Grapes!

I wish they shared toys half as well as they share food...

They didn't even count them, Mom!

First Strawberry

Eli "accidentally" picked an almost ready strawberry out of our berry patch...

He says it was very yummy.

Birthday Party

Thank you Auntie Jan for taking pictures!

Breakfast

This morning for breakfast, Iris ate four pancakes. 

Eli ate one.

The winner!

Fruity

Iris loves fruit. 

Yes, she finished the strawberry that is bigger than her head.

She loves berries, melon, apples, grapes, bananas, pineapple, every fruit we've tried so far. 

By far blueberries are her favorite fruit. She will eat as many as I put in front of her. 

(and they do amazing things to her diaper...)

Where'd You Get The Coconuts?

When Scott and Denise came for dinner on Sunday, Jeremy decided to open up a coconuts for the kids' entertainment. 

He tried a corkscrew

and a paring knife

before resorting to man tools...

The kids all drank the juice out of the coconut with straws

and covered their ears while Jeremy smacked the thing with a cleaver

Shockingly, none of the kids liked coconut!

Can't say I blame them... I can't stand coconut!

Iris' 1st Birthday Party

We had Iris' 1st birthday party on Saturday

everyone had pizza and cake


Iris had her very own smash cake


She was very excited about it, until everyone started singing. 

I couldn't sing. I was laughing so hard at the scared look on her face...


She was really happy to get the cake, because she wanted to play with the candle

once she realized it was cake though...

After cake there were presents. Iris got toys and clothes.  

Once she realized there were toys, she decided she was done opening gifts.

We had a fun fun time, thanks to everyone who came!

Happy 1st Birthday, Iris!

Today our lovely Iris turns one.

She is such a happy girl, and we have grown to love her oh so much in the year she's been with us. 

She loves her big brother,

kisses,

walking, (just like a BIG GIRL!)

her handsome daddy,

bananas,

Rosie,

her baby doll,

and Mommy, most of all. 

The Eater

When Jeremy is on days, he gets home around 7:30. This is kind of late for Iris to have dinner, so usually I save some leftovers from the night before, and feed it to her around 6:00, and she doesn't eat with us when daddy gets home. Or she'll have a small snack.

Yesterday for "dinner", she ate about 3 ounces of steak, half a baked potato, and six, SIX!! sprigs of asparagus. 

Compared to Eli, Mr. No-thanks-I'm-full-I-ate-half-a-saltine, I am amazed at her appetite! 

When daddy got home, she ate most of my chicken and pasta! 

She must be having a growth spurt...

Finally

Iris has accepted that princesses can feed themselves!

Melonomel

Eli really likes lemon. Melon. 

I'm glad. It is such a challenge to get him to eat!

Fortunes

I dig Chinese food.

Fortune cookies are goofy.

Here are ours from last time (remarkably prophetic!)

Mine : 

Nah, but I'll write a blog post.

Jeremy's :

And just look at Iris! Crawling! Daddy is so proud!

Eli's : 

More like every day!

Happy hump day! 

:o)

The Cake

Yesterday I made a cake. 

Eli helped me crack the eggs.

He asked me to turn on the oven light so he could watch it cook. 

When it came out of the oven he waited patiently for it to cool.

He watched me make the frosting, measured the sugar for me.

I finished frosting the cake, turned to put the bowl in the sink.

Turned back. Eli was on his way to the table, cake plate in his hands. 

"Uh - what do you think you're doing?" asks his Mom.

"Don't worry. I'll come back for a fork!" says Eli...

This is the crabby face of a boy whose Mom 

wouldn't let him eat a whole cake. 

Olive Oil

Do you use one of these?

Do you know what happens if you fill it to 

the very brim and then shove the lid on?

This.

Eli was so impressed.