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What Art says when he see's Obama on TV. We don't correct him.

First of all, let me just say that I think Art may be Lewis's favorite person.  Lewis is always ready to smile when Art talks to him, and why shouldn't he smile?  Arthur likes to make googly noises to Lewis, he likes to tickle Lewis and give him a toy and he even likes to greet him when he wakes up.  Just the other day Art and I were downstairs when I heard Lew waking up.  We went up together and Art said, "Oh, Lewis is waking up!  I have to make Lewis smile.  You go in my room and pretend to be asleep."  And that was the low down.  He has to make Lewis smile.  Then he goes and says in a little baby-talky voice, "Hello Lewis!  Hello, Lewis!  Are you awake, Lewis? I'm here!  I'm here!"

And that is how Art and Lewis are friends.

Devontae reads Arthur (or visa versa) a great book called the Water Hole.

We went to an orchard today west of the Twin Cities. Lew stayed with Bubbe and Devontae joined us. The sky was blue when we left, but an hour later it was cloudy, SUPER windy, very cold, and slightly snowing. yes, snowing. But we endured and picked a BUTTLOAD of apples….

I got Lew down, tidied up, undid the dishwasher and sat down.  Three minutes later Art woke up.  But then, when he came downstairs he said, "Mama!  Did you have a great nap?" 

"I didn't get a nap," I said.  "But I feel good." 

"You didn't take a nap?" he said at the landing of the stairs.

"No, I didn't take nap."

"You didn't take a nap?  I thought you would."

That was so thoughtful. 

Art has a little pretend cell phone Bubbe gave him that I sometimes give him in the car to play with. The buttons make different sounds and when you close it (it’s a flip phone) it rings in a few seconds. So it’s like getting a phone call. Here’s who he called and what the conversations were on the way home from Bubbe’s today.

“Hello, Nanna. How are you doing, Nanna? Oh, you’re doing good? Oh. Are you in the car? Oh. Do you want to come to my house? Oh. You do want to come to my house? Ok. See you soon.” (Closes phone.) “That was Nanna. She’s going to come to our house to play.”

(Phone rings…)

“Hello… hello….Ashley! How are you doing? I’m doing good. You’re doing good? Oh. I’m in the airplane. Oh. Do you want to play at my house? Oh. Ok. Are you already at my house? Oh. Oh.” (Closes phone.) “She’s not at our house but she at… she’s on… on her way.”

(Phone rings. I ask him who it is. I’m totally going to encourage this because it is FUN!)

“Hello…Michael. Hou are you doing, Michael? Are you already at our house? Oh. You’re already at our house? Oh.”

(One more call.)

“Oh, hello Erin! How are you doing, Erin? You’re doing good? Do you want to come to our house with Evva? Oh. Ok…”