Lotes, Deer & a Snoozer

Alek continues to amuse us each and every day. This morning I fed him some yogurt (plain is what he likes -- yuk, it's like eating sour cream, but hey, that's what he likes!) and some toast. I was fixing my breakfast when he yells out, "Lote".... this is his shortcut Russian word for airplane (somalyot). I said "da" without looking because he says this about 5 times a day when he hears an airplane fly over. However, today he just kept repeating "lote, lote"....finally, I looked over and he had arranged his toast pieces into an airplane on his plate. I was amazed at his creativity! Here is a photo of the now famous lote!

Also, it has been fun to experience many "firsts" through his eyes. He has some picture books that we got from several friends. He LOVES looking at them because they have real life pictures of all sorts of things: toys, trucks, animals, clothes, etc. In one book there is a picture of a deer and Alek kept insisting it was a horse every time I said it was a deer. Then, the other night, we had some visitors in our back yard -- yep, two deer showed up. We watched the deer intently and then I took him to his book and pointed to the deer outside and in his book and showed him they were the same. Finally, he got it. Here are photos of the deer and Alek pointing out the deer in his book. Now, I can't get him to stop saying deer. What is that old saying, "A mother spends 2 years of her child's life getting him to walk and to talk and the remainder of the time getting him to sit down and be quiet" -- Hmmm, I am beginning to see... :o)

Finally, I am including a not so flattering picture of me that I found on my camera that must have been snapped by my "loving" husband. I am including it because it shows you what I am doing every night at 9pm. I couldn't even stay awake for the LSU, OSU game last night -- lame. Notice my new best friend laying next to me...Little Leap! :o) Yes, that IS the remote control under my chin.