Still figuring how to play together, Des experiments with stacking toys on sister
Firsts: eating dad’s hummus, hummus beard
Our little power splasher
Tag Archives: Meals
June 6th, 2017
The road trip back was about as-expected, even stopping at the same rest area. Des was proud of him self for walking down the pillars all by himself.
Making good time, a stop at Zombie Burger for lunch. The best veggie burgers and brussels sprouts!
May 29th, 2017
Daredevil in the making.
“Whee!”
Rock climbing
Brother playing peekaboo with sister
Not sure what to think of her first taste of peanut butter
Grandma and Eleanor have a tongue-sticking-out contest
Nothing wrong with grandma’s lips, just sputtering back to Ella
“Watch out for bridges and hop-ons. You’re going to get some hop-ons.”
May 28th, 2017
Perfect weather for a back porch “picnic”
Des helping dad replace the lawn mower blade. Each turn of the socket driver was accompanied with a, “spin…”
Des is still trying to figure out how to play with baby sister.
The (recently planted) lawn growing so long, Eleanor nearly got lost in the front yard
Ella was a big fan of avocado and beans
Chewin and a splashin’, ya ya ya
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.
