Luke's Interests for the Moment

Luke is obviously at the age where discovery and learning are top priorities.  It's so fun to see him light up when he's doing something or learning something he really enjoys.  These interests of course change quite often but here are a few of his favorites from earlier this year. 

This boy LOVES puzzles.  He amazes us with how fast he puts them together.  My mom had bought him this puzzle of the United States for when he got a little older.  He asked to play with it back in February and the little stinker has most of the states memorized.  It's so funny what they decide to concentrate on and learn.

He likes to be in the kitchen helping me cook.  His attention span is still a little short so he just helps me in little spurts for now.  

We set our little laptop up so we could Skype with Nana and Papa.  Here he's trying to feed Nana Froot Loops through the screen.

He still loves the water and swimming

He started the hiding/fort stage that is mandatory for all boys

It's hard to tell what this picture is, but Luke became obsessed with traffic signals.  We let him push one when we were walking somewhere at some point.  After that experience, he would ask to stop and push every single button.  Almost every stoplight in Columbus has the "yellow boxes" so we were constantly hearing "I want to push the button, let me push the button" for months.  He was being a particularly good boy when Drew actually pulled over in a parking lot so they could get out and push the button.  I just had to try to get a picture.

As I said above, he loves water.  Even if it's just looking at a creek or lake, he's fascinated.  The excitement level is obviously kicked up a notch when he gets to play in the water.  Columbus had awesome parks so he was able to be around water a lot.

He has loved planes for a long time and talks about going back to the air show often.  He can see airplanes way off in the distance way before we can. 

Luke became very interested in Waffle House while we were in Georgia.  We have gone maybe two times in his life, but he started pointing out every sign for Waffle House wherever we went.  Imagine his excitement when there was a Waffle House booth at the air show!  He carried around the pencil they gave him for days.

Luke loves his tools and fixing things.  Here he's trying to fix Drew's toes.

And yes, he mentions Waffle House in the video.  Sorry it's sideways.

On a roadtrip, Luke needed to potty and the rest stop was closed.  So Drew taught him what boys do when this happens.  Luke asked to "pee pee on the grass" for weeks after this.