Tag Archives: Ma

August 31st, 2018

Some serious coloring at Zio’s for aunt Megan’s birthday

Playing another round of “Ma or pa?”

Ma won.

Eleanor proclaiming how “hot” her pizza is, as usual

Cookies = not hot

Where’s Spot?

Mom’s 39th Birthday

The birthday whale visited mom for her birthday (obviously)

Blowing out the candles is a group effort 🙂

May 12th, 2018

Celebrating Mother’s Day at great-grandma Kathy’s house, Des is thrilled to hang out with his older cousins

Ella is still shy around folks she doesn’t see day-in, day-out. She was much more comfortable hanging out with dad nearby, still had a good conversation

Don’t confuse shyness with quietness though…

Goofing around with ma

But she’s oftentimes a hugger-at-heart

No, this is not group nap time, merely rather group pre-nap reading

As mom and dad were heading out to date night at the symphony performing Holst’s The Planets [a wonderful Christmas gift], Des settles into an episode of Mickey Mouse’s Clubhouse with Liam, Ella frolics with Buddy the dog

Bats Over Omaha 2018

For the first time in several years, the timing was just right to take the kids to the annual bat release at Joslyn. Each winter, a non-profit accepts calls for wildlife removal. The animals commonly need cared for, then in the case of the bats, returned back into the wild.

The welcoming committee was out in full force

Ella and her pa

The coffee filter craft project was a bat (?)

Baby’s first deli sandwich

And for a treat, a mini cupcake

After dinner, Eleanor was fueled-up and ready to go run.

And run.

Here comes the high stepper.

That moment “stepping down” by way of jumping, when the suprise dawns on Ella- “yup, you’re falling”

Des gets a close-up view of one of the stars of the evening

She’ll forever keep the older three on their toes

And now she’s beginning to wind down

Des and Viv look on at the volunteer holding her arms out with bats attached, waiting to fly away

They were mesmorized

One fella need to take a breather before trying to take off again, but eventually made it

April 5th, 2018

Ma visits daycare for a dry-run on picking the kids up before mom and dad are out of town. Des was excited to show ma how to walk down the ramp

Team llama children enjoy all colors of play-doh

For someone who has shown physical repulsion to particular sensory experiences, it is so curious how Eleanor insists on rubbing play-doh through her hair and across her face

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 9th, 2018

While the real event was celebrating ma’s 60th birthday, the kids were equally excited about the mini-arcade at Mama’s Pizza

Ok, the pizza was a hit too

Desmond learning his first emotional lesson about gambling. Of course it was entirely skewed since Viv someone won three prizes out of “The Claw!” machine

However, the third win was after everyone left, so it wasn’t until the following weekend until she was able to gift the green hippo to Des

Toddler in a big-kid world. Although trick’s on them, Ella was grunting…

Happy birthday, ma! Eleanor was certainly focused on the cake

Yup, she’s a cake fan

February 4th, 2018

A father’s pride: the Sunday morning Bugs Bunny crew

Using the super bowl as an excuse, mom made her famous from-scratch pizza

Dad’s been unusually interested in fresh pineapple in recent years, though Eleanor has zero complaints

Commercial dancing with ma

Goodnight keeses

Des and dad watch a few minutes of Planet Earth II downstairs while sister is nursing