Luca Update

Luca is doing great. Today we decided to groom him ourselves. We have bathed him in the past and we haven't had any problems. Today we bathed him and clipped him. We did an okay job clipping him, but it took a lot longer than we thought and Luca was beginning to get antsy so we stopped. We still need to groom his feet and face. I feel bad because when I was grooming his head I used the shorter clippers and now the top of his head is too short. Luca looks like the bald bear from the movie "The Great Outdoors" with John Candy. The nice thing is in a couple of days it will grow out and he won't look like the bald bear or a balding old man. Even though his haircut isn't the best Luca is still cute and we still love him.

Yesterday we did a lot of yard work in our backyard. We did some cleaning up after that big storm a couple weeks ago and some prep work for the fruit trees we hope to put in this year. We spent almost all day outside and Luca loved it. He loves to run around and chase his ball. Unfortunately he got filthy dirty and was pretty smelly, but now he is clean and smells great. Toward the end of the day a sad thing happened. He lost his favorite outside toy, a glow-in-the-dark orange ball. Luca was so sad and is very attached to a couple of his toys...they are like his security blanket. He looked all around the yard for a while and then we looked too. We have no idea where it went and are afraid it got buried when we were putting down the grass blocker. That night we went to the store and got him another ball and he was happy again.

We have developed a new game we like to call the Adrian Monk game. The name refers to Lisa's favorite TV show "Monk". During season three episode 15, entitled "Mr. Monk and the Election" Mr. Monk plays a great game of keep away. We have adapted this game for Luca. Luca has his favorite toy, black kong, and a few others he likes. Rich and I get all these toys out and play the Monk game (keep away) in our family room. Luca loves the thrill of the chase and is quite acrobatic. Rich and I have a great time too and enjoy watching Luca leap in the air.