LOST: Eleanor's neck

Her head just perches right on her shoulders (especially when wearing her mock turtleneck sunblock rash guard)!

Hey, babay!

William discovered he can wink!

Big mouth

William asked me, "Is this a big mouth?"

                         Yes, it is!

William's photos

William's perspective is coincidentally my chest height, so he winds up with alot of these bent over, double chin pictures as I try to get my face and not just a boob in the shot.

Pinwheel

Poor guy lost it out of the window the next day, and is now convinced that the "bad guy" (AKA the a-hole that broke Nang's windows to find something to steal) actually took his "flower."

Uncle Mac's last day

On Uncle Mac's last day on our block, William got in a little time in his truck bed pretending to be a manly man. I don't really know what to point out first in this picture because there is so much odd here. 

Nang's hat looks a tad...small? Eleanor's overdressed in her fancy smocked bib, and William's rocking his Vietnam flip flops like any good Texas cowboy. 

What's El doing this week?

Eleanor's mobile. She's rolling across rooms to get where she wants, and she cannot be stopped. She simply goes around, under, or through any obstacle in her desired path. She's getting up on all fours swiftly and easily, and rocking back and forth getting ready to crawl and really wreak some havoc around here. She also crawfishes, and I find her stuck under stools and chairs either completely proud of herself and babbling away about her accomplishment or crying her eyes out because she cannot get where she wants to go. 

Brother Sister

Sometimes I walk in on something that I wish would last longer.  William is helping Eleanor learn to work her wrist rattles. 

First time in shorts

Eleanor rocked her first day in shorts by posing like a swimsuit model...over and over. 

Big girl stroller

Mimi discovered that Eleanor can handle the big girl stroller. She looks like she's thoroughly enjoying herself, yes?

First haircut

I gave El her first haircut, and it involved darting my hand around with scissors to take a few awkward snips. This was a second attempt at straightening out the previous chops. Hopefully this will eliminate the greasy, forehead plastered bangs that have been happening by he afternoon.

What's Eleanor doing now?

She's crawfishing like a pro and getting stuck under everything. Go, Eleanor, go!

Ba starts learning about hair

Ba did Eleanor's hair for the second time ever this morning. The first time involved a clip bow, and he got a good chunk of hair into it but instead of pointing the hair to the side, he clipped it with the tail to the front. Not a good look. This morning I thought a headband would be more Ba's speed. The first attempt is odd but promising!

I can read!

William wanted to read me the books at bedtime tonight - a first! I was interested to see what he meant by reading, and planned to humor his request by being sufficiently impressed by the effort. I wasn't prepared for him to recite all of the words to a 22 page Thomas the Tank Engine book and the much shorter "Llama Llama Nighty Night!" He humoresques me by letting me take a few pictures.

Tee tee turtles

William's turtles get to air dry on the rack today.  The pink one is Eleanor's, but pink turtle loves purple turtle (it's complicated), so William keeps them together at night which is where the problem starts.  When William's diaper leaked in his bed, it woke him up, and he came to our bed, and leaked some more.  Upon surveying the damage in the morning, the turtle trio, and two beds of sheets and mattress pads went into the laundry.  After washing everything, William let me know that he also leaked on his kitty cat, so she needed to be washed also, and he put her into the laundry hamper like the OBEDIENT child he is!

Gimme a break!

I still haven't learned to be careful what I wish for...

Bonding with Ba Co

Eleanor had a little bonding time with her Ba Co, and Ba Co rewarded El's sweetness with a first taste of watermelon.

Uncle Mac's last day on the block

On Uncle Mac's last day on our block, a tree limb fell, so he and his chainsaw paid a visit. An Uncle Mac visit means William can practice being a manly man - wearing Kelly's cowboy hats and work gloves, sitting in the bed of pickup, and "fixing" with a variety of screwdrivers and wood pieces. We're going to miss Uncle Mac!

Baseball with Ba

Ba sent Eleanor and me the following text from the Astros game:
"Eating peanuts and egg rolls (flautas) and ice cream!!! Loving life."

Japanda

 

Every morning, right after this little guy asks me how my "nap" was, he asks, "Where's Ba?"  This morning I told him that Ba was out of town on business.  "Oh, he went to Japanda for business, right?"