Comic Con with Liana + Mother's Day + Starring Evelyn

Comic Con with Liana

I actually wrote a long review of this (here) and covered the Q&A for Summer Glau for Capital Geek Girls which should be published sometime soon so I don't have much to add. Liana and I had a long 12 hours of fun. We bought some treasures, including Totoro jewelry, t-shirts (of Sunnydale High, Sailor Moon, and gloomy art variety), buffy and saga comics, an airbender print, and a new boardgame. We stopped ourselves from buying many more things. Here are a few photos, including scans of the two autographs we got.

Waiting for the Q&A session

Candy apples are vegan, yay!

 

Mother's Day

Our annual mothers day picnic at the park was mega enjoyable! This year Liana prepared all of the food so it was fancier than my usual salsa and cream cheese tortilla rolls.

Every day moments with Evelyn (videos)

Video of some of our favourite Evelyn moments: getting her from her crib when she wakes from a nap, playing piano and signing, feeding her cereal even though she insists on wiping her mouth after every bite, and today she just started out the window in wonder at a downpour of rain.

 

Miscellaneous

Caleb had an annual doctor appointment. He weighs 50 pounds, is 120cm tall, and appears to be perfectly healthy.

Evelyn and I went to Caleb's lunchtime recess one day this week and the children were like vultures! Poor Evelyn. Dozens of kids all over her, touching her face and poking at her. They asked a million questions (what's her name? how old is she? are you married? what's your husband's name? how many months is she? when is her birthday? does she know how to smile? can she walk yet?). For 40 minutes they asked questions and hovered in her personal space. I think Evelyn prefers seven year olds one at a time...

We had a nice birthday lunch for Caleb at my parents' but unfortunately all of the pictures taken of Caleb and his cousins are in my parents' camera.

Liana, Caleb and I went to the Last Unicorn showing with Q&A by author Peter Beagle.

Evelyn's been enjoying dancing, babbling, and visiting the park.

Morning visit from my mom

Caleb making his lemon clock, a science experiment he received for his birthday

 

Stroller nap

My dad tearing down the old wood structures in our backyard

Evelyn supervising

Caleb's first time at Kiwi Craze - he's requested we go every day

The amount of play things it takes Evelyn to let me make muffins (which I've started doing several times a week to save Darcy from unwanted raisin surprises)

Fresh strawberry muffins (also did jam and banana nut flavours so far)

Shopping for a sprinkler

No hands!