like the tomato that much.
The little gardener tending his crops.
He just can't get enough of anything having to do with water.

Portland Children's Museum

One Sunday morning in July Luke woke up and said, take me somewhere fun today, some place that I've never been.

So we took him to the Portland Children's Museum over by the Zoo.

The water room was the first stop and as you can imagine, Luke had a great time.

He would have kept playing but mom and dad were ready to move on.

The Train Room was next and at first it was great. Luke was very very excited about the trains.

But then he started to get frustrated when they wouldn't stay on the track, and we had a screaming meltdown.

We whisked him away to the Digger Room, to try to lift his spirits and take his mind off of the trains.

But very soon his heart wasn't in it anymore and his mind wandered back to those darn trains.

So we moved on again and Luke had a great time pushing the mini shopping carts all around the museum, even into rooms where they probably weren't expecting the shopping carts to go.

The Tree House room was fun. Luke likes to climb.

Finally, we climbed into the old Logger Train outside of the World Forestry Center.