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.