Friday, July 17, 2009

The Story of Orion and Pinocchio

On Dan's recent trip to Rome he bought a wooden Pinocchio toy for Orion, which was an instant hit.

His investigation of the toy let to a complete disregard for patient Calamity's personal space. (Orion likes to treat furry animals as armchairs.)Calamity eventually tired of this breach of protocol.

Orion really loved this toy. I say loved, because Pinocchio turned into a real, albeit miniature, boy with long nose, pointy hat, and kneeless limbs that walked off during our quick trip to Manhattan. We miss him, but hope that he enjoys his big city adventure, where he may not lead a gentler life than the one we gave him.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Orion drives the truck



Orion got to sit in the driver's seat of a repairman's truck today. It inspired his longest intelligible phrase to date: gih, gih, gih, gih GUCK! (Big, big, big, big truck!).