Luke "I Am A Artist"

Kindergarten self exploration

Ryan is 9!

We celebrated Ryan's birthday this year with a trip to Chuck E Cheese. We went right after school because Brooke had trampoline practice later. The benefit of going there at 4pm on a Tuesday is that there really isnt anyone there. The kids got to run all over the place to maximize their game time. We also had some pizza (which all three of them actually like). Ryan chose a cookie cake (vs cupcakes or regular cake), his general choice since he's not really a fan of traditional birthday cake. It was a bit of a rushed celebration, but everyone had fun.

Brooke was really into the game where you keep dropping
a quarter and trying to get more quarters to fall. She
couldnt stop playing it.

Luke still likes every game at Chuck E. Cheese. Ones wit
and without tickets. This one showed a video and had
vibrations. He did it like 5 times.

Ryan was mostly concerned with maximizing tickets. He tried to find games he could win and get the most tickets. He
played every game there, but I think spent most time on Ski-Ball.

Letter to Santa

Luke wrote quite a few letters to Santa over this holiday. Many of them were quite similar. The toys changed a little, but "guns" and "Nerf" were pretty common themes. The "dog" popped up a lot, probably more than any other thing.

Downtown Trippin For Hamilton Tickets

I had planned to take a trip downtown to pick up our tickets for Hamilton, but Luke ended up home sick from school. Since he technically seemed fine (and I likely got played) I figured we’d make a day of it. He loves the train, so it’s an easy sell. We strolled around, grabbed donuts, stopped to look in the Macy’s windows ... and wrote a letter to Santa. It was actually a really fun day and I’m glad he came along.