Gustavo = Tuca

Sophie definitely misses everyone in El Paso. She is constantly asking us to draw you guys for her. She'll bring us a paper and one of her color pencils and say "Abue Martha" or "Tia Mari" and "Gustavo" and then "Paco" and on and on with all the names she can remember. Now she will draw smiley faces and she will call them Mari, Martha, Gustavo, Paco, etc...She is always looking for patterns that to her, are someone she knows. One of the cutest and funniest is that when we would watch Pumas play, she would see Tuca Ferreti, the coach, and call him Gustavo!!! The resemblance is rather obvious, and now she has taken that to pretty much anything with a mustache(including the lorax from the Dr. Seuss book she has) is Gustavo! Here are some pictures of Tuca, in case you did not know who he is:

So I am sure she will be thrilled to visit El Paso. She is more aware now, and she will get on the "avion" which I am sure she will be excited about since she is always pointing out airplanes in the sky and she gets mega excited about that.

During last week's Pumas vs Indios game, Sophie made us laugh with a new "discovery". As we were watching the game, she would point to the screen and say "Gustavo" whenever Tuca would appear on the screen. But this time she also pointed at Juan Francisco Palencia and said "Daddy"! Which is pretty funny. I personally don't think I look like him, but I can see why she would say that. Dark skinned guy with long hair. Here he is, in case you don't know who he is:

So I don't fully understand why Sophie has to find people she knows on TV, books, and just about anything, but I find it amusing and extremely cute...