A day in the life of Luke and Ben....

Since we are celebrating the every day events of our lives this week, we would like to share with you what our day is like! Gracie already told you about our play times together....so this will just be mostly about us!

In the morning we do "THE PLAN". Mommy says that other than asking her to marry him, the plan was Daddy's best idea ever! Prior to "the plan" we would make lots of noise in the morning trying to wake up Mommy to help us get ready for our day. We were also often destructive since we were bored. Now when we wake up we take turns going potty, we get dressed with clothes that are laid out the night before, we make our beds, then we get toys or books and play quietly while we wait for Mommy and Gracie to wake up. This usually gives Mommy a much needed extra half hour of sleep (which is why she loves the plan!) It also teaches us to be responsible and learn how to play quietly, and love our Mommy and sister by taking care of them through letting them get rest.



While Gracie takes her morning nap, we usually get to do some things that are for "older kids". We play with play-dough, play games, watch a movie, or ride our bikes. We are always so good about sharing our toys with Gracie and limiting our play things to "baby proof" items while she is out and about...that it is fun to just have the two of us every once in awhile!




It is still too cold out to ride our bikes (or anything else outside) so we are getting a little stir crazy inside (and so is Mommy!) This week we did get new bike helmets since the original ones were too small....so now we are all ready for warmer weather to hit!





Each day Mommy tries to get some school time in with each of us. For awhile we were having school time together at night or while Gracie slept, but this week Mommy discovered that things are much smoother and better for everyone if she divides and conquers. So now, we each get one-on-one "school time" with Mommy while the other one of us reads independently or plays with Gracie if she is awake. We are so close in age, but at very different stages in our learning....so this helps Ben not get overwhelmed and discouraged, and helps Luke stay motivated and not bored!




We have also become great helpers, and love to do chores. We help Mommy bring in groceries, we set the table for meals, clear our dishes after meals, and our favorite chore is taking the recycle items outside to the bin. Of course we also help clean up toys and books. The biggest way we help Mommy is that we are amazing entertainers for our little sister! We know just how to distract her and are very protective and careful to make sure she doesn't get into anything she is too little for.




We miss Daddy so much when he is at work, but we are so proud of him and we love to spend time with him when he is home. One of our favorite things to play with him is "traffic stop". One of us rides a toy and the other one pulls him over in our "police car". The other day when we were playing this game Luke asked Ben "have you had anything to drink tonight??" and Ben answered "umm....Apple juice??!!":)
We love our Daddy!




Gracie loves to spend time with Daddy too! (Mommy forgot to put this picture in the last post about Gracie!)



After Gracie goes to bed at night we get more one-on-one Mommy and Daddy time. This is when we do lots of reading, or playing games, and then we have a Bible story before bed.



We are getting so big.....can you tell?