Waking big brother up
Tag Archives: Eleanor
August 7th, 2017
Good Napping Tour 2017 continues…
Eleanor wanders towards the new, faint light above her crib
August 6th, 2017
Playing guitar only gets easier the more hands you have, right?
The kind of Sunday evening prime for a visit to the park before cooking dinner
Filling sand pails, as you do
Swinging life away
In his happy place
August 5th, 2017
Rainy days at Joslyn. Sketching dad’s portrait-
“Now give dad a beard!” Des thinks he’s hysterical
Eleanor, the builder
Just a boy lounging, with his rubber snake
Des’ first experience in the main gallery, followed shortly with mom shout-whispering, “DO NOT TOUCH!”
Jumping all the puddles
August 4th, 2017
Eleanor heard mom open the door to Des’ room and she immediately crawled in and pulled herself up on Des’ bed railing to say good morning.
Picture from Ms. Kristin- “Ella woke up and rolled over and got patted back to sleep!!!!!” Only lasted a few minutes, but a win nonetheless.
The ecstasy of yogurt bites
New trick…
…sleeping bum up! For over two hours before her first wake up.
Foreshadowing
July 30th, 2017
With mild weekend temperatures, it was a (surprisingly) perfect July morning for a more in-depth exploration of the new adventure trails area at the zoo. Des surveying the lay of the land
He needed a bit of encouragement, but Des quickly acclimated to climbing the rope tunnels high over the park. They even made it strong enough for parents too (there was one other dad traversing)
Peek-a… Ella!
Des had no reservations this time getting arm deep in the pool to pet the stingrays. They were hungry and seeking attention.
Eleanor had to get in on the splashing
Desmond communing with the peafowl
Eleanor’s first train ride
It took a moment at gorillas to see what all the commotion was about, but clearly everyone was excited to see this little guy. Kgosi was born this past winter.
Ella trying to pet the penguins 🙂
These two just stared at each other for a while
At this point Des usually sprints through the tunnel to go see the jellyfish
After nap, it’s time to class up the neighborhood with “running through the sprinklers in our underwear” time
Sure, why not
Dry baby
Des sucking down his first root beer float
Des runs off his spare energy around the block with mom and max
Meanwhile it’s Ella and daddy splash time
July 29th, 2017
Benson Days Parade, the one where Desmond turned candy beggar
Eleanor’s first parade, asleep regardless of the noise
World’s shortest piggy back ride
After an early lunch, we bumped into Liam and Viv with ma and pa. The cousins were waiting in line for face painting, so Des got his first paint job
He was very proud of his arm frog
While still a ways way from actually watching Star Wars, Des has been slowly introduced to the characters. Perhaps that’s why he’s getting more comfortable around the ubiquitous characters
Starting him young on the best car ever produced
