The one with a Sunday Walk.

The whole family got together for the grand opening of the new popeyes, and we all enjoyed that free food too.  

I left Luca, for what I thought was a successful time in nursery, but alas, it did not last.  I feel terrible leaving a screaming child with a teacher that is basically alone--because the others don't help--and so many kids, so I haven't left him successfully since the first time, which I should have just let be, dang it.

It was so beautiful out on Sunday, so we took Luca out for a walk, he ran straight to the "pooo" and just stood there until we caught up, and then we moved on, we got pretty far, and then it started rain on us.  We made our way home after that, with a not so pleased Luca.

^^frog jumping is a new talent over here.  

After, or before the rain, I can't remember we were in the back yard, and kate took Luca down the slide, super successfully, obviously.  She even made him put his hands up in the air.

Thats about as far as they got.

I finally finished (almost, I guess) the windowsills I have been wanting to do.  It was so easy, and I LOVE them, and also it may have sparked something else in my brain.  We shall see where that goes.

I finally got a copy of winnie the poohs grand adventure (for FREE from some awesome lady!) We are still working on getting Luca to love it--he does love the music though.

Kate put this tie on Luca, I should have taught her how to tie a tie, but it was amusing this way, and stayed on, and Luca wouldn't let me touch it after that.

My fingers and phone do not mind the girls going back home for school.  They caught on to the fact that if they take "burst" photos I can delete them all at once, so they perfected their skills of getting a million separate ones  

We really do miss them though!

The one with a new bear.

We took our last and final trip to lagoon with the girls, and enjoyed the swings the most.  Or just I did, I don't know.  Kate has officially ridden everything, and she should be most proud!

As per tradition, Jose and Nicole did the free fall thing before we left, they were moving so fast, so of course it is all blurry--but still! They are the black dot on the left up there ^^^.

Luca was having a blast--of course, getting everything he wanted from grandma, grandpa and Gaby, he didn't want to come home with us when we got back.

We did a little more shopping with the gang, and Luca was "lost" for a bit (I knew where he was, but nobody else did, it was amusing) he was just chilling under a rack of clothes.

Then we stopped by the build a bear, to let Luca experience that joy.  H was terrified of the noise of the fluff thing when he had to step on it, so daddy did that part, and he picked out 3 hearts for his bear, and the worker was nice enough to just let him stick all of them in there.

We let him choose a dog first, but while we waited in line he changed his mind, and I was glad because he always seems to favor bears over anything else.

^^my lovely first attempt at some happiness with his new bear.

The Jose came and helped.  We told him to say cheese--which he is, and he is pointing to make sure we are all aware that he is listening. 

He wouldn't put that bear down for forever.  I had to pry it out of his hands at the park so it wouldn't get all gross.

The one with Lucas skills.

Luca loves to carry things around like phones, and say "hewwo" over and over again.

I brought Grandma Mary's coffee table inside to see if I liked it enough somewhere to keep it, and it has become Lucas favorite toy ever.  He hides things in it, and climbs in it, through it, on it and anything else he can do.  He has been most recently using it as a stool to climb over the back of the couch.

On pioneer day people were doing fireworks when Luca went to bed, and really needed to see them--he stood there watching forever, and then would lay down, and more would go off so he would peek again.  Luckily he still falls asleep with them going off every few seconds.

Whenever I can't find something I look in the table first now, usually its a winner.

Luca has also been dragging the yellow dishes out of the cupboard all over the house.  But he has progressed to the entire stack of bowls.  He also likes to line them up all nice and neat around the house, I haven't remembered to take a picture of that yet.  He may be crazy, or just like mommy.  Who knows.

We are working on colors, he basically uses "wellow" as his word for color, if he is the one describing it.  If I ask him to find colors he can usually find real yellow, blue and red.  

We went on a visit with the sisters to my friends house the other day, and she was making cupcakes while we were there, and gave luca the spatula to lick, and then her husband gave him a whole bowl full.  He was crazy wild after a while.

This was actually our 3rd trip to Lagoon--I think I was wrong on the other post.  We finally got Kate to ride Cannibal, and she LOVED it, of course.

Always the swings.  I would be happy only riding those the entire time.

And all our picture fails.  Whatever.  Its hard when you're moving constantly!

^^I spy Kate the creeper.

Luca has been taking selfies lately, thats all he wants my phone for now a days.

We facetimed kenz, tony and baby Lyla yesterday, Luca wasn't super impressed, but he remembered mackenzie name, and Tony's after we reminded him.

We roasted marshmallows with the girls after Luca went to bed, man oh man was that eventful.  Luckily we didn't catch anything on fire except our sad marshmallows.  That was a lot of fun, a lot of laughter and a whole lot of smoke.

Today was so dang nice outside, overcast and like 70 degrees and it made me so happy and feel fallish, so instead of getting all the fall/halloween decorations out already, Luca and I compromised by watching Frosty.  It works in my mind, don't worry about it.

This is what happened after he said no when I asked him if he was ready for a nap.  Pretending to sleep counts right?

Luca is in the hardest stage of toddler-hood so far--I'm sure it will get harder--but he is also at the prime of wanting to learn!! I love when something new clicks and he catches on.  He is like a sponge.

He still loves letters like crazy, and knows about half of them by sight, and will repeat the whole alphabet when he feels like it.  He knows A, C, E, D, H, I, L, M, N, O, Q, R, S, T, U, W,  and X.
Currently M and O are his favorites.

He knows lots of words, and says more every day, he is getting giant.
These are the ones I can remember at the moment.

Please--peas
Ball--Baw
Mine--MINE (always yelled) Yellow--Wewo (which is his word for any color) Blues clues--Bues cues Car--tar Juice--jish (with the sign for Juice) Shoe--Shh Fish--ish Jesus--es-us It's hot--ISH HAW (also yelled) Who--ooo Oww
Cheese--chez Pool--poo Pizza--iza Ana--Nana Nicole--Icole Sara--ara Grandpa--gapa Grandma--gama Dada Mom Shhhh Elmo--Memo Balloon--baoon Tie Hurts

choochoo