Some of the more...

Mountain getaway

We spent the first part of the week up in the Cascades and had an awesome time.



More to come...

Happy holidays!

Eleanor had a wonderful Christmas.

She had fun opening lots of great presents from family in Minnesota.





Like some cool new cooking stuff for her Hanukkah kitchen...





A warm, new hat...



And an awesome new wagon!







Thank you, everyone!

Fancy new haircut

Things were getting a little out of control.

DANCE PARTY!

Somebody really likes her new kitchen...

Hello, fellow Jews...

Happy belated Hanukkah!




To the rest of you, happy December 14th.

Looking like a big kid...

Busy, busy...

Someone we love very much may have had a birthday recently and gotten a cool new coat*

*Not to mention a year older.**
**It's mom.

Eleanor practicing for her audition in the upcoming musical adaptation of The Road

One more museum down

Ellie had a great time at the Museum of Flight.










Though it should be noted she was far more interested in the assorted stairways and buttons than the actual machines of flight.

Is there a museum of stairs?

Or buttons?

Somebody REALLY likes merry-go-rounds

Oh, and Eleanor enjoyed it too.

It only looks like a piggy-back ride

Close examination reveals it to be a giraffe-back ride.

Rhythm girl

So mom cleaned out the attic this weekend and that meant Eleanor could enjoy a little quality time with my drums.




She's now played them more than I have in the previous 15 months.







And yes, I know the ______-girl construct is getting a little tired. Sorry.

Beauty girl

Underwater girl

Ellie, Min and I went to Aquarium this weekend and had an awesome time. I used to love going there as a kid when we visited family here in Seattle. In the many years since, the Seattle Aquarium has gone from damp, dingy and kind of tired (but great for kids) to modern, bright, clean and pretty amazing (and still great for kids).

Eleanor loved all the fish and seals and otters and toddler-focused activities.





Oh and lunch at the Aquarium Cafe.*

Oh and the jellyfish and octopus cutouts.



Oh and the jellyfish and octopus cutouts.



Oh and the jellyfish and octopus cutouts.



Oh and the jellyfish and octopus cutouts.



Seriously, she got a little obsessed.

We had such a good time that we signed up for a membership. Can't wait to go back!



Any takers..?




*She had Baby Seal and Chips.

Monkey Girl 1, Halloween 0

Ellie dominated Halloween thoroughly.

She came.



She saw.



She received candy.



She leaned over.



She didn't rip off her costume.



She remained awesome.

Party girl

Fetch!

Doing some art

Happy Birthday to Grammy and Graunty!

Eleanor can't contain her excitement!



We love you both and can't wait to see Grammy again this week!

Getting ready for school

I'm playing man-to-man defense this week with mom down in San Francisco for work.

We've had a ton of fun and Eleanor's made it really easy. In no small part due to her rapidly blossoming enthusiasm for school each morning.

She's super excited to get ready and head out the door to see all her friends.

Then again, if was this beautiful, I'd be pretty amped to get to school too.