GSN

Look what came in the mail the other day. Our final book from the Imagination Library. If I were a good blogger I would post the link for all Tennessee residents to sign up for the Imagination Library started by Dolly Parton. But I'm still on my ancient slow computer and I won't be getting a new one anytime soon at the rate were going with expenses this month. But I trust all readers could type Imagination Library into their favorite browser and sign up. We've gotten some great books, many of Luke's favorites were Dolly's picks (I prefer to think of the books as coming directly from Dolly herself). There was an odd bi-lingual potty training book that had some duplicate pages, but all in all they've been fabulous.

I teared up reading Dolly's note inside the book about how big Luke is now and how he can do anything he tries his best to do. Clearly I am a wreck about this upcoming birthday. Four has been such a magical year for Luke. I hate to see it go. I know big things are ahead in year 5, like kindergarten. Ugh.

But it's too soon to think about next fall. I want to soak up every moment left of preschool days. We've had a little snow recently.


We tried to catch snowflakes on our tongue.



Luke had a pretty bad cold this day.

Pitiful snowballs, but Luke declared it a snow fight.

During our snow days, just on the heels of Christmas vacation and then followed by a couple of sick days, Luke truly discovered the Game Show Network. My friend Emily warned me this was a mistake, but it was too late. He can read the name of every show and loves to scan the guide and check out the day's line up.

One morning this week I was in the bathroom and Luke came in. He told me he needed to whisper something in my ear. Then he whispered, "Your offer is sixty eighty thousand dollars. Deal or no deal?"

The revamped Newlywed Game is a big part of the GSN line up. Luke wants to watch it so badly. He frequently tells me, "Look, the Newly-o Game is nice. See, they're happy. It's nice." He is also a little obsessed with the new host, Carnie Wilson. He talks about her frequently. And he would really love to watch her new reality show, also on GSN.

Tonight in the car he informed us we were on the Newly-o game. He said, "Mom, which do you like, kittens, eggs, or pink?" I picked eggs, curious how he was going to play this game he'd never seen. Then he says, "OK Daddy, you answer, does Mommy like kittens, eggs, or pink?" Lamar picks pink (I'd say this was to further Luke's game but likely he wasn't paying attention to what I'd said). Luke said, "OK Mom, show us what you said! Aw, too bad. She said eggs." Seriously how on earth does he know how the game is played? He's seen the commercial a couple of times. Has he figured it out?!

So to further my nomination as Mom of Year, one of Luke's very favorite shows is Biggest Loser. I watched some of Biggest Loser last season for the first time. And we have the Biggest Loser Wii workout (which is a REALLY good workout). He was so excited when he saw commercials for the new season of Biggest Loser. Shortly after the season premiere Luke was hanging around while I was on the exercise bike one morning. He came over and said, "Hey Mom, I'll be Bob and you be a contestant." I agree and Luke starts yelling at me, "Faster!!!! FASTER!!!!!!" I ride faster and he said, "Cry Mom! Cry!" So I cry and say repeatedly I cannot do it. After I finish riding Luke tells me it's time to get on the scale. The scale was his bathtub. He was the first to weigh in (I guess he switched from Bob to contestant). He told me he had to take his shirt off to weigh. He did and climbed in the tub. He instructed me to announce his previous weight, make beeping noises, and then announce his current weight. It was then my turn to weigh in (I refused to remove my shirt though). I won because my current weight was twenty eighty pounds. Great.