MC Luke and DJ Finn

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Enjoy and be warm...

Bunk Bab-age - Luke Word of the Week 6-8-08

Bunk bab-age n. Skunk cabbage - A large-leafed plant that grows in Southeast Alaska. It is usually one of the first plants to return after winter. Leaves can grow to four feet long and two feet wide.

Cock-ee-doo - A Luke Classic

Cock-ee-doo - n. what a rooster says

Ou-wivs - Luke Word of the Week 4-23-08

Ou-wivs - n. Olives

Ou-wivs are best eaten from the tips of your fingers.

Ek-ma-most - Luke Word of the Week 4-20-08

Ek-ma-most - n. Eskimos

This word shot to the top of the list for the week as Luke out of nowhere pointed to our calendar of Inupiat values and said "Ek-ma-most." Also used in the song, "One little, two little, three little Eskimos" as taught to him by a prominent Inupiat woman on the plane ride back to Barrow last week.

Mik-a-none - Luke Word of the Week, April 14, 2008

Mik-a-none - n. Microphone.

April 13, 2008 Luke Word of the Week - Snomamee

Sno-ma-mee - n. Snowmachine.

Often followed by "on," "havit" (have it), "brrrmmm" or "nearrrrr." Non-Alaskans call these vehicles snow mobiles. Luke will say snomamee (repeatedly until confirmed as correct) when he hears the loud two-stroke machines race by our house or when he sees them through the house or car window (or sunroof)...or in the freezer aisle of the grocery store.



Previous unpublished Words of the Week:
Alak-a A-lines - n. Alaska Airlines
Cock-e-doo - n. what a rooster says.
O-tel - n. hotel
Em-a-mee - n. Our friend Emily from Juneau

Luke Word of the Week

Ok, so if you've been following our bbbarrow blog, you'll know weekly postings might be a bit optimistic. But the way the lil man is spouting knowledge these days shorter, more frequent postings are the only way to capture even a skinned knee's worth of the amazement that is Luke. Even a Luke Word of the Day couldn't keep up, and the chances of me keeping up with that are even less, so we'll try to high grade all the new sounds, love and enthusiasm Luke shares through the week into a few of the best gems. Every day he has us wondering if he's just the most "wicked-scary smart" (to borrow a term from friends of friends from Texas) 2-year-old ever or if we're just those first-time parents in constant awe of how a toddler's mind burgeons at atomic pace no matter who they are. Smart, slow or average, our little man keeps us smiling, and keeps us wondering how long it'll be until he's playing us for more than just an extra book before bedtime. So enough blabbin' about the unashamed (even if unwarranted) bragging we're going to do about the Luke of our lives. Let's just get started. Enjoy...