warm winter slippers from auntie Linda
in the underwater tunnel at the aquarium. Lucia cannot stop talking about the fish and sharks she saw and especially the starfish, she keeps saying "I touch I touch!"

drums

Thanksgiving

building the night night fort

I think we have a smile people

Cozy laundry basket nest

I guess Lu hasn't been in the mood to have her photo taken so much lately.

Day of the Dead

Imagine going to a party in your awesome cat costume only to be upstaged in the bathroom by a much more real "looking" cat. Enough to throw any girl into a tantrum.

Happy Halloween

Oh My

Since the last post Lucia has busted out with all sorts of new words, like: wow, oh my!, bike, bath, eggs, Bobby, hot, open, and home. At this rate there will be no way of keeping track but I must say it is nice to have her keeping up her end of the conversation. I always suspected she had a funny way of seeing the world and now I know for sure. Anyway, here are some photos of visiting with the family.

Talking up a storm

It has been so fun lately to hear all the new words Lucia has to say. Suddenly I am realizing that she is really understanding so much of what I say all the time and she will recall things I only told or showed her once in the past next time the subject comes up. 

Some words that she has mastered (with her own pronunciation of course) and says on a regular basis are: mama, milk, agua, cheese, snack, socks, cat, ball, juice, baby, book, hi, duck, nunu (pacifier), sun, moon, flower, more, all done, eyes, dance, sit & off (both usually directed at Niko), side (meaning outside),  bubbles (meaning either bubbles or bubbly water), Nina, Tisha (her 2 favorite friends), night night, bye bye, and "bye bye guys!" 

Adventures with Yogurt

Goats and Pumpkins

We went to a heck of a pumpkin patch this weekend with aunt Dinah. The Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay provides much more than just pumpkins the choose from: a petting zoo, train rides, a haunted house and a great soundtrack (see below!)

Dancing at the pumpkin patch

Gaby goes nuts from Dinah on Vimeo.

fancy new carseat cover working its magic

getting in some face time with Silas

down and out in Oakland flats

a great big music festival

where on earth did she learn that??
resting with JKB