Sitting at the table
Extra messy after dinner tonight, Eleanor joins brother briefly for their first sibling bath
May 7th, 2017
Good morning world!
After spending a better part of yesterday and this morning working on the lawn, Des celebrates by conducting the sprinklers with his stick
Post-nap snacks and warm porch breeze
After family photos at the Joslyn, everyone unwinds with some ice cream. Des enjoys his first ice cream cone with berry blue sorbet.
Seeing a real-life “Mader” (tow truck) while wearing his Cars pajamas. Somebody was awfully excited to watch everything, though probably not the car’s owner
May 6th, 2017
Des and his continuing hobby of deadlifting heavy objects
May 5th, 2017
To get him out of Eleanor’s room in the morning, mom asked Des to help her with the car seat. She meant that he should open the cabinet, but he insisted on carrying it and putting it in himself. Big helper (or merely another opportunity to exclaim, “I did it!”)
At the downtown library for a friend’s opening. While it was first such experience, we also realized that he hadn’t’ yet been to the library. Another trip soon.
Photo by Matt Wettengel, a former student of dad’s and current OPL social media manager
Six months
Ella doing the R2D2 dance at the site of mom at daycare
Six months have flown by, with Elenor at 26″ (55%) and 17.5lb (76%)
Desmond learning the fun of dandelions after they’re no longer “flowers”
Trying out the sippy cup, Eleanor wasn’t immediately sold on the concept
May 3rd, 2017
Mom got a “new” (1978) book for her lucky guys
Des reacting very seriously to seeing Darth Vader pointing angrily at Princess Leia in the opening scene. Worse than finding out Santa doesn’t exist will be the day he learns Darth Vader isn’t the good guy Goodnight Darth Vader portrays.
Parental pride: Desmond getting the hang of his training chopsticks, slurping lo mein with the best of them
May 2nd, 2017
Des being a big helper in his family, making his PB&J for tomorrow’s lunch
Stop. Mango time.
Feeling left out of all the dinnertime photos, here’s a random pic of Des eating a carrot.
Be weary of the Soap Monster
First avocado
Bright eyes chewing on some cold keys
As family tradition would have it, Eleanor launched her food voyage with an avocado
…though still amused by spoons.
Judging from her brother, it’ll probably be a few months anything doesn’t promptly exit her mouth, but it’s a fun phase nonetheless.
This is Demond self-applying bubbles to his face so he can dump a cup of water on himself to rinse. And apparently it was hilarious.
