{"id":11902,"date":"2012-10-29T22:22:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T03:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2012-10-30T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T02:52:36","slug":"virginia-is-for-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=11902","title":{"rendered":"Virginia is for Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week Henry and Eleanor continued their exploration of Virginia Beach.\u00a0 Eleanor really enjoyed her new inflatable travel bed which she used instead of a crib.\u00a0 She spent most nights sleeping in the same room as Lala, and she never got out of bed before morning.\u00a0\u00a0 She also loved playing with cousin Saul, especially playing hide and seek while holding hands.\u00a0 There was a great little park near our house, where Eleanor mastered the play equipment.\u00a0 She was climbing the ladders and rock wall all by herself, and then coming down the slides.\u00a0 She loved helping Papa make pancakes, and especially eating them!\u00a0 Papa got creative and made lots of shapes including an \u201cE\u201d, a turtle, a duck\/penguin and a crocodile.\u00a0 She explored the local aquarium with Mimi, although she was particularly unimpressed with the crab which wasn\u2019t the expected red color.\u00a0 While playing in a play caf\u00e9 she came across some large foam puzzle pieces \u2013 she picked out one in an \u201cL\u201d shape and said \u201cL for Lala.\u00a0 Eleanor wants to take it to Lala\u201d and then proceeded to carry the piece all the way over to Lala who was playing with Henry at the time.\u00a0 Ha!\u00a0 She was a champ at the airport and on the plane, and got a number of compliments from her fellow passengers.\u00a0 The combination of singing \u201cthree little monkeys\u201d and playing with stickers kept her occupied the whole time.\u00a0 When we got home, we graduated her to eating at her own table and chair \u2013 with no straps and no tray.\u00a0 So far she has been pretty good about staying seated for meals, but not as good as she has been about staying in bed.<\/p>\n

Henry knocked out a bunch of firsts this week \u2013 starting with his first time in the ocean.\u00a0 He dipped his feet in with Mom, Dad and Eleanor, but he preferred to play in the dry sand instead of in the surf.\u00a0 He also had his first trip to the ER after a scare when his chair tipped over backwards at dinner.\u00a0 Everything checked out o.k. \u2013 but hopefully we won\u2019t have to make another trip to the ER anytime soon.\u00a0 Henry also had his first dip into a pool at the hotel \u2013 which he liked a bit better than the ocean.\u00a0 He got a kick out of splashing his hand in the water.\u00a0 We are also ready to give him credit for his first word \u2013 \u201cMama\u201d.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure he always says it with meaning, but it has been very clearly enunciated this week \u2013 at one point Eleanor said \u201cHenry just said Mama\u201d!\u00a0 I think it was also his first stay in a hotel \u2013 at least I can\u2019t come up with a previous hotel stay.\u00a0 It was definitely the first time that both Henry and Eleanor slept in the same room, and they actually did quite well.\u00a0 In fact, the first night we put them both down to bed at the same time, and Henry was fussing a bit, and Eleanor sang the ABC song to him until he fell asleep.\u00a0 Henry also met Aunt Kathy and Aunt Ann and cousin Adam for the first time.\u00a0 Wow, that was a lot \u2013 and I probably missed a few.
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