Lovingly saying “bye-bye” to inanimate objects may have just jumped the shark
Too cold to dye eggs outside, mom readies the standard tools for an indoor batch
Eleanor was eager to participate, though her involvement was limited to “carefully” dropping the eggs in the dye
Des performing QA, pointing at a few of the egg casualties
The south wall of the dining room gets a serious organizational upgrade
A rare warm Friday afternoon, it was the perfect afternoon for dad to bust Des out of preschool for some bike riding around the lake at Heartland Park. As Des was finishing his snack, a gaggle of geese descends to beg for his snack mix.
Mom grabbed Eleanor a bit later and joined us for some more prime goose watching
Des and Eleanor practice holding hands after dinner and impromptu downtown evening
Dr. Eleanor Shreffler, PhD amongst her friends at daycare
Over the past few weeks, Eleanor has increasingly been awake still after the bedtime ritual of reading three books, singing eight verses of “Old McDonald.” Surprisingly, she’s chill and just goes to sleep fairly quickly.
Eleanor’s new BFF- Flopsy Rabbit from ma
What’s in the box?
Apparently Desmond constructed a sarcophagus for the green hippo
A variety of reactions to the open credit’s of movie night’s Cloudy with a Chance Meatballs 2
Before running a few errands, dad asked Desmond what he wanted for breakfast: pancakes (Leo’s), doughnuts (Gerda’s) or salmon bagel. Here we are at the deli, sharing a lox and roe bagel.
Got to check out this year’s model of lawn tractors. Des usually opts for the green one first, great-grandpa Irv would be proud
Eleanor helping with her first batch of hummus
At a belated St. Patrick’s Day at grandpa’s house, Eleanor and Cassie get acquainted trying to decide who should be holding the shoe
Desmond breaks out some old school toys, a dusty recollection at best with dad and aunt Kellie
Presumably entertained by goofiness with Devin
Eleanor making the rounds, saying good-bye in her PJs
Not shown: blurry photo of Eleanor with grandpa :/
Ella basically called “dibs” on a hat in the dress-up center, wore it until lunch time
Eleanor pause between rounds of open/closing her water bottle, squirting herself in the face and then laughing 🙂
Not that it wasn’t planned to begin brushing her teeth after bath time, but she insisted on it without much guidance and really started her own habit
A guest joins (Star Wars, of course) story time with Grandma
Early morning entertainment
Warning: no toddlers were harmed in the making of this photo. After Eleanor stumbled, her frightened wails nearly instantly subsided as she took interest in her new surroundings. She remained there for some time as she investigated every detail the back deck had to offer.
