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After sharing a bowl of cereal, Enzo and I went out for a latte and a Jamba Juice. Back home, Enzo and I were sitting on the couch reading and eating a snack when he said something that sounded like "noof". I stopped and said, "did you just say....noof?" He knew it was a silly word, and he giggled. "Noof!", he replied, and we both laughed. Soon we were noofing back and forth, over and over - a shout, a whisper, a question, a command, a statement, a direction. He was laughing so hard, a deep belly laugh. Just a really special silly amazing moment between us.

When Zoe came home, we went out to the back yard to play with the "park" for the first time. Enzo couldn't believe that he has his own park in the backyard. We did some "climbing" and "i slide!", and then sat in the swing for a long time.

Gabe and Luke came over to play around lunch time. Gabe had a lot of fun too. He scooted right up the rock wall all by himself on the first try. Gabe patiently waiting while Enzo thought hard about launching himself down the slide. We took a break for tacos and then played some more. Enzo yelled for "gabe!", who was still at the table. Then we all went inside to play with trains and wake Luke up from his nap. Enzo took a long two hour nap, and so did mommy and daddy.

Milestones: Enzo is starting to string two words together more and more. Tonight he said, for the first time, "monk fish" and "snow man". Also, we're starting to feel some momentum with his potty training. The last week or so, he's been asking for the "poppy" in the mornings and sometimes before bed. Kind of shocking what comes out of that little kid.

After nap, we went out for an early dinner to one of Enzo's favorite spots. After a big meal, we walked over to look at the Christmas trees for sale at OSH. They were looking pretty sorry, so we didn't get one. We stopped by Whole Foods on the way home for some breakfast groceries. Enzo liked driving over the speed bumps in the parking structure, "bump!"

Back home, we played with trains again, then took a bath. After milk in the beanbag with mommy, Enzo was looking through a stack of books to read, when he picked one up and said "zin zin". Didn't know what he was talking about until we saw that it was Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin!, so I read him the story. Soon after he was ready for "night".