Category: Eleanor

Eleanor and Henry celebrated Mother’s Day this week with a super sized surprise breakfast for Mom. Henry helped prepare everything, from making Mom’s espresso to washing the veggies and mixing up the pancake batter. He was very proud of the effort, and led Mom into the kitchen by the arm to unveil the breakfast. We…

This week we celebrated Monkey’s birthday, which after moving around a bit in the past, seems to have settled on May 1st. Eleanor spent quite a lot of time preparing for the event, including making and wrapping several presents. The rest of the family got into the spirit as well, and Monkey had a wrapped…

This week was our households first week in almost 6 years with no diapers! Henry started sleeping without a diaper on Monday and hasn’t had an accident yet. Go Henry! Mom and Dad are super excited to be done with diapers – and celebrated taking off the changing pad attachment to Henry’s dresser. Beyond that,…

Henry and Eleanor took a quick trip back to Michigan to help Grandma celebrate her big 70th birthday. It was a surprise for Grandma, so we gathered with cousins Mackenzie, Jack and Ben and when Grandma and Grandpa arrived, we rolled up the garage door to reveal all the visitors. Everyone had a great visit,…

Eleanor and Henry had a quiet week settling back into our routine. Unfortunately, the weather hasn’t been very spring-like, so we’ve had a lot of indoor activities. On Saturday, we stayed home most of the day, and then Henry had a friend’s birthday party at Pump it Up (from 5-7?!) at which he had a…