Sure enough, this little guy is a reader. Last night Derek and I were laying in the living room reading our books and Luke walked over. First he sat down on the floor with Derek and picked up Derek's Greek Reader and started paging through it as if he was interested in purchasing a copy for himself. A little while later when Derek and I were both on the couch Luke walked over carrying two of his own books and tried to climb up on the couch with us. I helped him up after he set his books on the couch and he sat in between Derek and me and read "On the Farm", and "God Always Cares" before he ran out of steam and had to go play with a ball or a guitar or something more tactile. Still later it was awfully quiet and I found Luke sitting under the coffee table going through a stack of books I had put there within his reach.
Today is Canada Day (like Independence Day), and Luke and I are celebrating by going to the petting zoo which is being held in the parking lot of the grocery store this afternoon and evening. There's lots of other kids' entertainment that Luke is not quite old enough to enjoy, and live music and steak dinners for $5! We may also be eating steak. We're not really doing anything to celebrate this holiday other than taking advantage of the free petting zoo, but we ARE going camping tomorrow night through Sunday. I am excited and anxious about our first camping trip with a toddler - hopefully Luke doesn't wander off!
If you were wondering, my allergy tests all turned out negative. At the end of the test my arm was no more red than it should have been after being poked fifty times with sharp little sticks...but it was more blue!
Joel would love to come over and just sit and read and sit and read with Luke. Readers are thinkers who will be changers, that's what I think.
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