Me and my pink bicycle

Sunny summer morning

Group Photo: Take 2

Zoo Boise with Uncle Olivier

It was a gorgeous Boise weekend.  Tia Kelli and Grandpa Bruce babysat Els and Olive Friday night so we could see Cindy Smith perform at BCT.  Els spent Saturday with her Dad while Tia Kelli and I went shopping.  On Sunday, Steve and Kelli went to fix her water heater at her rental, and Olivier, Elsinore, and I visited the Zoo.  We had a great time!  Elsinore has been talking about going round and round on the Giraffe quite a bit.  Sunday evening we went to Kumudhu's retirement part at Paul and Stephanie's house, where Els had her first experience jumping on a big trampoline.  She loved it and was quite good at it.

cool coat

Batman Mugshot

The girls had their first full weekend together.  Olive stayed with us for three nights and four days while her parents spent a weekend in Seattle for a friend's wedding.  The girls had fun cooking in Elsi's kitchen, 'riding' bikes, playing in the pool and at the park with Nora and Ryan.  J bought both girls new slippers for the big weekend and they both wanted to wear them all the time.  They werent' thrilled about me stopping their play for a photo, hence the mugshot expressions.

Someone's in the kitchen with Elsi

                   

Last week Grandpa set up the amazing kitchen he gave Elsi for Christmas this past year.

It only took him about 6 hours -- time well spent.

Thank you, Grandpa!

Elsi Reader

Elsinore loves to read.  I have been here only for two days and we read together for hours.  I hope it's an interest she keeps for the rest of her life.

Group Photo

           

Grandpa Babysits

Grandpa came over to play with Els for a couple hours this morning while "Steve Daddy" finished up his Labor Day weekend dirt bike trip with Mark and "Abbie Mama" did some cleaning and paint touch up around the new house.  Grandpa engaged in all kinds of fun games like chase and reading books.  He also had the grand idea to watch a back country "tail-dragger" airplane instructional video while they ate tuna fish sandwiches together.  I think Els was quite intrigued by the topic.  Not just b/c she isn't actually allowed to watch t.v. yet, either.  After lunch the two of them played outside and Grandpa returned her to me with a messy diaper and tree sap all over her shirt and hands.  The diaper didn't surprise me.  But, tree sap?  I fear he was trying to teach her how to climb trees.