Hair clip please ...

Today's theme: E loves food

"I LOVE SPAGHETTI!"

"I LOVE ICE CREAM!"

We go to a lot of free concerts in local parks during lunch. Occasionally E is too distracted to eat.
"I LOVE CHEERIOS!"

This photo is off the theme but it's cute. :o)

Rooney Playdate

We headed down to the cape for a playdate with my oldest friend, Alissa, and her niece Eleanor!

Elliott and Eleanor got along famously. They're both very (OK sort of) good at sharing and at giving people the stink eye.


Alissa and I met at the Mendon Town Beach when we were two. We had the same doll. The rest is history. It's hard to believe we were just a little older than E and E.


For a giggle, here's a the oldest photo I have of me and Alissa. I think we're about 4. Yep, that's me with the turbo-bangs.

Nana time!

Nana came to visit this week. Her sandwich was much better than Elliott's lunch (even though she had the same food just in bite-sized form).


Making friends left and right:

11 months

White Fang

Elliott's third tooth has surfaced. But it isn't the middle top tooth ... Ant Lindsay has dubbed her "White Fang."

Cape Cod Vacation

Table for (almost) six please!

Elliott entertained us for about an hour by making old man faces.




Blueberry pancakes? APPROVED!

Elliott LOVES water. Bathtime is her favorite time of day, I am constantly pulling her away from Scout's water bowl and now we know that she likes salt water. The taste of it that is.



Best purchase of the summer? Beach tent.




Elliott had lots of bonding time with her Uncle Brother this weekend. He let her play with his iPhone and she interrupted his nap. Sounds fair to me.

Random Photos

Where is Scout when you need a vacuum?


Ah, she's on the porch at Pappy's house:

Hey, do you see those raccoons?

Story Hour

Bedtime routine in our house ends with "Storytime with Daddy." It used to be just one or two stories but recently Elliott has been very interested in books. She can even point out the moon in several different books. Storytime now lasts so long that Scout gets lonely in the living room and has taken to participating ... kind of:

I'm not ready for this ...

Video here.

Hello old friend

Our jumperoo got put away a while ago because she lost interest in it but the McMahons have theirs out and Elliott was happily reunited with her old friend ...







Video here.

Cookout

We're multiplying at an alarming rate ...

Julia:
BFFs in progress.

Declan:
The newest addition, Andrew:

She speaks!

Purgatory Chasm

My friend Jen from high school was in town this week so we headed out to my old stomping grounds for some kid-friendly fun at ... Purgatory Chasm? I'm sure there's history behind the weird name but all I remember from my time there as a kid is being told not to run near the Chasm because I could fall, break my neck and die. Since E isn't so sure-footed yet (ha!), we spent time on the playground and away from the neck-breaker. Elliott was a little too little to appreciate the bug presentation and craft hour but her new BFF Lily ate it up. Not literally.

Many thanks to Jen for documenting the event -- I had my camera but didn't use it!


BFFs for reals.
Pony presentation. There is so much to learn!


And then (going with the theme of this summer), we swam.

And for a laugh, here is me and Jen in our high school production of "Pirates of Penzance."

Sand!

Elliott feels the same way about both sand and grass. She won't sit in it, but she'll play with it ... and eat it.

Family Foto

Life is good.

Funtimes and adventures

Look at this adorable bug. How could this angelic face ever cause any trouble?

Perhaps by climbing into the dishwasher?

Pig-pile!
"Who needs toys? I've got a laundry basket!"

Finger foods.
Scout. Is. Thrilled.

"HI! IT'S ME! I'M AWAKE!"

Elliott likes to take Scout for a walk. Err crawl? I just noticed the farmer's tan she is rocking in this picture. She tans? Are we sure she's part Flaherty?

She is SO good at sharing.

Notice both pacifiers on the floor: