Smartie Pants

I've always known Luke was smart, but last night I realized he is smarter than I think. He is so quiet, I know it's hard for his teachers to know what he is capable of learning too.

Last night his uncle Matthew started explaining to Luke how he cut and broke his finger and the medical science of how his hand was healing. Matthew was going on in really great detail how your body heals itself and what doctors do to aide the healing. Luke (as usual) was completely focused on each word he said. Luke loves learning from Matthew (the last talk they had was on DNA).

As Matthew got to the part about his stitches, he told Luke the stitches are a special type of stitch his body can eat. Then he started explaining something about the white blood cells eating the stitches. Luke raised his hand and said, "Yeah, they are neutrophils right?"

The rest of us in the room started laughing because none of us even knew what neutrophils were. My dad commented that, up until then, he thought Matthew was completely boring Luke.

Matthew kept teaching Luke and talking to him about all sorts of things related to his hurt finger. He started talking to Luke about bone marrow, but gave Luke the short explanation of what it is. Luke stopped him and said, "Actually..." then Luke went on to explain how bone marrow is different in children and Luke was right. Hahahaha! My cute little boy!

I asked Luke where he learned this and he said it was all from a book he read. Although he is an excellent reader I am still surprised he not only remembered all of these medical words but could pronounce them right after reading the book by himself.

Luke has an incredible long term memory. Ironically, his short term memory is terrible. He amazes me.

It's going to be a fun summer...

Today was a big day for Megan. She learned how to ride her bike without training wheels. It was so exciting to see her figure it out and ride down the sidewalk.

The other day Luke's friend learned how to ride a bike at our house too. He wanted to ride a bike, but had never riden one without training wheels. I gave him Luke's old 16" bike and told him to just try it. I didn't want to run up and down the street with him. After getting used to putting his feet down to stop him for a couple minutes he was riding all over the place. Because he learned so easy that way, I decided to have Megan try it that way. Today was her third day trying it by herself. I could tell she was close, but she was really scared. Christina and her kids came over, and when they got here Megan must have decided she wanted to show off because she immediately figured out how to ride her bike. I loved sharing that moment with Christina. She is such a great sister (in law) and friend.

By the way... do you notice the snow boots? It was snowing big giant snowflakes this morning and the snow stuck to the ground. It was an inch or two deep before it stopped. By 2:30 it almost felt like spring again. Crazy Utah weather. I personally loved the snow today, but I'm very excited for spring-like weather.

Fishing

The kids have been taking a fishing class this spring. It's the neatest class and only $10 for 6 weeks. Fortunately for me, Keith has taken the kids each week and I've tagged along a couple times. Originally I thought I would be the one taking them and I was really nervous I'd have to touch the fish and the worms so I was really glad when Keith came. However, if Keith didn't come there have been plenty of volunteers to help and I would have been just fine. The volunteers have been amazing. Our kids have learned a lot.

Megan finally caught her first fish this week. Luke still hasn't caught one (and we've been to 4 classes). Megan caught her fish with a worm she found in the backyard. I had the kids dig for worms before the class and they loved it. Megan is such a cool girl (unlike me). She will touch bugs and worms and fish without a problem. I barely like to even look at them, but I'm trying to be tougher and at least fake my "love" for these things so my kids will enjoy it and not be scared of things.

Hello Again!

Last night Amy and I went downtown to take HDR pictures. So fun! It rained a bit, but she didn't mind. I love that. We had a great time taking pictures and hanging out downtown. Here is my favorite picture of the night.

I've been busy and not at all busy at the same time. I really feel sad not recording more of my life here on my blog (or anywhere), but I don't at the same time. Does anyone have a clue what I mean? Life is good. I'm happy with what I'm doing and love hanging out with my kids. Hope you all have a great day!