The Monkey Who Set the Beat

In the past few weeks we have discovered that Luke loves puppets. A lot. Intensely. It started with his friends, Red Bath Guy and Spider-Bath Guy. He loved them so much that we submitted to an impulse puppet buy at Buy Buy Baby last weekend. After much deliberation and some test-driving of a Cookie Monster puppet, a Bert puppet, and a rejection of all Baby Einstein puppets (suck it, Disney), we settled on a sweet brown monkey that appears to have zero origins in a licensed character. His new puppet friend has a checkerboard lining, so we first named him Dicky Barrett, but decided that was too twee (or as twee as ska can be?), and settled on Prince Buster.

As you can see, he loooooooves him! Especially when Dad is involved!

Yum?

Luke took his first go at solid food yesterday (well, as much as you can call rice cereal the consistency of pea soup "solid"). It was not an outright disaster, but he is clearly still sorting out his feelings on this process. Really, he just wanted to go back to playing with his Rainforest Whirlygig in his cool new booster seat.

Roll Around Lukey

We have been trying to capture Luke's elusive rolling over skill on film for a few weeks. Naturally, he chose to be photogenic (videogenic? Heck, he's mediagenic!) about it when he was 1) on the bathroom floor (perhaps his favorite place in the apartment); and 2) wearing only a dipe.

And so, in a video only Grandmas will love, Luke rolls over!
....and Mom & Dad realize that the baby-proofing must begin in earnest!

Spoony!

While we have spent lots of money on "developmental" and "educational" toys for Luke, his favorites never fail to be the most inexpensive and ad-hoc things. To wit, his spoon!

Stay tuned for The Happiest Place on Earth: The Bathroom Floor, and What Do You Mean Socks Aren't Puppets?

(and yes, we supervise him carefully when he's playing with Spoony)

We Don't Think He Likes His New Vitamins

What do you think?

A Boy and His Goose

You may recall that Luke's Grammy Rosella sent him a goose along with Paige's birthday present last month. He loves to snuggle with his goose in the morning - especially on weekends when EVERYONE can snuggle with Luke & Luke's Goose.

Celebrity Impersonations VI

John Sebastian was the lead singer of The Lovin' Spoonful, best know for his good time folk/electric songs, including chart toppers like "Summer in the City," "Nashville Cats," and "Do You Believe in Magic."

After leaving the band and before he made it back to the top with the theme to Welcome Back Kotter in 1976, he made a memorable appearance at Woodstock. The most memorable part of his appearance was, in fact, his appearance, as he made the scene in a complete tie-dyed outfit (which now hangs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

Squint, and tell me if you can differentiate between the bespectacled bard and Luke

August 1969:

July 2008