Nobody here but us chickadees...

Eleanor is making a comeback from a pretty nasty cold, although she does still have traces of a smokers cough - sigh, kids these days - so we have been house bound for a couple of days. But, during this time, we had a nice visit with our brave friends Eszter and Lukas who have the COOLEST foam "map of the world" puzzle mat on the floor, where Ellie declared war on Northern Russia. Thankfully reconciliation took place between Eleanor and the former USSR when pieces of the city and sea port of Murmansk as well as the regions below the Kara Sea were recovered. Efforts of reconstruction were successful and diplomatic relations restored.

Riiiiiight....so, when we finally ventured outside, Omah took Mommy and Eleanor for a walk on a nature trail where chickadees will eat right out of your hand, even if there is a crazy 80 pound dog running around. We were lucky to get some great pictures of the outing where (happily) no one was seriously injured; Mommy took a nasty but comical spill on the ice while trying to get a group pic. Pride and buttocks were the casualties.



Ellie also appears to be a musical prodige. She plays the xylophone like an angel and she also works magic with maracas. She also enjoys pushing the toy bus around. I guess the proud mama, bloggable part about this is that Eleanor is learning to play with toys and though she still enjoys stuffing them into her mouth, she also seems to be developing some motor skills and eye hand coordination. What a love bug.



One final reportable event that happened, we have found a day care provider for Eleanor. She seems extremely nice. Ellie has met Barbara two times now and has played at her house. We are thrilled that we have found a safe and happy place for Eleanor to make friends when it is time to unleash her out into the world.

Just a small warm and fuzzy, we would like to send out hugs and love to all our blog readers. We love you all!