Chef and his two sous chefs reading up on making poke bowls
Not too shabby-
and quite the hit!
Desmond caught watching the playoffs via the neighbor’s living room window
Monthly Archives: September 2018
September 29th, 2018
A walk through memorial park for the early morning crew
Which then transitions to the Bugs Bunny crew
New members to-be, waving goodbye to sweet sanity…
September 28th, 2018
A quick reading of “That’s not my kitten, it’s paws are too rough” before bedtime
September 24th, 2018
Dad arriving at daycare to find Eleanor toiling away in the sandbox, like her brother before her
Des, on the other hand, has fashioned himself quite the botanical centerpiece for your dream outdoor living space
While his first year’s relationship with his bicycle was a full of both smiles and tears, this year ended with an intrinsic desire to ride around the block.
Everyone was very proud of his big achievement
September 23rd, 2018
After a hotel room picnic breakfast, it was time for swimsuits and the most invigorating morning swim ever. Mostly docking in the jacuzzi, there were a few adrenaline junkie excursions to the main and kiddie pools
Future deep marine explorer Eleanor doesn’t seem to mind
Out for the annul classic car show. On the hunt for Mustangs and before the defeating search for any non-deep-fried-dessert vegetarian food option.
Mom’s resourceful idea to source a few slices of Casey’s cheese pizza provided the foundation of the late lunch picnic
Desmond further testing heights, summits the playground dome eerily reminiscent of dad’s (and aunt Kellie’s) elementary school
Today, Eleanor appears to be pro-swing (it varies)
On the drive home, naps are had by all (but dad)
Cause what could be the proper end scene of a 20-hour road trip? A visit to Surfside for Aunt Megan’s birthday was (unexpectedly easy and) enjoyable
When your order for corn fritters is still waiting, you apparently practice tossing rocks towards the river
Des quickly finds the bounce house (cause that’s apparently permanent?)
Eleanor and Ol’ Monkey Butt
Des catching a peek at the evening’s special birthday treat
Waiting the requisite six full minutes before engaging in gravity-jarring, nausea-inducing fun of bouncing uncontrollably…
AppleJack Festival 2018
After a week of dad leaving ransom-note like daily clues, it was finally revealed that Team Llama would be heading to Nebraska City for the 50th annual AppleJack Festival. After a successfully on-time departure with some bagels for the car ride,
The annual orchard pilgrimage to fetch a medium-sized bag of apples has also been a nice opportunity for a few family photos:
When Pa’s not around to pull the wagon, you gotta pull your share (of a near-empty wagon)
It’s important to understand that each subsequent photo of Eleanor consuming an apple are all different fruit at a ratio of one-to-three to those not-pictured partials starts
Des presenting his most recent “flower” find, mere seconds from the prior (and so forth)
A quick pitstop at the pumpkin patch
[Llama household, ca. Sept 18: near daily reading]
Thistle: “Have you checked the pumpkin patch?”
Duck & Goose: “The WHAT?!”
Undaunted by physical appearance, Eleanor would attempt a lunge for any pumpkin- regardless of weight
Little Ella on the Prairie
Ok, let’s pull together
As a recently confident high stepper, Eleanor immediately infers the gameplay of this part of the playground
“Hop!”
With an early check-in to the lodge, it was the perfect second-story window view for a picnic
Narrator: We now pause for a message from our sponsors-
Des gazes out upon the east orchard, or he’s the admiring the (clearly dead) bug still attached to the extended window sill. Who knows.
Des digs in to his share of the apple pie à la mode
Eleanor cocoons peacefully into the hammock
Explore explores his comfort of heights atop a large rope-spiderweb
And high up a cardinal perch
Plant trees…
…raise children
Eleanor Shreffler, intrepid walker of long distances
Dad’s “it’s cool, we’ll wing it” approach to pizza sourcing and resource management resulted in even a Pizza Hut carryout order pushing dinner timelines well beyond normal. Desmond has his first drive-through food experience to fuel the chips-and-guac requirements for a car DJ chip party, and before you knew it, the pizza was ready.
With the beyond-overtired little sister zonked out (rodeo’d down?) for the night, there was still time for a late-night swim
September 21st, 2018
Des tuning in Tokyo on dad’s WWII shortwave radio grandpa dropped off. It successfully tuned in the BBC as recently as the early 90s
More gadgets and knobs, Eleanor happily explores
Des showing off his latest lego creation to dad’s friend Josh
September 20th, 2018
Catching an evening storm rolling in during sunset, mom’s sends a photo to ma of a dress she made for Viv. Fortunate to live the hand-me-down life.
