Plane Obsession

Around the time that this picture was taken last year, Luke became totally obsessed with planes.
He has always liked them. BUT, over the past twelve months, they have become the coolest things ever to this little boy. So, I have to blog about it. He got this bear backpack from our friend Ryan last Christmas and since then he has used it to take his planes along with us wherever we go.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a local children's museum. He wanted to spend THE ENTIRE TIME in this plane. We had a few melt downs when other kids wanted to be pilot for a bit.

And then of course whenever we're outside, it's awesome to see planes. He has always loved it when they fly over. Funny how it never gets old. This pic was taken earlier this week at the park.

He is always building planes... with blocks, boxes, couch cushions, and Lego's that is. Oh, and paper ones too. Occasionally Jake and I are in the mood to help. Here's Jake and Luke with their Lego plane made last night. Luke is pretty awesome at building them by himself though.

We draw planes too. Pretty much every time we get the crayons and paper out. Here's one that he drew today. "It has a lot of missiles and guns on it so it can shoot down those little planes." Oh, and check out his name on the paper. He's getting pretty good at that. cutie.

Still loves his plane books!

Here's a pic from the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus a couple of weeks ago. Rode this ride six times.

Our FHE activity last week was watching the planes land and take off at the airport. Woo hoo :)We found a great place to watch the planes last time my parents came to visit. Anyway, Luke sat in the front of the car while we watched and wanted to push all the buttons on the dash to pretend he was controlling the planes. It was really funny, but you'd have to be there to think so!

Oh, and he started swimming lessons last week. The first lesson went horribly. First off, he refused to get in the water with his teacher. After he got into the water he cried for the rest of the lesson. When we went back for lesson #2 I was a little more prepared. Ella and I got in the water with him and his teacher to see if that would help him out. That didn't help. BUT, he found a missile (that would go on a cool plane) toy in the toy box there. And, that did it! He was a happy camper throwing the missile toy around and then kicking or pulling with his arms in the water to get it. He has been looking forward to his next lesson so that he can go and check out the missile again.

So, the plane theme never really ends around here, and it's kind of fun! Those are just a few examples. He tells me all the time that he wants to be an "air force jet pilot... not an airport pilot." And says he'll give me a ride in his plane when he gets big. Maybe he'll give you one too :)