Ball pit at maximum capacity
Monthly Archives: November 2017
November 7th, 2017
“You can’t always get what you want” (but don’t tell Eleanor that)
First-year checkup: 23.75lb (93rd percentile), 29.75″ (71st percentile). “You’re going to do what with that needle??” Little girl was a champ.
Desmond’s first board game, Frankie’s Food Truck Fiasco
November 6th, 2017
Eleanor decides to “taste” the bath water. Repeatedly.
Birthday girl
Playing with Viv and Grace. Shirt: “It’s my birthday!”
Ella, big fan of balloons
Des watching the first-year slideshow
Not knowing what was going on with the crowd staring at her, needless to say, Eleanor was taken back by the spontaneous singing
With prior cupcake training complete, Eleanor knew to eat the cake
…one tiny, non-smashing pinch at a time.
Desmond eating his cake and ice cream, with a side of Halloween candy. Someone found extra treats…
Even with demonstrating a lot off effort towards self-restraint, Desmond flirts with doing a majority of the unwrapping
Ribbons don’t get any easier later in life either
So happy
Opening her presents from mom dad- a tent/ballpit
and a new winter/indoor tricycle (there are days dad thinks Eleanor isn’t looking out the window at the trees or cars, but rather pining after brother’s blue tricycle on the front porch)
November 4th, 2017
Year One
During the evening, Ella’s raspy voice from her cold the week prior turned into wheezing. By 1:30am, it’s was clearly abnormal breathing (mom and dad learned the term “stridor”) and the nurse advised a visit to the ER. She was diagnosed with “croup,” an upper-respiratory viral infection. She stayed for a few hours for a steroid shot and breathing treatment. By 4:30am, everyone was back home and asleep again.
Although she wasn’t able to attend, her classroom was ready to party
Who’s the birthday girl?
Ella’s the birthday girl!
Desmond and dad return from daycare and shopping for sister’s birthday present. Dad leaves present on front porch, explaining to Desmond that we’ll sneak the toy in later to wrap it. Des walks inside, dad walks in side. Dad returns to living room a few minutes later to find that Desmond has gone back outside, retrieved the toy and then gave it to sister. Oh well, she liked it anyway.
Ella’s birthday cupcake, enjoying the singing and learning not to touch candles
Definitely on Team Frosting
