of shoes and words

Curiously, the latest attraction for little Mr. Man is wearing shoes. Not his shoes, but mommy's shoes. I suppose this shouldn't come as a huge surprise; I think all children go through a "big person's" shoe period, it's just hilarious because it was, as Sheryl Crow would say, 'apropos of nothing.'

Also of note, Lucas said his first word. Sort of. His first word is 'A'. I'm not sure that this counts, as 'A' is really a letter, but we are choosing to believe that he means the article 'A', as in, "mother, may i have A bottle, please?" (I know, it's just an article, but then so is 'the', yet everyone would be amazed if Lucas had busted out with 'the'...)

Last but certainly not least, we received an honest-to-goodness sombrero from great-grandpa Tim, so now Lucas' vaccaro outfit is complete. As soon as the little man gets a little taller, we will get some pictures and post them here for the world to see.

[On a vague childhood memory note...Looking at this sombrero, I seem to remember a magazine layout, featuring my grandfather, advertising a mexican bandido pest control company...but then again, I may have been using the peyote clam dip again, so who knows?]