Now, since Eléa is oh-so special (a fact with which all readers of this blog will surely agree, regardless of the percentage of genes that they share with our adorable protagonist), she in fact needed two birthday parties. (This was actually because one set of grandparents was going out of town.) Here is a pensive Eléa at her first bash. And also a random shot of her in a chair at a Thai restaurant (Thai Fresh).
While they were visiting Cindy began her part-time job as a foam-pit temporary replacement part. (She's standing in for three missing foam blocks.) Here are the kids visiting her at work.
And of course the ladies had to ride the train. Sylvia was very patient with her less senior company
Other activities that the three enjoyed together included playing in hammocks, making ice cream (out of Play-Dough), visiting the botanical gardens, crying, finding dinosaur footprints, and playing hide-and-seek.
I should note here before I forget that Eléa's iron levels are very high. I like to attribute this to her consumption of molasses, but I don't know if this is in fact the reason.
Three to seven is the age of make-believe, I recently read, and this seems to be confirmed by what we have witnessed in chez Eigler-Thompson over the previous few months. Once upon a time Eléa was content to hang with just mami and papi. However recently we have found ourselves in the company of frogs, tigers, crying babies, hungry babies, sleepy babies, tiger mommies, baby ladybugs, and not a few cats. Eléa's baby has become particularly sensitive to temperature, her own nudity, and loud noises. This despite the fact that she seems not to mind when thrown down stairs or stuffed into a suitcase by her own self-appointed mommy.
Here are some of the activities that occupy Eléa during her inside hours at Habibi's (of which there are very few).
Here is a selection of random photos from mid-July to mid-September, 2013.
