Thursday, May 31, 2007

May, May, Marvelous May!

May is always a busy month for Master Luc. We started building the birthday excitement as soon as May hit and he wasn’t disappointed.

Luc’s Ticket to Ride
Mommy and Luc went to visit Grandma and Papa for Mother’s Day Weekend. Mommy had a free ticket and it was Luc’s last chance to fly for free before he turned the big -2-. Luc was very excited about going on the plane until we actually took off, then he wanted down. Fortunately, we sat next to a very nice lady who was, I am sure, delighted that we were not traveling all the way to Pittsburgh next to her. He showed her his books, his cup of apple juice and everything in his backpack. He played the shy boy in the airport but was soon hanging out with Grandma yelling, “BANG!” as he watched the luggage come down the chute. By the time the Mead families showed up Friday night, Luc was read for action. Cousin Wes showed up with his Daddy and crawled after Luc just as fast as can be. Luc kept the party going until 9 PM before he crashed. He did manage to get to a few presents that night. Aunt Lou-Lou’s 4 pack o’ balls was the hit of the evening. The next day, Mommy and Grandma headed off for a little Mother’s Day spa action while Luc hung out with Papa and Auntie Sarah. Luc took a special liking to Papa’s big leather chair and ultimately passed out in it for his nap that afternoon. Luc celebrated Mother’s Day by waking Mommy up at 5:30 AM. We let Grandma sleep a little longer before going to feed the ducks. We ended up feeding not only ducks, but turtles and carp as well. Back at home, Grandma made Luc “wapples and strawbabies” for breakfast, with plenty of whipped “keem”. Luc’s cousins, Billy and Camden, came over for a barbecue that afternoon with their mom and dad. Luc adored playing with the big boys, even following their lead and jumping off the side of the pool in to my arms. He screeched with delight each time someone jumped in. He loved the pool so much that when Mommy was done, he went back in with Auntie Sarah. Grandma took us to the airport early the next day and we went home to prepare for the big birthday!



Luc turns 2
We started out Luc’s birthday like we do every Sunday. Daddy gets up with Luc first thing and Mommy tries to get a few more minutes of sleep before taking over. Mommy packs Luc up and we head out to the dog park to meet up with Mattie and Stella, Luc’s two schnauzer friends. Because it was a special day, we stopped and got Luc a celebratory “Moo Latte” from his girlfriends at Starbucks. Last minute party errands after the walk meant no morning nap for Luc. His friends started showing up around 11 AM and the party really started when Daddy turned on the kiddie music and the bubble maker! Luc had a “Cars” theme birthday and seemed to get a kick out of yelling “kachow!” every once in a while. Mommy gave herself a nice case of carpal tunnel decorating his Lightening McQueen cake, but it was worth it when his face lit up upon seeing the cake. The presents were a big hit and we spent some time explaining to Luc that sharing didn’t mean the kids were going to take his toys home with them. Luc experienced the After-Birthday-Sugar-Crash and had to be woken from his nap lest he not go to bed later that evening. When I asked him if he was a good birthday, he groggily replied, “yeah Mommy.”

Arrrggg Matey
Luc is very popular this month and has been attending parties galore. Paola invited us to a Pirate’s Party Memorial Day Weekend in honor of Captain Jack Sparrow. We declined the movie invite, but did partake of the pirate booty including some serious bling and dip with chips. His buddy Max was there as well, so there was fun all around. Well, the mommies did a fair amount of chasing, but the boys definitely had a good time. We had a quiet day off on Monday that included a trip to Fiesta Island with Loki, breakfast in PB with Grandpa Art, some play time in the back yard and finally, to wrap up a great long weekend, some play time with Sadie and Ethan Henry. Daddy and Luc also harvested their first summer bounty, a beautiful zucchini! We can’t wait to see what June has planned for us!

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