Luke's Birthday Part 1

Playing with his Batman Cave

His yummy birthday donut...the boy has not met a donut he doesn't like!

Sharing his new toys with his brother.

Driving the new Riddler car that brother picked out for him.

His new Buzz Ligthtyear Gun.

Luke is a little camera shy these days, but I did the best I could to document his birthday. He got up a little early so he could open gifts before Evan went to school. Mommy picked up a birthday donut yesterday and he was VERY happy....totally has the Hutcheson sweet tooth!

No school for him today, so we had to come up with some things to do...

Birthday Monsters!

It looks like the birthday monsters have come and cast their spell....

Everything is ready for the big Lukey Birthday Celebration: balloons, gifts, birthday donuts, birthday cupcakes...

I can hardly believe that 3 years ago at this time I was in labor with my peanut. I am so blessed and grateful to have my Luke. Little did I know that his name would be perfect as 3 years later he would have a full blown Star Wars obsession!!!

Happy almost birthday baby boy!

Batman fights the rain

So, I was going to wait till his birthday on Thursday to let him open his gift from Grandma and Papa, but it was POURING rain all day today and we had a few things to do.

This is an actual raincoat he was coveting from Nordstroms, but I decided that only Grandparents should spend $40 on a rain coat.:) He loves it and he was a big hit everywhere we went today. The coat has an actual cape on it. He is now begging for the matching boots, so I might let Santa know.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Chicken Enchiladas

I made these yummy chicken enchiladas for my mexican food loving husband. They were really, really good! The boys devoured them and asked for more.....always a good sign at this house.

Halloween!

I really have almost no pictures, but Jon does have some video he may upload. It was a very busy day with soccer, a birthday party and then we were graciously invited to a neighborhood Halloween party by a friend with a kiddo in Evan's class. They have a cute neighborhood and all the boys had a great time!

Luke was really into the whole TOT thing this year, so that was fun to see.

You will notice that my extremely cost conscious husband bout a $30 adult sized Mario costume so he could match Evan. I wasn't sure whether to be happy he is so into it or completely disturbed.

BTW, Luke was Anakin Skywalker.....a little hard to tell from the picture.

Charlie's Visit

Luke and Charlie

Charlie and the boys out on a nature walk.

Charlie

Evan was Bearcat of the week last week. This was a BIG at our house. He got to be line leader all week, we made a poster for school all about him (well, I made it), we brought snacks all week and he got to bring home the class mascot(Charlie) and Charlie's journal.

We had a lot of fun taking Charlie on our adventures and writing about it!

Family Pics

Here are some of our fall family pics.....we decided to go with the relaxed 3 Bears and Buckeye theme;). Looks like we were so relaxed but in all honestly, adult beverages would have helped ease the tension of trying get the natives to cooperate!