Happy Thanksgiving!

We send all our love and thanks to our friends and family! We are so very thankful for all of the blessings we have been given! We hope that your Turkey is fantastic....ours was delicious courtesy of our three camouflaged chefs!

Not Exactly What I Meant

Funny how kids have a way of creatively doing what you say. While we were out to lunch on Luke's day off of day care (schools all close for Veteran's Day here), Luke was treated to a kid's meal that included a scoop of ice cream for dessert. When the ice cream came, he was still munching on his lunch. I told him to finish what was in his mouth before he could have ice cream, and he did so by opening his mouth and spitting out his food. Certainly one way of doing it, I guess.

Our Veteran's Day outing was quite fun. We rode the train downtown and toured the Children's Museum at Navy Pier. This was really the first time that Luke was aware he was riding a "Choo Choo." With each stop, he kept doing his "more" sign, afraid it was coming to an end too quickly. He had a completely overstimulating day and enjoyed every minute of it.

Otherwise, we are readying ourselves for the busy holiday season. We've decided that after a year's break, the Bucciero holiday party must be resurrected, so the planning has begun for that! Luke is back to his usual happy self again, and continues to delight us with new words or at least attempts at new words more regularly. He continues to enjoy helping Daddy in the kitchen all the time, and has quite an affinity for all of the household appliances he gets to run in the process.

More Sicks Than Tricks

Poor guy came down with a fever Friday morning, so not only did he miss his Halloween parade at school, but his first trick-or-treating was cut short. Despite the fever and cough, though, he was in excellent spirits, and sported his dragon costume for several hours. This was all such a fascinating experience for him - he didn't know what C-A-N-D-Y was before that night, and it clearly intrigued him that these kids were coming to the door and Mommy was giving them some shiny wrappers. After watching and learning for a good bit, he was ready to try out his own luck with Daddy at the neighbors' houses. Needless to say, he now has a perfect understanding of what C-A-N-D-Y is, although he still has a pretty short memory. (insert satisfied Mommy smile here)

It did turn out that Luke had another ear infection, the poor guy. No wonder he hasn't seemed to be listening too well. It's an interesting thing that in the moment, I have wanted to scold him and it turns out that it really wasn't his fault. And then to add to the guilt trip, I had to actively participate in restraining him while the doctor and nurse tried to flush out excess ear wax just to see whether there was an infection. No, this stubborn ear wax wouldn't dislodge after two attempts at scraping, so we had to go through three ear wash episodes. It was brutal. Not only did Luke need french fries after that, but so did Mommy.