Jan 23rd, 2011

Those are my boots!

This is a self protrait with my iPhone ("yayo" to Luca). He can maneuver around it better than anyone I know and frequently takes pictures or movies of things that interest him. Mostly his feet, but some good shots!

Dancing with owl and a robot!

Some of the things he got for Christmas! He LOVES his Thomas train!

A walk up the mountain on Christmas day. It was beautiful.

"Gamma" and "Uca"

Luca is 2 years old! Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. He really enjoyed blowing out his candles though he wasn't interested in the lemon cupcake I made for him. He's not much into sweets and especially avoids chocolate.

He's chatting up a storm and has started speaking French to Fabien and English to me. He'll say hat to me and chapeau to Fab. Shower to me, douche to Fab and a bunch of other words.

Luca is an "angel" at daycare which he still loves. At home he's exercising a lot more of his rights, predominantly with the word no. We offer as many options as we can so he can make his own decisions but when it comes to coats and boots, we often have a battle. It's -25 today so he doesn't get much of choice.

Luca loved the Nutcracker this year. He said often "Mommy dance" and practiced his own style in the living room. I tried to get a video of it but didn't have much luck. I'll try to get more but his dance sessions which were huge over the holidays, are being overshadowed by balloons!

October 31th, 2010

A few photos taken over the last couple months. We went to BC for Thanksgiving earlier this month so there are some good family shots. I like the ones with all the cousins. Luca is talking up a storm. He is constantly repeating words here and there when he hears us speaking. He has a bunch of French words but mostly speaks in English. A lot of mixed sentences - "I wanna bateau (boat)" "I wanna feu (fire)". He is very interested in our fireplace and gives it a lot of respect. He's also still obsessed with owl's and can spot one in a book from miles away! He carries his stuffed owl around all over the place and often speaks his own needs through the owl - "Owl go ca ca" or "Owl doo doo (sleep)". He was an owl for Halloween this year too, though my craftmanship of the costume was pretty pathetic!

September 8th, 2010

We had a great trip to France. We spent a week in the south where we rented a car and visited Cassis, Marseilles, Monaco, Avignon, Aix-en Provence, and another beach that I don't know the name! It was very hot and we needed the beaches to keep Luca cool, otherwise we were in the pool at Danielle and Denis' house.

After the south we went to Paris and stayed with Fab's mother, Gina, at her husbands appartment which was beautiful. It was full of amazing antiques and art. We visited Paris, spent an hour in the Louvre, and a few shops! Then we headed to Normandy for a night. It was beautiful there.

Luca is a blast these days. He has tons of words, many of which we can't decipher! He can run and is learning how to jump. He loves sausage and he loves to fake laugh!

In Velaux. Luca was there long enough for me to laugh for a while, and then find my camera to take this picture!

The day before we left for France. Luca is practicing his "French frown"!

In Cassis, about half an hour from Velaux. This is the Mediterranean, I wasn't a big fan of swimming in it. This beach had rocks about the size of my hand that made the most amazing sound when the waves washed over them.

Luca loved the beach!

Velaux, where Fabien's family live.

I think this is Italy. We accidentally missed the exit to Monaco and had to do a little turn around in Italy! Crazy to have all those countries so close to each other!

A typical Monaco street.

The Casino of Monte Carlo!!!

The boys just after lunch in Avignon

Where the Pope used to live before the Vatican.

Really cool sculpture. It was close to 40 degrees in Avignon that day and we were melting. There was no dancing on the bridge!

The view from the house in Velaux.

A little beach about 1/2 and hour from Velaux.

Luca and his Grand-mere Danielle by the pool.

Luca's uncle Gregoire's bike! Luca's favourite word is "Moto" and he can spot one from about 3 km away!

Cyril and Luca in somewhere in Normandy! I've forgotten the names of the places we visited. I think this was Honfleur.

Normandy was beautiful. I really enjoyed it. The temperature was around 20 degrees which was a pretty sharp contrast compared to the south.

The family by the beach in Normandy. I love this picture.

I didn't take much video in France because I forgot! Sorry! Hope you enjoy what I have! The trampoline is in Velaux, the Piano is Raymond's house in Paris, and the beach is in Normandy.

August 15th, 2010

I took this picture this morning!

Has anyone seen this kind of mushroom before? I had the same one about a month ago in a different plant. They only last about a day.

Before haircut . . . (it was so hard to get those curls cut but he had a couple dread locks and was constantly being called a girl - I finally got just a little trim!)

During haircut . . .

After haircut! (First haircut ever!)

This wading pool is a couple blocks from our house. The boys love it!

Luca is 19 months old now. He's had all his vaccines until he's 4 years old. He seems to have colds often and of course we get them too. This week's cold is a tough one. He has several words - moto, up, down, ado (attends - wait), avion (plane), camion (truck), and several Iranian words that we're still trying to figure out!

Next week we go to France to visit all Fab's family! We're super excited. It'll be Luca's first international trip.

This video includes some time at Lake Champlain where we spent a night with out friends Amy Jo and Oli and their daughter Francesca who's a month older than Luca. I probably could have edited this video a little better - sorry if it's long at times!