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Luke recites stories to himself while he's playing.  I can't catch it on video because he's all of a sudden camera shy (could it be that I haven't taken his picture in so long that he's becoming self-conscious?).  But just as I was sitting here thinking what interesting anecdote to regale you with, Luke sits in the clean laundry with his race cars humming, "Bump bump bump, did you ever ride a seven hump wump?  Yes, I have.  Oh!  Wump Bump Hump Wump."  His other favorite story recently is, "Many large stones came rolling down the mountain.  I am not afraid! shouted Toad.  Frog leapt up the mountain and Toad came puffing up behind...."  He can recite the entire thing!  It's really amazing.  He loves stories.  We've mostly moved away from books and just recite our favorite stories now  which include:  The Billy Goats Gruff, The Big Hungry Bear Story (any story with a big hungry bear), and The Green Dinosaur Story (any story with a green dinosaur).  His favorite line from Billy Goats Gruff is, "The troll fell into the water with a mighty splash", which he says LOUDLY, "The tro' fewl into the water wif a MIGHTY 'PLASH!" 

He's pretty much my favorite person to spend time with.  Which is lucky really, since we're kind of stuck together.