Self Portrait and Chabo!

Self Portrait and Chabo!
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Lucas and I had a wonderful Sunday. He woke up happy and wanted to make BlueBerry Muffins. I could not refuse. We went to Albertsons to get a few missing ingredients like eggs and milk. Lucas got a cooking kit from our friend Kim and he was so happy to put it to use. We added the flour and baking soda, salt and sugar to the blueberry and egg milk mixture. The oven was pre-heated to 400 and we were ready to bake. Once we ate our muffins over a few Little Bear episodes, Lucas wanted to take pictures with the G2. I gave him a quick lesson in Photography and he was energized to take pictures of everything he owns and loves. My advice to him was, "Take pictures of things you like in your life." He took some grand images and I couldn't be more proud. He shot everything from me to his treehouse and as of now is running around the house looking for things to shoot.

Lucas 1 day before turning 4.

Lucas 1 day before 4.
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We can't believe it but Lucas has turned 4 years old Augest 1st. It seems like yesterday when he was just three years old. And now he is 4! Ok. That was barely funny. You can see he is growing up fast. His party is comming up on the 12th. We decided to wait because of my travel schedule and Justine's work schedule. The party will be great fun since lots of his friends from pre-school are invited as well as relatives from both sides of the family. Justine made Lucas a great home made cake (chocolate and vanilla w/chocolate frosting, decorated with purple kitties and yellow dinosaurs..his request) and cup cakes for all his school mates and we ordered all sorts of cool toys from the Magic Cabin Company. He opened his gifts with extreme excitement and started playing right way with his Junior Sudoku and Alphabet Stamps. He also got a great game called Bug Blast from Innovative Kids as well as Alphabet ABC Dice and Namits : The Game of Think from namits.com. To top it off he also got a really great activity book called The Only Activity Book You'll Ever Need by Klutz and "There's a Moose in the House" a really funny and thoughtful card game by Gamewright. He got that from Mamor. So as always check out some of the latest photos at our flickr site of everything from my travels and work, to images of Justine at her new amazing job, and images of Lucas being well Lucas. Until next post...see ya!