May
08
A few weekends ago we went over to our friends Mike, Melissa and Mike, Jr.’s for a game night. Mike’s brother, sister-in-law, and niece were also there. We played Mad Gab. Josh was the best at it. I was the absolute worst. I was the only one to not get a single point. I think it has something to do with the fact that I’m tone deaf.
That’s Mike on the left. He’s a stay-at-home-dad. Josh is jealous.
Melissa is a fancy lawyer at a big fancy law firm. I am jealous.
Eleanor was lucky to have two babies to play with (sorta). Mike Jr., aka Mookie, is the cutie below. He was already walking at 10 months and steams around the place growling like a little bear.
After a furious drumming session, Mookie read to Eleanor while she lounged about, snacking on crackers. You know, just hanging out.
And some more gratuitous baby photos, for your viewing pleasure. Who’s got baby fever?
Apr
27
The weekend before last, the unseasonably, unbelievably hot weekend, we visited the Griffith Observatory as yet another almost free thing to do in LA. The Observatory has free admission and free parking, but if you want to see a show in the planetarium it’s seven bucks. That works out well for us since Eleanor is much too little, and loud, and squirmy to sit through a planetarium show. So we just ran around on the front lawn (sweating profusely) and then checked out the exhibits. Eleanor was pretty excited about all of the people around and all of the lights in the exhibits.
Mar
31
On another almost-free weekend outing we went to the Getty Villa in Malibu last weekend. The Villa houses the Getty’s Greek and Roman collections, but we didn’t actually see any of the exhibits. We just let Eleanor run around on the beautiful grounds. She was having so much fun that she threw a little fit when it was time to leave.
On the way out to the peristyle and gardens Eleanor stopped to point out the parts of this statue. Eleanor, can you say “Penis.”
p.s. We saw this tree on our way back to the parking garage and had no idea what it was. Anyone have any ideas?
