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Happy 4th Birthday to Lukka!

Today is not only the first day of Summer, but it's also my son's birthday, and what a great day to celebrate! We can't believe we've already have four whole years of you to ourselves, and we love your tender-hearted personality, curious inquisitiveness, your quick and resourceful thinking, and of course, your humor and personality!
You love to play with your little sister, your puppies & teddies are your favorite 'toys', you could read for hours, you have an above-average strength in math and figuring out how things work, and then creating your own replicas. I one time found your first creation of a pulley-mechanism that was 'a hot air balloon for puppy!' and it really worked. How creative you are!
You're always trying to joke around from morning, noon, and night. Putting on funny productions, singing a song for your sister before her nap, jumping on and in the bed, finding hiding spots in the house and squirting your poor mum with a water gun (!) keep you laughing all day.
For your fourth birthday you had mom & dad all to yourself! Daddy took the day off so we could give you a big 'birthday surprise' which included some train-time and a cookie from Barnes & Noble before your very first movie at a theater! We went to Rango and it was sort of scary, but you had fun. Then you got to choose where we went out to lunch and of course, we knew it'd be Breada, because you love their mac n' cheese, so that's just what you got. We love you Lusie and we pray this upcoming year you will remain healthy and growing strong, your eagerness to learn and imagine will have room to blossom, and that you would start to understand more about the Lord. Kisses, little one, and a song for you!

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