Remember how I mentioned that we purposely didn't buy Luke much for his birthday? Well this is one reason for that. Just before his big day, this arrived in the mail.
Don't you just love seeing that little smirk on your doorstep? Luke does. He now thinks every package that comes to the house is a present for him.
Luke thinks he's a pro at opening packages. In fact, before I moved the contents of the knife drawer (with a child-proof lock on it) to a high cabinet, he once took the liberty of grabbing the biggest knife in the drawer and hacking away at a brown box much like this one.
You may have noticed his stylish look....That day he had seen a pair of Elmo undies in his drawer. They were part of a big box of hand-me-downs that we got from my generous friend Kelly. He is still far from ready for potty training, but that morning he INSISTED on wearing them where he could see them. I had actually forgotten about them until I started taking pictures.
I was expecting this package. It was part of his birthday gift from Flipper and Pops. Luke, of course, knew nothing about it. He was soooo excited when he saw what was inside the box.
Since he couldn't quite get the big bike box out of the brown box, he just started taking out all the stuffing.
For some reason he decided to make the long strips of stuffing into a lovely boa for Mommy. He just walked right over and put them around my neck.
Then it was time to take out all the parts and start putting the pieces together. Luke was a bit surprised to see that the contents of the box looked nothing like the picture on the front.
We unwrapped all the pieces and laid them out on the floor. I opened the instruction manual and, reading to Luke, I said, "Ok. We are going to need a screwdriver, a wrench, and a hammer. Unfortunately Luke knows exactly what those things are, and he confidently grabbed Daddy's hammer out of his tool bucket and immediately proceeded to hammer the floor in front of him, yelling, "HAMMER!!!"
After a blood-curdling shriek from me, he looked up at me like, "What the heck? You said 'hammer'?!" The damage was already done, and I now have two big dents in the middle of the floor that taunt me every time I sweep, as I always think they are stuck-on food. It drives me nuts.
Having had the hammer snatched out of his hands, he moved on to the wrench. Here he is saying, "WENCHHHH!!!!"
Thanks to Bob the Builder, Handy Manny, and Daddy, Luke knows precisely how to work a screwdriver. He just isn't aware of the need for screws.
Can you see the effort on his face? He was SERIOUS about getting this bike up and running.
Before I could even snap a picture of the finished product, he was off and running....er, riding.
Checking out his new wheels.
He refused to take his eyes off his new ride and wouldn't look up at me to take his picture. You can see how pleased he was with his new bike, though.
Finally, he looked at me.
All business. And total Bubba.
It seemed as though Elmo was tickled with Luke's new bike too.
Ready to take a few laps around the 'hood and strut his stuff for all the ladies.
Thanks so much, Flipper and Pops. Luke loves his new bike!
