Leap Day, etc.

Elliott thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Michigan, including the trip part. On both flights, we had a row to ourselves toward the back of the plane. It was nice to spread out, but Elliott also enjoyed connecting with people in the plane and airport. And the jumping-water fountain at DTW
and its bird attendants were a big hit!

This past Friday - Leap Day! we went to a program at a nature center that included some free play time to look at turtles and snakes and just hang out with our playgroup friends and also a few stories with puppets. After that we enjoyed a walk in the woods, sometimes on the accessible trail but often crunching through the leaves gathering acorn tops. Elliott loved exploring, and I realized how suburban we are. At home he is always throwing the soccer ball and O ball into the thicket between the two pine trees. We really need to get out more!

I'm also including a photo of Elliott napping just because it's cute. I'm making a a sleep book for him to help with the night-weaning process we plan to undertake sometime soon, if we can figure out a good time for John to potentially lose a lot of sleep.
And here also is the kitchen with the matching step-stool we had made so that Elliott won't try to stand on the "oven" door.