Ela greatly enjoys feeding herself and can't seem to get enough yummy food. (If you look closely, you can see her little pigtails in this picture.)
She enjoys her vegetables - she's shown here with some particularly good broccoli.
Boookie is warming with the weather to the idea that socks, shirts and long pants are articles of clothing, not articles of faith. You wouldn't believe the racket that ensued when we dressed him with no socks, no shirt, and shorts!
For the past two weekends, we hobbits have engaged in some major yard work. Uncle Matty may have taken things too far - he's shown here tossing Boookie into the yard waste container.
And here's Ela stalking her prey through the tall grass like a pink-striped tiger baby.
Look out world - she's got a convertible!
Maniac baby driver!
Here's Boookie stealing the last of Ela's toys. (Notice the armful of toys he's already taken).
Nobody knows why, but Boookie kept telling Uncle Matty about the "space needles." We finally figured out that he was referring to earthworms.
Uncle Matty spent his last weekend as an unemployed bum doing yard work for Jobenstein Jr. Matty and the Mayor dug up a corner of the front yard and built an herb garden for the hobbit wife.
Here's the finished herb garden. The proximity to the street testifies to the legitimacy of the herb.
The Mayor also planted a boxwood hedge along the fence and some ground cover along the driveway. He was considering planting English laurels just to hear Grampz say, "What?! Those things grow to be 30 feet tall?! When the Allies invaded German-occupied France..." In all fairness, the Mayor does credit Grampz for giving him a lot of valuable experience with yard work!
And finally, we debut video on the blog! Here's Boookie performing one of his favorite songs. He kept asking Auntie if she could "help Boookie smell it" Auntie finally figured out that she was being asked to hold a microphone so he could sing into it.