Luke’s (Impossible) Game

Are you feeling lucky.  You’ll need it to make it through the challenging game levels luke has prepared for you.  Give it a try!

Luke’s Prized Wood Models

This summer Thursdays belong to Luke.  He is a creative kid, so you can expect to be entertained!

Today he decided to kick off his summer by sharing a few of his favorite wood models … in video. Enjoy!

Pink … the Verb

2012 has been the year of PINK in the Draper household.

But I don’t meant the sweet color.  Nope, we’re talking the verb pink which means to pierce or punch (thinking PINKing shears).  My boys, led by Luke, have taken pinking to mean poking and our lives are full of surprise pokes constantly.

In honor of this irritating tradition, we’ve declared today PINK haiku day.  Here’s an Ode to PINK x5 Drapers.

Benjamin –

Red and white makes pink
Pink is very annoying
‘Cause my brother pokes

Luke –

Pinking is poking
I like to pink my brother
Because he pinks back

Stanley –

Oh Luke, my brother
How I detest this pink thing
Which you invented

Kevin –

Not only a noun,
Pink is also a verb.
Luke, stop pinking me!

Sallie –

Saturday morning poetry

Gone are the days of Saturday morning cartoons that I enjoyed as a child.  Instead, my kids are eager to start their weekend with video games.  Their current favorite is Lego Universe.  And since we’ve connected a “media PC” to our TV, they love to play on the widescreen.

Of course, they know they have to practice violin before any game play begins.  That’s why I was awakened at 7 a.m. this morning with the strands of Perpetual Motion and with a clicking metronome set at 104 beats per minute!

When I finally made it downstairs and found the two younger boys enjoying their game, Luke greeted me with this poem he wrote about his Saturday morning experience.

Hi mom. Hi dad.
I hope you don’t mind
that I came down the stairs
and didn’t didn’t inquire

as to your opinion of
the matter which I face.
Should I come down the stairs
as if in a race

to try for the PC
without even giving
my brother a chance,
or would you be naying

an action so bold …
instead of staying in bed
where it’s warm and not cold
to not hurt my eyes in the midst of my head?

The bait was too much.
I came down the stairs,
but I practiced my violin
so I need not have cares. 

Mackinac Island

Birds

Birds are wonderful.
They have quite a few colors.
I really like birds.

Driving

We are driving fast.
I don’t know our current speed.
Please stop very soon.

My friend

I have a moth friend.
See him every now and then.
He is very small.

Gaming

Supreme Commander
The best game of strategy
ever imagined.

Tigers

Tigers are awesome
Tigers are white and black
Tigers are the best