Category: Eleanor

Eleanor and Henry celebrated and early Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa this week.  We also put up our Christmas tree, and Eleanor put a few ornaments on the tree herself.  She was very excited about the whole process, and reminds us each morning to turn on the lights on the tree.  We figured we would…

Happy December! It was a busy week for Eleanor and Henry – they started out with Eleanor’s first soccer practice – aptly named “Little Kickers”. I asked Eleanor how it went, and she told me that she sat on a ball. Hopefully they progress to kicking the ball at some point :) On Thursday night…

Happy Thanksgiving! Eleanor and Henry had a fun Thanksgiving weekend – travelling to Grandma and Grandpa’s house to celebrate with the extended family. Henry was really working on his mobility this week – he made several trips up Grandma and Grandpa’s staircase all by himself, and loved cruising around with the “doggy” push toy. A…

Henry turned 11 months old this week! He has really been enjoying his mobility, and Eleanor continues to be surprised that suddenly things are no longer out of his reach. These days Henry seems to be most interested in whatever Eleanor is doing. He took his first trip to the library this week for story…

Eleanor and Henry had a fun week relaxing at home, and enjoying some unseasonable warm days at the park.  Henry got his first pair of real shoes, and was practicing using them on the slide at the park.  I think he is just about ready to do the slide all by himself – if we…

Henry celebrated his first Halloween this week! Henry, I think, was mostly confused as to why he had a banana sewed to his sleeve. Eleanor was also a bit confused, but because we kept telling her to go up to strangers, say “Trick or Treat”, and then pick out some candy.  I think she enjoyed…