Of trucks and forts, yogurt and felts

Here are a few photos of some of the hightlights from this past week. The city of Chicago has been helping provide entertainment for Lena by working on the water pipes outside our building for the last couple months. Earlier this week we awoke to one of the coolest trucks yet.

An avid fan of trucks.

Still life with trucks.

After that things only got better with Lena and Ramsey creating a fort in our living room. Here Lena is in the early stages.

Under the canopy.

Lena has been crazy about yogurt of late and is getting increasingly good at feeding herself (at least some of it) with a spoon.

Ramsey and Lena made a felt board this week too which has been a big hit.

A somewhat blurry (Yeti-like) sideways movie of a very happy Lena the other night.

Weekend

This morning we took a wonderful walk at Palos Hills (southwest of Chicago). It was fantastic and great to be outside for a bit.

Saturday night we thought we'd try our hand at cooking with Lena. Lena was very excited to sample the cheese and help put the stuffed shells in the dish but not as keen on being covered with tomato sauce and filling.

Saturday started with a trip to Letizia's Natural Bakery for breakfast. Here are a couple of photos of Lena at the bakery.

Last week

Some fantastic photos of Lena and Ramsey's adventures last week. Here Lena climbs into the cockpit of the John Deere tractor at the local museum of science.

Much to her vegetarian parents' chagrin, Lena loves playing in the veal house in the agriculture wing of the Museum of Science & Industry. That is Ramsey taking the photo.

Lena swinging at the playground near our apartment.

Swinging near 53rd St.

Lena is quite the climber.

Lena reading up a storm.

At the "tot lot" around the corner.

Portrait of the artist as a young (slightly ambivalent about getting messy) woman.

Lena contemplates beads, gravity, and how to eat wooden objects that are wired down at the Museum of Science.

Mama, Lena, and Riley at lunch time.

Normal family and their antler alter-egos

A typical night at home.

Hat

Fiddler Crab

Lena impersonates a fiddler crab with a gigantic pincer as she tries on Ramsey's cold weather biking gloves.

Miscellany

Paul and Lena late last week playing music and dancing.

Lena very excited to take her squirrel for a spin around the apartment.
Lena getting her hot rod already to go.
Cruising.

The other night Lena was burbling up a storm and we were able to record a little for posterity.