Eleanor tried lots of new foods in January! Green beans are not her favorite, but everything else she gobbles up. I’ve been experimenting making baby food in the Instant Pot… she still prefers store-bought pouches because she can feed herself.
GIVE ME THE SPOON.
We attempted to teach Meredith the concept behind leapfrog.
She decided riding on her sisters was more fun.
Eleanor giggles at her sisters’ antics.
Every night before bed, Meredith asks to give Eleanor a little hug. She’s been begging to let Eleanor sleep in her room too, but that won’t happen for a while.
Rest stop on a hike.
Perfecting magnatile towers.
On one rainy Saturday, Jake took the girls to do crafts at Home Depot. They were proud of their Valentine’s box creations.
Eleanor continued to crawl backwards and even learned to spin around, but still didn’t quite get how to crawl forwards.
The girls created a car for themselves out of a huge box and styrofoam.
Meredith loves to fill the basket in her bike with random toys to bring to the park.
Samantha and Amelia went to Harper’s birthday party at Zoomars and spent almost the entire time feeding and petting every single guinea pig.
We had one week that was straight up torrential downpours every day. After school one day, I announced we were having a read-a-thon. I had to explain what that was a million times, but the girls eventually went along with it. We pulled out all of our bins of books and binge-read picture books all afternoon.
Eleanor’s favorite toys.
Playdate with Maple and Gavin inside on a rainy day!
Wearing one of Maple’s old size 2T sleepers!
We got to meet Amy’s new baby– sweet Carter!
Meredith’s playgroup for 2016 babies. Many of the moms also have 2018 babies like Eleanor, so both toddler and babies have some friends!
Art and projects from school this month:
At teacher conference, Samantha and Amelia’s teachers showed me the little word books they’ve done recently and said how impressed they were by the drawings! I’d say those are pretty detailed for a five-year-old!
We practiced catch and batting to get ready for the upcoming softball season. Hit a home run, Amelia!
Lots of love,
