December 17th, 2017
Dear Santa- All Eleanor wants for Christmas are spices, containers and containers of them, so she can throw them around the kitchen over and over again. #spicespicebaby
Returning to winter weekend routine, making orange juice
Ella chugs her first glass of orange juice* (one part juice, four parts water)
Desmond helps dust all the things
Afternoon naps, these days will be over before we know it
Any excuse to do whatever her big brother is doing
Desmond wanted a picture of the snowman masterpiece. It was only later that the irony of a yellow snowman dawned on dad.
Pictured: family of four, eating mussels for dinner.
December 16th, 2017
Morning visit to Mangelsen’s to pick out this year’s Christmas ornaments. Dad had never been during peak holidays and Des was equally impressed with the Grinch village
Surprisingly, first ride on dad’s shoulders
Des’ first crossword puzzle
Eleanor apparently got her hands on some crayon contraband, didn’t notice this until apparently after the graffiti incident
December 15th, 2017
Celebrating aunt Megan’s BSN graduation
Yum corn!
Cousin hugs
December 12th, 2017
Not a fan of the pretzels and cheese
Anddd now we are eating it…
December 11, 2017
Cool baby, never gets old
Des and his new snowman “baby”
Most of the time, Eleanor just wakes up and cries. Tonight, she just woke up and quietly held on to her sleep noise lamb.
December 10th, 2017
Both brother and sister playing in the kids section. Special thanks to grandma for the extra logistical support for grocery store trip with two little ones.
Eleanor stoked to play with brother’s new football from pa’s union hall the day before. Mom warns the decision to do this in the house will end poorly. “Maybe not today, but eventually.”
Desmond insisted on grabbing his ear muffs to play catch. Dunno, safety first?
Dad: “Desmond, I bet you can’t tell how loud you’re being with those on.”
Des, screaming: “I CAN TELL!”
Eleanor approves of her first taste of peanut butter cookie. Thanks Megan & Zach!
December 9th, 2017
An annual tradition, visiting Santa at pa’s union hall.
Finally a Christmas tree Eleanor is allowed to touch
Touch all the things!
Practicing her walking more so than her brother, she’ll routinely take several steps. Des just decided not to walk for some time after he initially learned.
Des was eager to see Santa, but got a tad shy when the moment came. He powered through enough though to reiterate his wish for “a barn” 🙂
Ella didn’t know what to make of the situation
Watching Frosty the Snowman
Yay tree
A rare occasion of reading something with mom other than Star Wars
