Not sure if you can tell in this picture, but Lucas was having the time of his life here. I had Ellen on the beach and we were taking turns going in and playing with Lucas. The water was pretty rough and so we made him wear his life vest and we held onto this rope that attached to it. He'd die laughing when the waves would crash into him. At one point it hit him so hard that he rolled under water. We heard about that story for the rest of the night, complete with visual effects of Lucas rolling on the floor.

I didn't realize before this trip how much 9 month olds can interact! One afternoon I just sat and observed them and they were really communicating. The main points of interest were two blue balls and Lucas's shoes. They would sometimes exchange items as if they were sharing, but then other times they'd jerk something away from the other one and scream. So cute!

And here is one final picture of the two turkeys having their OWN conversation over some mac cheese and cucumber slices one evening...