Daddy: "So, Luke, you didn't have soccer today?"
Luke: "No. The soccer team was *killed."

* cancelled

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Daddy: "Luke, who gave you that new train?"
Luke: "The mailman!"

(His new train had been provided as a "free gift" as part of the Thomas the Tank Engine toy recall.)

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In response to my birthday...

"What kind of cake are you going to have, Mommy? Don't you want a baseball one filled with chocolate?"

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Yesterday was Luke's first day of 4-year preschool. Silas, like last year, didn't want his friend to leave:
"I want to go to Luke's school. I so sad."

...and then after we got home:
"I stay in my car seat."

It took him about 5 min. to finally come into the house...and then he got back in the car.

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"Maybe next time Daddy should do it. He never messes up."

- Luke's editorial after I spilled coffee on the table

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I started this new list about 3 months ago and just never got around to publishing it. So without futher ado, some of the many things I love about my boys:

• How Silas's eyebrows go up when he nods
• How you put Luke to bed with socks on his feet and he wakes up with them on his hands
• How Silas is an uptalker
• How Luke closes his eyes and dances with his head and hands when he's happy, singing, or thinking happy thoughts
• How Silas sniffs his blanket when he gets up and invites you to do the same
• How while playing Memory, Luke will place his hands on two overturned cards when he thinks he has a match, even if it's someone elses's turn and no matter how many more people have to go before him (he's since learned to overcome this temptation for the betterment of the game)
• How Silas gets down flat on his tummy and puts his face as close to a bug as possible to inspect it
• How Silas's favorite PJs were Luke's favorite as well
• How Luke moves the steering wheel in line with the track at the American Adventures truck ride
• How the boys pretend it's someone's birthday and put pine straw upright in the grass to make "candles" and sing the birthday song ("okay, it's my birthday now!")
• How Silas puts an "o" at the end of saying things he doesn't want ("No thank you green beans-o", "No thank you nap-o")
• How amazing Luke is at cheering up Silas when he's been crying
• How Silas throws his arms wide at the dinner table in a grand gesture to indicate that he's done
• How looking at this list 3 months later, it's amazing how much things have changed in even that little space of time. Some of these things are now defunct, and it makes me sad to see how fleeting each phase is. But I'm happy to have captured my precious boys at this stage of their lives!

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"Look! Bacon!"
"Look at his bottom! It's all tangled!"

- Luke after spotting a statue outside of the Hawaii Convention Center/Oceanic Airlines

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"Uh oh! He broke it!"

- Luke's surprise when the waiter cracked a lobster in half

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Luke had fun "reading" the airplane safety card on the plane. See if you can figure out which pictures he was talking about:
- "You can sit like this...or this...or this..."
- "People like to jump together."
- "Drinks come down from the ceiling."

It appears that Luke collaborated with these guys. (disclaimer: didn't read all of the captions before linking and yes, some are extremely inappropriate. But you get the gist of what I'm trying to point out, right? Proceed with caution.)

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Luke to Mommy: "Hey! You look like another Aunt Tiffany!"

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Luke: "Does God have a big nose?"
Daddy: "You know, no one knows what God looks like."
Luke: "I do."
Daddy: "You do? What does he look like?"
Luke: "He wears a blue shirt."

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Luke: "Look at the boo-boos on my hand!"
Mommy: "Luke, you have so many boo-boos. Do we need to take you to the hospital?"
Luke: "Hospitals don't fix boo-boos, Mommy...God fixes boo-boos."

Melt my heart, why doncha...

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"I'm not tired. Let's go to the beach!"

- Silas at 5:50am

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Luke {talking through his matchbox car}: "Aren't I a splendid car?"
Silas: "Yes."
Luke: "Thank you."

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Mommy {to Daddy}: "How was work today?"
Daddy: "Fine."
Luke: "It's always fine. You don't need to ask him every day."

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Leading up to our recent trip to Hawaii, we had the boys practice their Hawaiian words: aloha, mahalo, Honolulu, Waikiki, etc. I don't think they had any idea what the point of this practice was -- for them it was an opportunity to get away with goofy babbling (and they still crack up every time we put on Hawaiian music).

But man, did they have fun once they got there. Poppy and Pansy were responsible for loading up eleven (11!) Teagues and firing us all the way across the world. It was the boys' first non-baby plane action, and by far the longest stretch of travel and time zone adjustment they've ever dealt with. But they were great! And Silas's "awoha" was a sure-fire hit wherever he said it.

It was a fantastic vacation -- I can't imagine photos properly showing how completely relaxed and removed from the world we were. But settle in anyway for another two week stretch of Pictures of the Day. Between all the cameras, I'm pretty sure we've got every last second documented (and from multiple angles!).

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After being introduced by Chris, Kim, and Matt to the concept of throwing coins into a fountain -- and subsequently asked what he wished for:

Luke: "I wish the water was not going on the girl's eye."

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Luke: "It's long!"
Mommy: "What's long?"
Luke: "The movie...it's still on!"

"Toy Story 2" got us a lot of the way to Hilton Head - the longest movie they've ever seen. :)

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"I want water and juice and water and juice. All that stuff."

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Silas: "Luke, you like waffles?"
Luke: "Yes, but I like Pop Tarts better."
Silas: "Okay."

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"Maybe when I get 6 I will like a pickle."

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