Clearly this picture is not recent, as she is eating wood chips.

Now E much prefers food to nonfood. Like popsicles!

A spring montage . . .

Look, Jill visited!

 Enjoying early spring warmth

Left in the care of some very capable Quaker youth, Eleanor was crowned the "Princess of London."

I don't get it either.

Get in the swing, they said. It'll be fun, they said.

Eleanor has been letting go of the furniture more and more as walking has become the preferred mode of transportation. Though it can probably better be described as "wildly careening."



In her defense, it WAS just sitting there with all the other edible lunch foods.

With friend B, ready for a walk

Eleanor turned 1!

Old news now, but it can't be too late for pictures of the event, right?

We had a couple of people over and Eleanor got to eat yummy cake made by friend Laura.

This card is the source of much delight and wonder. Great-Grandma Frances sent it - it plays a song about princesses when you open it up!

Valentine's Day

We celebrated in style by going out to Moe's. It was a Tuesday, which meant Eleanor's meal was free! I felt unintentionally cheap when I discovered that . . .

Some catching up after a long hiatus

First, just some general cuteness:

Here's a video of the spoon in action: