Lincoln Park Zoo is a little scary

Carousels are not normally considered thrill rides. Elliot and I went to the Zoo with Trey and Jay Kingsley today. Trey's day ended at the carousel in tears. Elliot was shaking so badly when he got off (after about 5 seconds on the ride) that only 3 pounds of honeydew melon could soothe his battered psyche. Oddly, he later said, "I wanna do it (the carousel) again."

Otherwise, the zoo was lots of fun. See fake smile after eating aforementioned pile o' melon.

Brookfield Zoo fieldtrip

Monkies!!

WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Natalie starting holding our hands and walking a couple of weeks ago. She howls with laughter while chasing Elliot around the apartment. She has also started to do this guttural grunt/growl when she wants to walk (which is quite frequent) and is not finding the appropriate adult hands to assist.

Conked out

We spent the morning at the park and ate lunch 'al fresco'. On the stroll back home a sun soaked Spider Man and Natalie fell fast asleep. Well Elliot did. He made the transfer to bed and took his second nap in the last two months. Ahh.....

Uncle Piggy's birthday party

Great fun at Bill's 70th. Friends, family, chocolate cake and trains. Perfect day for Elliot.

Cousin Dawn was great with Natalie. Baby sitter?

Clean Turtle

Tiny one. Super clean. No peas up that nose.

Natalie Splashing -video

Here she is recorded for posterity splashing in the bath. Go Natalie!

The Turtle Eats! The Turtle Splashes!

Just before her 7 month birthday (tomorrow) Baby Natalie decides to venture forth beyond the boob. Hooray! To make it a bit more interesting, she insists upon grabbing the spoon herself and guiding it (the spoon and cereal in this case) to her mouth. Once she is done, she reassures herself that gravity does still exist by dropping the half loaded spoon to the ground.

Needless to say, the whole process was quite a mess resulting in a bath. Natalie discovered while in the bath that she, like her sainted brother, can splash too, now that she can sit up (yep, sitting up). She was quite excited and went at it with gusto.

Look in to my eyes . . .

Natalie attempts mind control of the Daddy.

Bathtime finger paints

An Easter gift from Gramma Monnie. If you didn't know better, you might think we just had a particularly colorful strain of bathroom mold.