Tuesday, April 28, 2009

April Highlights
Monster post, and plenty left out for later. I guess that's what happens during a busy month.... We'll try to be better bloggers in the future. Pics by Megan, narrative by Sam. Coming soon, visit with Cousin Joe and Grandpa and Nana.


being silly with Rob at the Stinson Beach house


playing sand with Rina at Stinson Beach


at Limantour Beach


hiking at muir woods


golden gate park


enjoying the James Turrell installation at the DeYoung Museum in SF


canoeing with grandma, papa and daddy on the rio grande


baking bread with daddy and papa on easter


cosmo regarding the helicopter


shopping with grandma over easter break


makin' pizza

Here is a short list of some of my favorite Eleri expressions this month:

Right now...or later?
Help! I need help. I need help coloring.
What are you doing?
Let's do it!
Right now, right now!
I excited!
...in the whole world.
...tonight.
I like yooouuuu.
Not yyeeetttt...


She's also on her way to mastering her first full-fledged song - which is still charming even after about 80 times per day.

Do a der a female der
Ray a drop ah goden SUN!
Me a name a call ahh self
Fa a long long long long RUN!
So a needle needle THREAD!
La ahhhh SO!
Tea ah da da da da bread.
...... Do do do do

Here's a little more Eleri trivia for the month:

As of today, Eleri has taken 16 separate airplane trips.
Eleri has been to 3 countries.
Eleri has been to 11 states.
Her favorite restaurant is Old Town Pizza.
She likes to list her favorite friends.
Her favorite pastimes are coloring, tea parties, playing at the playground, playing in the sandbox or dirt, swimming, and cooking.
Her favorite songs are "Dewatis (What is) Love" (Haddaway) and "Turn the Car Around" (O.A.R)

Thursday, March 26, 2009

here's some recent drawings. she started a couple weeks ago making faces and then asking, "happy or sad?" Then the faces progressed to having hair and ears and bodies. Then she started drawing particular people. Observe.


the artist at work

her very first face



most recent masterpiece

train with daddy 2

more train vids on youtube. this one features the abc song

Wednesday, March 04, 2009


with grandma on Lake Nemakagon in Cable, WI

In the van with Damjan and grandma

round and round at the milwaukee public museum



with grandma anne and great grandma at applebees



oops, forgot the coat. forgot that winter is cold outside....

with ian at the botanical gardens a few weeks ago



hiking with mommy and daddy out at the volcanoes -- "empty place"

Wednesday, February 11, 2009




at the meteor crater visitor center


lunch in Flagstaff




Skiing in Flagstaff



Skiing in Durango

Monday, January 26, 2009

durango skiing

Monday, January 05, 2009

These are photos that Eleri took, with our old camera. I guess that's a milestone, composing photos on the blog and not just posing.










Friday, January 02, 2009

birkie training



if only the rest of us were training so hard....

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Christmas


"choo choo!" christmas afternoon


on the train to santa fe, 12/24


12/23/08-- daddy's birthday


still jetlagged in early december -- sleeping on the futon








unwrapping all the ornaments

Sunday, December 21, 2008


DFW airport with trunki


Yokohama Pier with Yokohama in the background


Yokohama Pier


cooking teppanyaki with Yusuke and Sayaka. This pancake had cabbage shrimp and cheese in it, topped with mayo and bonito flakes. it was delicious


even the construction in Tokyo was beautiful


pizza with eleri's new friend Yuse


another nighttime shot, this time in Akihabara "electric town"


trying on boots at Zara in Tokyo

Monday, December 15, 2008

funny pictures of cats with captions
more animals