Once upon a time there was a little boy named Lou.  His whole name was Louis Yoneda Davignon.  His grandmother in New Hampshire called him King Louis Yoneda Davignon.  All of her friends would ask her if his name was really King Louis.  Grandma would say:  “No silly.  Of course not.  I just call him that because he was named after a king, he is as handsome as a king, and he is as smart as a king.”  Sometimes Grandma smiles because Lou’s Mama had a wonderful dog named Elvis, but Lou was not named after that King either.  :)

One day, Grandma D told Louis and his Mama and Dada that one of her friends was going to have a baby.  Grandma was excited because she knew that Lou was going to have a baby sister.  Grandma knew that her friend Cory was going to have a baby boy.  Grandma thought it would be a great idea to have a play date for the two babies.  Grandma and Cory laughed because they knew that the two babies lived thousands of miles apart.  Grandma asked Cory if she could hold her baby and hug her baby because she would not get to see Lou’s sister for quite awhile.  Cory said that she could.  (And Grandma does!)

Now remember, King Louis is as smart as a king.  He had a brilliant idea.  King Louis wants to come to New Hampshire again next summer.  He wants to bring his sister, Mana.  He is going to show her the pool. He hopes Grandma has not thrown that funny bathing suit away.  It looked like it was filled with beer cans and made him feel VERY fat…but it helped him to float in the water.  He will teach Mana that she CANNOT poop in the pool! Right, Lou?  

Lou says that if they are really lucky, Grrraaaanddddmaahhhhh and Buta will have a nap and he can teach Mana how to drive the truck.  He says that it is fun to drive down the driveway and scream and wake the grandparents up.  Their faces look SO funny when we do stuff like that!

 

 Lou says that he will show her the hole in the ground and show her how you can drop stones down there.  They make a big splash and sometimes the water comes right up and splashes on your face.  Then grandma has to use her shirt to dry it off.

 

 No matter how long you look down that hole, you can never see your stone again. 

Then, King Louis, being the very wise boy that he is – had a fantastic idea.  He asked Grandma if they could have a play date with that other kid.  Lou said:  “What is that kid’s name anyway?”  Grandma said that his name was Liam.  Lou decided that he would write an invitation for a play date.  Because he is the king, he will be in charge of the plans, but the guests of honor will be Mana and Liam.  Lou was worried that Mana and Liam might not recognize each other, so he decided to put their pictures in the invitation.   See, I told you he was as smart as any king - probably even smarter.  He decided that he would introduce them - even though they live all the way across the world from one another.

King Louis says:  "Mana, meet Liam."  "Liam, meet Mana."

Liam just smiled.  Of course he did.   Liam always smiles.  This time he was thinking.  He looked up at his beautiful mother and thought:  "What makes that kid think that he is the king?  I am the one with the crown on my shirt!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Liam, this is me.  I am Mana's big brother.  I am King Louis Yoneda Davignon.