Monday, July 20, 2009

Bickel Family Band



Yes. Apparently we're encouraging drums. For better or worse.


Monday, July 13, 2009

Line 'em up and move 'em out!


Luke is all about cars. He is such a little boy - he pushes them around and lines them up on the edge of the couch. They all have to be in order. And he loves to scream "CARS!" whether toy or real. He's such a cutie - what fun to watch!

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Just like Daddy . . .

Of course, Todd is a wonderful role model for Luke and Luke clearly wants to be just like Daddy. He just wants to touch the computer, just a little bit. Please please please! Of course, when Daddy wasn't around, taking the pictures were good fun.


New sport!



I picked up a giant cartoon golf club from Target last week and finally brought it out for Luke to play with. Todd spent a good amount of time teaching Luke how to "properly" hold the club. Luke is pretty good about holding it the "right" way now, but occasionally does just like to hit whatever he can get too. The large cartoon golf ball that came with it was promptly lost. Surprisingly, he hasn't hit anything off limits (walls, windows, people, etc.) at all. Hooray!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Birthday Swim!


For some good, clean family fun, we all went swimming on my birthday. (read: I wore a bathing suit. *gasp!) After the screaming fit in Las Vegas, which was the last attempt at Luke swimming, we were understandingly a little hesitant. But we were wrong! This time, Luke LOVED swimming. Hooray! We got him a floaty "car" to which he took to immediately. He loved to splash and would even put his face in the water when asked. Out of his car, he still loved being in the water. *phew. We were nervous about getting through the summer without swimming, but are thrilled Luke is happy with the pool! (We think being around little fishy cousins was helpful, too . . .)

Shooooos!





Luke loves to say "shoes" (shooooos!) - he shouts it every time he sees a pair and loves to try them on. He'll pick them up and try to put them on our feet. This time, he was working on wearing my flip flops. He's pretty good about walking around in them too!

Happy Belated Father's Day!




A wonderful husband, an amazing father. Luke and I are so blessed!