Lucas Camilo

Krista turns 35 today!  We went for a nice morning walk to celebrate the occasion and have plans to get dinner with a few friends tonight.  Lucas still associates birthdays with his big #2 and therefore is convinced that Krista must also be in the same age range (when told she’s older than two he holds up three fingers and says “thweee!”)

Burke’s parents left late last week after a successful holiday visit.  They got to see Lucas in his prime and to join him gleefully reading books and playing memory games with his animal cards.  They also were around to witness his latest shift in favorite animals… from sharks to penguins!  An excellent new book called “And Tango Makes Three” helped facilitate the shift, along with a ridiculous video called “Antarctica Anthem” (watch at your own risk… the tune gets in your head.)

Part of the reason that Lucas loves the penguin book is that he’s also very into eggs these days, especially the idea that they turn into babies.  He still hasn’t figured out how it works – he insisted the other day during Krista’s telling of a story that a shark mommy and daddy managed to have an egg that cracked open to reveal a baby penguin – but he’s fascinated by it all nonetheless.

Here’s Lucas reading the penguin book for the tenth time in a row with papa: