Monkey in the Middle

Monkey in the Middle: "While I was otherwise preoccupied this morning (doing my hair), I heard Luke calling for me. When I went into the playroom, what I found was a caged Luke. He and Brody had taken all of the bins off of the bin holder, and Luke had somehow crawled inside. I’m not quite sure how he managed to do it. When I asked what happened, Brody responded with ‘Luke’s stuck.’ Seriously, they get into trouble so darn fast!

The "Companzees"

Last time we went to the zoo, we decided to go ahead and get a zoo membership. We’ve been on numerous occasions and decided that the $30 membership would more than pay for itself in the long run. This past visit, the boys and I went with our friends Megan and ‘baby’ Luke. On this particular adventure, we finally discovered the chimpanzees. I'm not quite sure how we have missed them up until now. The boys like to refer to the chimpanzees as ‘companzees.’ I have a feeling this will now be their favorite exhibit. We have been enough times at this point that they know where to go and what animals we are going to see. Currently, they like the elephants, zebras, giraffes, and llamas. The zoo is in the process of building a new elephant exhibit, so it will be interesting to watch the progress over the next year.

I Want to Fly a Helicopter

Every now and then we try to take the boys up to the squadron to see the helicopters. Today, Luke had to have on his flight suit and take his camo backpack "to work" with him. It was so funny to see him walking up to the helicopters with his flight suit on. They both love getting on the helicopters and being able to sit in the seats and pretend to fly them.

Luke has to wear his sunglasses because according to him, pilots wear sunglasses. Because, you know, if a pilot has it, he needs it too. I have a feeling he's going to be a total gadget guy like someone else I know.

Brody likes to wear his sunglasses on his head like mommy and daddy.

I was trying to get Luke to wave at the camera. This makes me laugh because it's as if he's saying, "just one minute please, I'm busy."

I have no doubt that one day he will be running the place.

This is teamwork at it's finest. While it looks like they are solving the problems of the world, they wanted to play with the computer and the phone but couldn't really get either one to work!

And here you have it, a boy who wants to be like his daddy and a boy who wants to be with his daddy (look closely in the background). According to Luke, that is his helmet. He knows where daddy keeps it and goes straight to it whenever we are in the office. Brody, on the other hand, wants to sit in the chairs and swirl around and figure out a way to get in the candy on the table.

After spending a little time up at the squadron, we went and walked out on the pier at the marina. While the boys have no idea what fishing is, they all of a sudden wanted to go fishing because everyone else was fishing. Fickle fickle boys.