Turkey Time!
Once again, we packed up the car and headed East for the Thanksgiving Extravaganza with the Mead family. Thanks to Aunt Anita’s portable DVD player, we had a fairly smooth ride. Luc watched “Finding Nemo” several times over and took a nap so he arrived fully charged at Grandma and Papa’s. Luc found Grandma’s potato colander and led the Charge of the Light Potato as Sir Spud, head of the Knights of the Round ‘Tato. He put the colander over his face and charged up and down the hallway. Entertainment is cheap when Luc is around, what can we say? The actual Thanksgiving was a veritable smorgasbord of food, cousins, and all consuming excitement. We also took Luc down to Tucson that weekend to celebrate a friend’s wedding. It being Luc’s 6th or 7th wedding, he was very practiced at eating the favor candy conveniently left on the tables.
Let’s hear those sleigh bells ring!
Who are we kidding??? There’s no sledding in San Diego. In fact, it was warm enough to eat Christmas dinner on the patio. Uncle Deric came to visit from San Francisco, providing Luc with the one person audience he needed to show off his antics. Daddy outdid himself and cooked up a fantastic Christmas dinner that we enjoyed sitting on our back deck. After dinner entertainment included bocce on the lawn and a trip out to La Jolla Shores for a walk along the beach. As for presents, Luc really got in to the spirit of wrapping paper this year and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of every present, his or not.
Back to the Daily Grind
January brings us back to the mundane world of everyday life. But, life with Luc is actually not that ordinary. His language skills are exploding and each day brings a new word to the surface of the bubbling pot of alphabet soup in his head. Below is a brief list of the words we have found most amusing (only amusing after we have deciphered them, of course). I am sure there are more, I just can’t remember them at the moment. On top of these, his own interpretations, he repeats EVERYTHING you say.
Pinkos = flamingos
Macky totos = mashed potatoes
Yolget = yogurt
Mimi = pacifier
Nolk = milk
Eye keem = ice cream
I dood it = I do it
strawbabies = strawberries
mackanoly = guacamole
bluebellies, bloobies, boobies = blueberries
wapples = waffles
Moo Latte = Organic milk at Starbucks
We also made a big change to our lives in January and got Luc a dog. Not just any dog… we adopted a Great Dane. He was named Luke (somewhat confusing, as you might imagine) so we changed it to Loki, the Norse god of mischief. He is rather big, sheds a lot and likes to sleep on the couch. But, he is excellent with Luc and protects him from whatever he thinks Luc needs protection from including small yappy dogs at the dog park, friends that come over to play and random skunks, possums and cats that wander through our backyard. Thanks to Aunt Shanley, he also attended his very first Charger's football game. He made until half time before falling asleep among 30 bazillion screaming fans.
February, March and April passed in a blur of work, home, and back to work again. Luc keeps us on our toes and had become fast friends with Max Cortopassi, Toler Pfaff-Carano, and The Henry kids, Ethan and Sadie. All mommy can say is thank goodness for play dates! The backyard and trips to the zoo are infinitely more fun with friends.
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