Spring is here (sort of), and it has brought with it plum blossoms and tia Ariane (who is to be credited for the amazing photos below). Eléa continues to charm and entertain us. She LOVES counting, and has started to count her own fingers to our great amusement. She is also really loving her naked time before bath which involves running in place, spinning in circles, and of course pooping or peeing on us or the floor. Such has been the frequency of these 'incidents' that we have started potty familiarization. We have a small potty in the living room and though generally she seems to enjoy pretending to pee on it while actually peeing right next to it, she has once successfully peed in the potty (followed the next night with a poop on mommy). We'll keep everyone updated on her progress.
She loves her morning oatmeal and especially loves the molasses that we put on it, greeting it every morning with a wave and a kiss. She is very affectionate with all her stuffed friends and enjoys diapering them as often as she can. She has also become great at cleaning up after herself, and is the envy of all the mothers as she puts toys away in the play areas we go to. Eléa has been a great sport with our recent sightseeing adventures, eliciting many compliments from the Japanese tourists and I am ashamed to say, stealing rocks from almost every temple visited.
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| Counting.... |
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| Cute hipster (thanks tia!) |
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| Drinking like a big girl |
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| Fun with mommy |
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| spotted....geisha |
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| Eléa in the infamous Big Boss hat |
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| Playing hide and seek at a temple |
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| Kiyomizudera Temple |
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| Kinkakuji |
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| Learning about fish at the children's museum |
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| Diapered then abandoned... |
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| Plum blossoms (cherry blossoms yet to come) |
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| Samurai dog |
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| Excitement from eating seaweed (Luke's daughter) |
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| At the temple with Papi |
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| Train fun |
