Tag Archives: Meals

January 30th, 2019

When the phrase “Hoth-cold” enters the household vernacular- while less gusty than yesterday, it’s still biting-cold in the morning

Test flights in the living room (yes, dad read safety articles on how to properly fly indoors) proceed

After a drone landing, Des and Ella sprint to the scene for the post-flight review

Eleanor’s demeanor radically shifts as she is no longer having this seemingly-autonomic flying robot’s campaign of terror

With Ella’s opinion of drones doing a 180° in mere seconds, dad quickly lands to soothe her worries

Nothing a bowl of mom’s divine tomato soup and grilled cheese can’t cure (nice form, Ella!)

January 26th, 2019

Waking up to fresh powder

Eleanor learning fifth position in her first dance class

Lunch with (great-)(aunt) Molly at Lalibela Ethiopian

Napping with all of her friends- Margaret, Blue Bear, assorted animals and, clutched guardedly in hand- beloved monkey.

Now officially a tradition: dad’s birthday weekend celebrated with an overnight hotel stay, swim and pizza party. Des is just as excited as dad-

Eleanor wastes no time finding the nearest slide, dashing down with only mild hesitation

Desmond fearlessly conquering the two-story waterslide

All washed up after the pool, the pizza arrives! The pixar gods shone down on everyone with a quick find on the cable (re-explaining that concept to Des for the fourth time) with Finding Dory

Ella snacking with some of aunt Molly’s candied pecans (so yum!)

Snuggles and Nemo- the best birthday present

While Eleanor takes quite some time to fall asleep, Des and dad build a fort in the corner with a laptop viewing of The Empire Strikes Back (or with all the pause-and-explain-the-plot-details breaks, up until meeting Yoda on Dagobah)

January 23rd, 2019

Sometimes they just do the most random, cutest things…

Apparently you have to hold hands when requesting a picture with the most recent lego creation

The treats tonight were very, berry good-

Ella getting in on the water tube action

January 21st, 2019

With preschool/daycare closed for President’s Day, it’s a good day for lunch near dad’s work. Des and Ella patiently await cooled-down, cliche grilled cheese and french fries

Dreaming of cupcakes

Sitting in dad’s spot while mom has a work event, Des is doubly excited for his leftover mac & cheese

January 20th, 2019

Less common than it once was now Eleanor is fully mobile, a Sunday lunch before finishing grocery shopping

January 18th, 2019

Dad was feeling a bit nostalgic and got Des his first balsa wood plane. It lasted about as long as you’d expect, but it was fun nonetheless

While neither child routinely wore a bib that much, Ella found one in the drawer and insisted on wearing it 

Des demonstrates a perfect underarm and swing-out turn during an after-dinner dance party

Proud engineer (of all things)

January 14th, 2019

Ella clearly liked her spaghetti

Practicing his handwriting, Des mimics dad’s spelling from the boogie board

January 12th, 2019

Des surveying the accomplishment of putting his new dinosaur puzzle together

Everyone gets in a good Wii run before lunch/nap

A rare evening visit to the Children’s Museum for Star Wars night

But it’s a surprise, as the kids have no idea

But then Ella spotted her friend! Darth Vader and other assorted characters make their way through the parade

“CHEWBACCA!”

Des isn’t sure what to think, but waves reflexively…

“…!!!”

It’s time for pictures afterwards and of course these two pick the “dark side” first

Eleanor was surprisingly composed when holding the hand of her idol (each morning when asked what she dreamed about while she slept and she answers “Darth Vader” every time)

Why waste an opportunity to collect balls?

She ended up being a bit more of a hoarder than actually playing

Des scaling the rock climbing wall with confidence

Playing in the old Gordman’s Zooland animals mom and dad too played on as kids

Des really getting the “hang” of it

As usual, Eleanor is much more interested in gathering and arranging cones than actually kicking the soccer ball 🙂

From a distance Des spots two other characters standing idly by- “DAD! … REY! … KILO REN!!” So of course Des wants to get a picture with his new friends.

Back home for dinner, Des opts for the “combo cookie” treat

Ella’s post-piggy tail hair may or may not resemble a famous clown-

Absolutely no drinking bath water…