Cheers!

Luca is very chatty these days, he can say 'bas', 'mama', 'papa', 'nonna' and, of course, 'no/non'.  He tries really hard to say other things too, but they all tend to come out the same - tram = 'peh-teh!', fleur - 'teh-teh!', chien = 'peh-teh!'  We'll get there eventually.

He has also learned to do the cheers.

Noel 2011 #2

Le lutin de noel arrive!

Lutin et maman sont contents.

Un gros camion lutinale!

Lutin donne Nonna un cadeau.

Auteur Lutin.

Check out our awesome tatts.

Noel 2011

Joyeux Noel tout le monde!!  Nonna est arrivee!!

Les cadeaux de Luca - des livres en francais de papa et maman.

A HUGE stocking from Kheng ee!

An awesome marble/pinball thingy with sorting drawers from Ah Kong.

Ooh - duplo from Aunty Jenny!

A break for mama's Christmas beignets - MIAM.

Possibly the favourite thing of the day - a carboard packaging triangle from inside the big truck that Ah Ma gave him (although he also loved the big truck, but you can't go past triangle-shaped cardboard).

Boxing Day duplo time.

19 mois

19 mois - Luca grand garcon

This WEEK:
- first real words!  'bas' (sock!) et 'non' - 19 Dec
- Nina kicks papa - 21 Dec
- Luca throws a ball - 21 Dec

This month:
- walking - of course!  also running, turning, lots of exploring
- lots of attempts at words: in English, daisy, bubbles, ball, baby; en francais, ballon, train/tram, pomme, pingouin, bavette, dix;
- gastro - ew
- climbing on and off the sofa
- lots of reading with mama and papa and ah ma
- carrying things around, particularly bears
- very good at pouring imaginary tea, although from the handle, not the spout

That's the creamer, but no matter.  Thank you Santangus!

Luca is a regular at Europa.

 Luca et papa apres un autre cafe a Europa.

Hmm, that is an interesting philosophical point.  Let me ponder it.

Ou sont tes bas Luca?  "Bas!"

Luca pyjama.

Un autre Luca pyjama.

Luca matin.

Luca spaghetti (encore).

L'appartement est presque fini!

18 weeks, I think.

20 week scan

Apparement, 2012 est l'année de La Niña.

NB: if you talk to Francesca, PLEASE don't tell her about this post!!  She wants to be told in person when she gets here on... SATURDAY!!!

Luca walks... again!

After two months of determinedly not walking, Luca decided today was the day to come off the wagon.

Luca speaks!

Luca has started talking!  If only it were in a more commonly understood language than... whatever the heck this is.

Bonus 18 month photos

Extra photos!  Summer is here!

Broad bean season, miam.

Luca aime beaucoup le pain au levain de maman.

Luca shoes.

Dancing Luca, Bendy, Leong koo.

Luca et Ah Kong.

Luca, Ah Kong, Brownie, Patsy and Bossy.

Luca is like papa, Luca is not like papa

18 mois

18 mois - une petite famille de 3.5

This month:
- drinking on his own from a real cup.  Very proud of himself, although quite wet too, as are the carpets, the sofa, the tablecloth...
- feeding himself with a fork or spoon.  SO PROUD OF HIMSELF.
- still refusing to walk on his own, but standing on his own pretty well
- this month's antibiotics: for yet more skin things and an ear infection that won't go away
- very fond of strawberries and dried cranberries
- chatty
- walks everywhere with mama and papa, holding their hands
- climbing climbing climbing
- can point to his head and nose, ou sa tete et son nez
- likes reading, can identify things in pictures and point to them
- incredibly grumpy, a proper toddler

We go to Kennett River.  Luca and Angus are serious readers.

Oh, uncle Andy, let ME show you how to wear a basket hat.

Still with the fingers.

Excellent cup drinking.

A fine Colombian brew, mild acidity, complex follow through.

Eating yoghurt with a spoon.

Eating pasta with a fork.

Eating granola with two hands.

Playground Luca.

Playground Luca in a tube.

The opposing philosophies of Playground Luca and Playground Angus:
- Angus: let go, I can climb on this dangerous swirly thing all by myself!
- Luca: please hold my hand while I ascend the stairs in a careful and safety-conscious manner.

Petting zoo Luca.

Le chien fait wouf!

bad parenting, bad instruction following

Ha, I totally forgot about this photo from when Luca was about nine months.  We put him in an IKEA box despite what the instructions explicitly forbid you to do, in graphic form.  Although we didn't put on the lid, so that makes it OK.  Plus, you know, he was fully clothed and not on all fours.  Or made out of a dotted line.

Nino 2. Or maybe Nina 1.