"Turtle" Targum

Our loyal readers may recall Elliot's post from last year about the doll set that seemed to represent our family, plus a younger brother for Lucy:

Well, come February 9, 2011 (plus or minus 2 weeks), Lucy will have a baby brother.

Lucy knows that I have a baby in my belly and has had a few cute moments of kissing my belly and talking to my belly. When we asked her what she would name the baby, she thought for a moment and decreed, "Turtle." So, Turtle is the working name for now, though we advised Lucy that we reserve the right to choose a different name once the baby's actually born.

I've been feeling great, just as I did with Lucy, and the baby is doing all the things he's supposed to be doing so far.

Oh, and for any of you who know Gramps (aka Philip or my dad) - he does NOT want to know the sex of the baby. So, please try to help us keep this secret from him if possible.

Lucy Screams for Ice Cream

Lucy has recently graduated to ice cream cones (as opposed to cups). She's still mastering the art of licking, as well as clean eating, but she sure did enjoy her chocolate ice cream.

We didn't let her finish the whole cone, but it was still an epic sugar high.

2008 / 2010

Is this really the same kid?!

End of Summer Recap

It's been a while, so I'm going to pack a fair amount into this post. First, Elliot finished up at Explo in early August, and we all moved happily back to Cambridge. We had a great time at Wellesley, enjoying the campus as always, but it's been great to be back in our own house again. Here's a shot of Lucy enjoying Lake Waban at Wellesley earlier in the summer:

It's hard to find that much grass in Cambridge!

Lucy developed an appreciation for Chinese restaurants this summer. The calls them calls "Shiny" restaurants (it took me a few days to figure out what she meant) and even came up with a song called Egg Drop Soup, with which she serenaded us one night in a plea for a trip to the local Shiny restaurant. Here is Lucy and Elliot at our favorite Chinese place in Wellesley (soon to be evicted/relocated to make way for a Whole Foods), as well as Lucy's fortune that evening, which I found very apt for a toddler:

We've since spent some time in the Berkshires with Eema, Saba, Aunt Melmel, and Grammy, which was lovely. This is a video of Lucy galloping on a horse at the playground, with fabulous sound effect support from Grammy:

Lucy and Elliot also got some good napping in. (Truth be told, I did some napping as well.):

On our way up to Islesboro, we went to Story Land in North Conway, NH. It's an amusement park for kids, and Lucy had a great time. She was particularly fond of the Old Woman Who Lives in the Shoe - they had an actual woman in the shoe that she could hang out with - but found Cinderella a little intimidating. Here is Lucy and Elliot in one of her favorite rides, the Wooden Shoe. You can see the tracks for the Polar Coaster in the background - Lucy was not up for the big roller coaster during our trip, but it was one of the few rides she didn't try.

After we'd had our fill at Story Land, we took Lucy mini golfing. She did very well for the first three holes (of eighteen) and then decided to mix things up in her own special way:

We ended our vacation in Islesboro, which is less documented by me. Elliot is working on a video montage of our time off, so stay tuned.