Lightsabers: fun for the whole family!
Party in the ball tent
Eleanor learning to help turn the pages
Lightsabers: fun for the whole family!
Party in the ball tent
Eleanor learning to help turn the pages
Eleanor decides to “taste” the bath water. Repeatedly.
Playing with Viv and Grace. Shirt: “It’s my birthday!”
Ella, big fan of balloons
Des watching the first-year slideshow
Not knowing what was going on with the crowd staring at her, needless to say, Eleanor was taken back by the spontaneous singing
With prior cupcake training complete, Eleanor knew to eat the cake
…one tiny, non-smashing pinch at a time.
Desmond eating his cake and ice cream, with a side of Halloween candy. Someone found extra treats…
Even with demonstrating a lot off effort towards self-restraint, Desmond flirts with doing a majority of the unwrapping
Ribbons don’t get any easier later in life either
So happy
Opening her presents from mom dad- a tent/ballpit
and a new winter/indoor tricycle (there are days dad thinks Eleanor isn’t looking out the window at the trees or cars, but rather pining after brother’s blue tricycle on the front porch)
During the evening, Ella’s raspy voice from her cold the week prior turned into wheezing. By 1:30am, it’s was clearly abnormal breathing (mom and dad learned the term “stridor”) and the nurse advised a visit to the ER. She was diagnosed with “croup,” an upper-respiratory viral infection. She stayed for a few hours for a steroid shot and breathing treatment. By 4:30am, everyone was back home and asleep again.
Although she wasn’t able to attend, her classroom was ready to party
Who’s the birthday girl?
Ella’s the birthday girl!
Desmond and dad return from daycare and shopping for sister’s birthday present. Dad leaves present on front porch, explaining to Desmond that we’ll sneak the toy in later to wrap it. Des walks inside, dad walks in side. Dad returns to living room a few minutes later to find that Desmond has gone back outside, retrieved the toy and then gave it to sister. Oh well, she liked it anyway.
Ella’s birthday cupcake, enjoying the singing and learning not to touch candles
Eleanor relaxing with mom during Ernie’s birthday party
Desmond and Cal go (sit?) for a joy ride, though Des later someone talks Calvin into pushing around the yard
This is a stare of toy happiness, not toy jealousy…
Eleanor and dad hanging out with Nora
While everyone was napping, dad found a garter snake while mowing. It cannot be overstated just how brave dad was in eventually capturing the snake for Desmond to see later.
Eleanor digging deep into the lego drawer to get just the right one
Drummer circle with these two
The dynamic bath time duo!
Early morning modeling
First bubble bath was a win! She loved it!