Dinner Date

Last night we went to Maudies with my friend Lyndsay and her daughter Ellie. Ellie will be joining Luke again soon in the Duckling room. 

It was a nice break between work and sitting in traffic. The kiddos had a good time checking out what was going on outside and taking turns standing up in their high chairs. We didn't even leave a big mess!

New Class

On September 1st Luke moved from the Ladybugs to the Ducklings class. He was the oldest kid in the Ladybugs room for a couple of months and now he's one of the youngest Ducklings. His new teacher Ms. Ericka says he's doing very well in the class. He still talks about one of his old teachers, Ms. Elena, all the time - "Lana! Lana!"

He's been doing so well that after one full day of being a Duckling he jumped out of his crib at naptime!  We were definitely not prepared for that and will have to get out the kit to convert his crib to a toddler bed very soon.

Waves!

We went to Port Aransas for a few days last weekend.  It was a great time to go.  The beach was seaweed-free and not very crowded because school started the previous week. This trip was definitely more fun for all of us than last year when Luke was not quite walking yet.

Luke got to practice some new words like boat, waves, beach and lighthouse.  As soon as we got there we had to check out the cool bench seat at the condo.

It got very dark when we went down to the beach the first afternoon.  We even heard some thunder.  Good thing we put all that sunscreen on.

Because he loves hoses so much Luke was on sand clean up duty each time we got back from the beach.

He had a great time with all the beach toys they had at the condo and he loved slinging sand and water at us.  

After the second day he wasn't as scared of the waves as much and he started shrieking "waves! waves!" as he chased them going in and out.  He also cleaned up some tar.

Each time we went to the beach Luke seemed a little more comfortable in the water, but by the end of the trip he still wouldn't let us take him in with him.  Next year we will stay longer.