Lukas had a birthday recently and is now officially a four year old! We had a horsey party with our family and in spite of his desire at the last minute to have a Batman party; he had a great time. 
I started a tradition when Nikolas turned three by making birthday plates at Ceramicafe, and while I'm a year late on making one for Lukas, I think it was worth the wait:) I really like how it turned out and Lukas really did too.
My attempt to make a cool horse shape out of cupcakes didn't turn out so well, so I improvised and just made it a field of horses running. I'm really glad he is only four and doesn't remember some of the fancy train cakes I made for Nikolas. 
The proud birthday boy.
Lukas received his very own treasure chest from Aunt Kellie!She made this in honor of his love of horseys and I absolutley LOVE it! So does Lukas:) He keeps all his horse figures in there. I love how she put his name at the bottom and then made his "U" into a horseshoe. She is creative, that sister of mine.
Lukas has now decided that since he is four he will only wear size 4T pants. That would be fine, except Luke is still the size of a small three year old, so now he walks around pulling his pants up and can't figure out why they don't fit him. He is, after all, four.
Lukas has been participating in preschool at home while I homeschool Nikolas in Kindergarten, so he has been learning his letters and numbers and so on. His most recent accomplishment is that he now knows the whole Pledge of Allegience! I am going to try to video it because listening to a little boy saying the Pledge of Allegience with Luke's tiny little voice is adorable, and it is even more so when you see the passion in him as he pumps his little fists in the air while saying, "with liberty! and justice! for all!"
Lukas may not be my super brave, athletic boy like his older brother, but he has the heart of a lion. I am confident that if anyone were to come between him and his baby sister or his mama, they would have a four year old to contend with, and one that would not back down. He gets a look on his face that is utter determination and a growl that would send a pack of hyenas scurrying. Tone' always says there is one thing for sure he knows about Lukas; that boy loves his mama. And Mama loves that boy.
Luke has also been participating in our church's Team Kids program. It's similar to the Cubbies program in Awana. He loves memorizing his verses, but he actually likes memorizing Nik's verses more. I really appreciate the Awana and Team Kids programs as it keeps me accountable to incorporate scripture memorization into our everyday lives. The best part is, I'm memorizing scripture right along with them, for the second time, seeing as I went through the whole Awana program as a child also!
We just love our little Lukey and his little tiny voice. We love his sweet and sensitive heart and how he wraps his little arms around our necks and tells us he loves us "so much". We love how he makes motor sounds anytime he is playing with cars or planes, and we love how he gets so determined to catch someone in tag and never gives up even though it will be a while before he's fast enough. There are so many things we love about Lukey, yet he is only four years old. I'm looking forward to another year of finding even more things we love about this special little boy.
