Here are Ela, the Mayor, and Boookie enjoying green beans - the first time all have enjoyed a meal of the same food.
As you can see, Ela is quite enthusiastic about feeding herself. She fills her little fists with green beans and then squeezes them out into her mouth (or onto the floor) like a little food dispenser.
Auntie got Ela some adorable little bell-bottom overs.
Auntie also got Ela an embroidered blanket. Here is the blanket posing with little hobbitling and doll feet.
Boookie is quite the little train engineer. It took him all of 30 seconds to grasp how to connect the wood train tracks and he enjoys making elaborate tracks and playing with his new train.
The combined residents of Michael Delving and Tanders spent this last Saturday at the Children's Museum at the Seattle Center. This was to celebrate a certain milestone event for the young Auntie Jen (shown here playing "goalie" for a virtual soccer game).
There were so many fun things to do, including driving a bus, a fire truck, a safari truck, and a moto taxi.
Here is Boookie taking his friend Georgie out for a spin on his moto taxi. Gideon is tagging along as a chaperone, making sure everything stays above-board.
There were many fun activities, including a construction area. Auntie is shown here teaching Boookie how to tighten a bolt. The Mayor was out fetching lunch, or else he would have been tending to this important task.
Here's Boookie rocking out with the Mayor on an electric guitar...
...as Gideon plays along on the drums...
...and Georgie supplies the vocal talent.
Fun was had by all in the painting studio. The smaller ones got to paint, and the older ones got fine artwork to hang up in offices and on refrigerators.
The Boookie has a thing about everything needing to be organized. He quickly figured out what to do with the colored shapes on the light table...
...stack everything neatly!
Here's the Boookie and Georgie manning Mission Control.
Here are assorted pictures of the littles...
...and the not-so-littles.
Overall, it was a super-fun family time.
Trust us - Ela is thrilled.
Family picture time as the hobbitlings pump fists in excitement.
After spending a day at the Children's Museum, the gals and kiddos spent the evening together while the Tims went to watch Ultimate Fighting. Good times!
