Des supervising the lettuce harvest for dinner
Four varieties of tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, tomatillos, poblanos, spaghetti squash, kohlrabi, onions, cabbage, habaneros, ghost peppers, thai red chile peppers, Chinese five-color peppers, mint, celantro, two lettuces, spinach, and kale.
Despite all three of us having a cold/cough, and Des with an ear infection and pink eye (though on the mend), we just needed to get out of the house for a while. We decided to walk around Heartland of America Park for Taste of Omaha.
Des watching all the geese and goslings waddle on by
Few things Des enjoys more than crinkly packages to play with. Look closely and you can see his two bottom teeth coming in, along with one upper tooth.
And mere moments after Des army crawled through duck poop…
Though he’ll routinely try just about any food we offer him (except scrambled eggs, those were jettisoned with notable velocity), it’s always with a grimace of uncertainty. On the way back to the car, we stopped for a pint and snack and discovered he absolutely loves pita and hummus. No funny faces, wanted more. Go figure- he is our kid.
Des getting ready to walk/stroll down to Memorial Park, though he was too busy plucking blades of grass to notice the paratroopers gliding over our house
Today I reflected on those lost and my son. I thought about how I’d explain to Des as he grows what this country means, sacrifice through service, and how that extends to duty as an engaged citizenship.
On the walk back through our Dundee neighborhood, we made our requisite visit to eCreamery. Des tried sorbet (non-dairy) for the first time, results below:
Then some of us took naps at various times. At first glance it may appear as though Des is disappointed his father is sleeping rather than playing with him. I assure you, this is merely a brief intermission to lengthy play and banging.
Des’ first attempt playing guitar
Hanging out with Melissa and Morgan
Playing with Jackson (classic Chutes and Ladders in foreground: Kmart, $4.97)
Des posing on the trail bike after dad’s ride- he’s got a few years before his first ride
Des meeting Janette
Mom may have slightly over cooked the cauliflower. Oh well, it was fun.
He cleans up pretty well though…
