A partial Star Wars cast watching over everyone doing their business
The excitement of new (to them) books continues
It takes a while to weed-out which books mom and dad won’t be reading a second time…
Tag Archives: Eleanor
April 2nd, 2018
This morning’s entertainment brought to you by a wind-up chick:
“RAWW!”
It’s very important to wear the proper footwear, be it for basketball…
…or while eating snacks
Eleanor and mom go one-on-one before dinner
Easter 2018
Easter is a spring celebration for Team LLama, and while there were a few treats, it was mostly an opportunity to gift springtime necessities to the kids
Ok, and one indoor/outdoor activity for “exercise”
Cool baby found a pouch almost instantaneously
Des models this spring’s rain fashion
Can only assume her grunting and gesturing was an attempt to say, “Mom, there appears to be treats hidden in these egg-shaped contraptions. Can you open this, please?”
Let the egg hunt begin!
Des spots an egg up above
Taking a craisin break
After plowing through her own craisins, Eleanor begins scavenging for more elsewhere. “PLEASE BROTHER! I need just four more!!”
Ella celebrating her dunk
She was, and continues to be, a big fan of her rain boots
So much so that Ella begins handing out footwear to everyone in the vacinity
Easter bunny did well with the stuffed dinosaur
Snack time with Ella and one of her many BFFs
Yup, wind-up chicks are hilarious!
In addition to coming over for dinner with ma and pa, aunt Megan brings over a basket of Liam and Viv’s old children books. Liam and Des go right for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book.
Everyone has a book they’re waiting to be read
Eventually the kids self-organize their own book clubs
Eleanor is getting to the age where she usually picks out her own books to read before nap/bed time. Originally from great-aunt Molly to Desmond, Duck & Goose, It’s Time for Christmas is still in regular rotation.
March 31st, 2018
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
March 30th, 2018
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
March 29, 2018
Dr. Eleanor Shreffler, PhD amongst her friends at daycare
March 26th, 2018
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.
March 25th, 2018
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
