My Baby Puts Cut Up Pickles On Her Eyes

Although it's been overcast and occasionally rainy, we've still managed to do quite a bit over the last couple of days. Yesterday we started the day at an elementary school playground, where an ad agency was photographing kids for the Seton Hospital annual report. We had been asked to participate via a friend who works at the agency. The kids did great. There were about 5 other children and they placed the kids in various playground poses along with a "grandmother." LOL

After that, we visited The Omlettetry for a brunch and followed up with a trip to Austin's newest outdoor shopping center, The Domain. It is full of high-end stores with a few regular stores mixed in. I bought a John Lennon CD at Borders, which has made me happy since then. :) Kenneth has mentioned that he's interested in comic books as a reading diversion so we visited the comic book store that's been voted "Austin's Best" for several years. I asked the staff to help identify an appropriate series for a 3rd grader, because I know there are some freaky comic book series out there and I didn't want to accidentally buy something completely inappropriate. We found something to his liking and will probably continue with that series.

Today we visited a really awesome park/pond area that is in the nearby municipal district. Evelyn spotted some newborn baby ducks that were truly cute. We found a large patch of clover and the kids started looking for the elusive 4-leaf clover. Evelyn was so excited because she (thought) she found one: "MOM! I found a 4-leaf clover but it's missing a leaf!!!" On our way back from the park, Evelyn said "My baby puts cut up pickles on her eyes. Sometimes she used bread, but most of time it's pickles." It took Kenneth and I a minute before we figured out she meant cucumbers in a spa-like situation (she must have seen a photo somewhere and thought it was pickles, not cucumbers). Too much!