The Adventures of Little Luz

. . . In which Luz meets Nana... & Nana meets Luz ...

Ohhhhh my gosh! Oh my gosh! This is *slaps self* NO! Do NOT skip to the end before you get there Nana! Start at the beginning! Ohhhhh... okay....

Well... because I was in fear of Spontaneous Combustion, I texted Amanda this morning to tell her that when Luz's mouth was done eating cereal I would appreciate it if she called me -- I would like to hear her little voice. She texted me back and said NO, that wouldn't work because Luz won't talk! BUT... she was bringing her down to see me!!! YAY!!! (then I really DID almost explode!)

Soooo... when I saw the car come down my driveway, I of course ran out to meet them! I didn't grab my camera - cuz I was JUST going out to meet them! Silly me... Little Luz got out of the car and Amanda introduced her to me, and she said "no." ??? No. No what Luz? Well... it turns out that Luz has a Tia Nina back in Texas -- and I am certainly NOT her... but that is who Poor Baby thought she was going to visit today! I immediately became "suspect". Great. Well - I volunteered to BE somebody else! I wasn't completely attached to the idea of Nana yet! LOL! But Luz became distracted by the HEE-LL. Apparently I had forgotten how flat Texas is - because this little one was fascinated by my back hill ... and she wanted to go down there! I thought the true fascination might have been Derek's skate ramp, which is at the bottom of the hill -- which she did like -- but no, the true fascination WAS the HEE-LL! While we were at the bottom exploring the skate ramp - Just like Dora! - Uncle Derek came out ... WITH Jewl! Suddenly I wasn't nearly as suspicious as I had been! Derek was sure Luz hated him... but the really suspicious one was Jewl! (goodness, where WAS my camera???) Jewl is 2 1/2 of Luz - and Luz really didn't want any part of her! She didn't cry - but she certainly scurried up into the arms of Mommy! Jewl went and dug an old ball out of the woods - and Derek earned points when he kicked the ball verrrrry far - sending Jewl off running! GO Derek!!!

We were finally able to convince Luz to go back up to the TOP of the hill - which is where our dilapidated old playground lives! (and I was able to run in and get my camera!) Luz was not interested in the single seater swings - but she did very much like the "porch swing". First she pushed Mommy on it. Then Mommy pushed Luz... Then Nana pushed Mommy on a single seater ... and finally Nana got to push Luz!!! And I pushed her to the MOON! And she lauuuughed! And we became friends!

After a long while we were finally able to lure Luz inside - to go see the guinea pig! Yes -- I had been babysitting my grandpig while they were in Texas picking up my grandbaby! They were here today to pick up the little critter. I would have been happy to make a fair trade - but Amanda seemed intent on getting BOTH of them! She can be stingy like that... :) Luz was quite fascinated with Tupak, and fed him about half a stick of celery before deciding that SHE wanted the celery instead! When she was done with that, she and I sat down to color and together we drew a Christmas tree and I drew Luz - and then she drew Me! And then we drew a snowman! Great stuff, I tell ya!

Next Luz and I decided to go for a walk in the big wide world! Mommy was talkin' on the phone to Aunt Lisa so we left her behind which concerned Luz a little bit - but not enough to keep her from going for the walk! We walked UP Nana's long driveway... and then we walked all the way down to the STOP sign! (about a tenth of a mile - lol!) On the way we talked about things. We talked about shadows... but I don't think she got it. I tried to show her our shadows. I waved... and my shadow waved. Then I showed her that her shadow was waving as I made her wave. But she was looking off down the road! Then I tried to see if she could step on her shadow -- but she got down very close to the street looking verrrrrry hard... I don't think she saw it! LOL! We'll revisit shadows on another day! We also talked about the broken parts of the road (pot holes), and we had a long talk about the STOP sign and "why". She wanted to continue our walk on down the big road - but I told her no - that road is too big and the cars go too fast. I bet in Texas she could go for much longer walks - and probably had sidewalks!!! She probably thought I was crazy! But when we got back to the house, she wanted to get her baby doll and repeat the whole walk while pushing her stroller! So we did! And on the 2nd walk she remembered that we STOP when we get to the STOP sign! She really is very smart I think! She just needs to be exposed to a lot of things! I was amazed while watching her play a little while later. She was putting people in the bus. You notice there is a BIG hole on top of the bus - you can just reach in and put people in and out. But no. That is not the way Luz does it. She opens the door of the bus, and she walks them up the steps, through the door, down the aisle and into their "seats"... and that's how they get off the bus too! It was so adorable! This was Derek's school bus when he was little - and I guarantee you HE (and my other kids) put the people in and out through the top!

So... NOW I can finish the story the way I WANTED to start it. This IS the sweeeeeetest little girl who ever walked the face of the earth! She is such a DOLL! And by the time the day was done, I had received HUGE hugs, many kisses, and I am quite positive that Little Miss Luz and Nana are going to have quite a special relationship!!! My God, I LOVE that little girl!!! I never thought it was possible to love a child like that if you didn't meet them from birth! But this is one very special little lady - and I don't think I am one bit prejudiced! LOL! What do you think???

posted by Nana at 5:16 PM