Hazel did her dinosaur puzzle today.

24 pieces. I handed her the pieces one by one, abd there was some verbal coaching, but she put every piece in place herself. She was super excited.

Star eggs

Hazel likes the star shaped eggs I made.

Elephants and gardening

Dear Grandma, Daddy told me you used to collect elephants. I got a watering can the other day shaped like one. I love it. It’s even going out today with me, instead of Minnie,Reggie or Flamingo. Watering plants is fun, though daddy said something about it being inefficient to use his hose to fill my […]

Helping

And helping Kim in the yard On Jun 17, 2013 6:16 PM, "Geoff Jennings" <g> wrote: Hazel is helping shred and wash kale for dinner

Helping

Hazel is helping shred and wash kale for dinner

Hazel/Eczema/Gluten-free

Update: Well, it’s been a little over two weeks. We had a setback when we were in San Francisco. We didn’t have her regular cream, so I used the hotel lotion. Apparently, perfumes and such can make eczema worse, and this stuff made it really bad. A very quick reaction. =/ Her face was oozing. […]

I think we planted enough tomato plants

Hazel likes them enough to eat them like apples On Jun 14, 2013 11:23 AM, "Geoff Jennings" <g> wrote: This is a few days worth, and not all our tomatoes are producing yet. [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Happy as a clam

Sort off wish she’d gone to daycare yesterday. 😉 [categories Hazel,DailyLife] [tag Starbucks]

Hat

Kim wasn’t crazy about the hat Hazel picked out, but we’ve been getting a lot of compliments on it.

Coloring

Hazel found her crayons in her bag, and wanted paper. Me – oh, sorry hazel, I don’t have any paper, but maybe we can go somewhere quiet and sit and color. Hazel – no, NO, NO QUIET

Counting?

> Hazel and I are at the bookstore, and she saw this book, grabbed it off the shelf, and handed it to me and said "four little ducks". > > Counting?

Books

Lots of books today. We went to the library for story time and to borrow some books, now we’re at the bookstore. [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

3-t

Hazel is wearing a 3t outfit [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Went to the restroom

Came out to find this. She was chowing down on the beans [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Hazel/Eczema/Gluten-free

Well, Hazel’s eczema is getting worse and worse. Sad that one of the words she already knows and uses is "Itchy". Creams and such seem to help a very limited amount, but certainly haven’t fixed the problem. Since there is a link between Celiac and Eczema (and other skin conditions), and many non-celiac eczema patients […]

Hazel in her dress.

We went to the east coast (D.C. area) for a wedding. [categories Hazel,DailyLife,BestOf]

Baby giraffe

Hadn’t seen him/her before. Hazel keeps saying “baby giraffe, mama giraffe" [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Turtle

Dear grandma, I know you like turtles too. We found the big turtle today. Love, Hazel [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Talking

Hazel is talking a lot these days. Her vocabulary seems to grow by the minute, and I’m amazed at some of the things she remembers. Some things she’s been saying: Help you – Actually, means help me, but we’re still working on pro-nouns. Other foot/shoe/etc – She definitely gets "other" as a concept. Hazel miss […]

Maiden Voyage of boat X

She’s not named yet. We forgot champagne. I’ve had some work to do, a bit on the boat, more on the trailer (pretty much ended up rebuilding it). Still feel like we got a heck of a deal. Then we got busy, and a few days we were thinking of going but there was no […]

“Mommy sit”

As we got into the car, Hazel was a little upset. She looked at Kim and said, “Mommy sit” and pointed to the seat next to her car seat. Kim agreed. Then Hazel said, “Daddy sit” and pointed to the other seat in the back of the car. I said, “Hazel, someone has to drive […]

Eating bugs

We went to a dinner at Typhoon with some friends.  It’s a Thai place in Santa Monica that is famous/infamous because many of their dishes include insects.  It didn’t phase Hazel even a little. [tentblogger-vimeo 64569926]

“Hazel like hummus”

Hazel just said "hazel like hummus". She is using more and more words, and forming simple sentences. Her vocabulary seems to double every week. I rode the bike to the zoo today, with Hazel in the trailer.

Must be the “genes” from grandpa Ron.

Last night at dinner, Hazel was doing a chopstick into a bowl of hot sauce and then licking it repeatedly. She would say "spicy". But kept going back for more. [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Enthralled

On the train at Griffith park. [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

thanks

Hazel loved opening her box. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the t-shirt, dress and carrier. [categories Hazel,DailyLife]

Science is fun

Went to the natural history museum today. Best part for me was when they had a skeleton of a ostrich (to show the similarity to dinosaurs, it was in front of a dinosaur skeleton). I asked Hazel what she thought it was, she thought, and replied: "Dai <big> duck" I thought that was a pretty […]

Hazel refused to nap all day.

Took her to the grocery store, and this happens about 15 seconds after I take her out of the car. My arm is very tired.

Hazel’s Bag

Leslee, I thought you might enjoy this picture of Hazel using the bag you made. Thanks again. I carry an over the shoulder messenger style bag a lot, and one day we were going out and Hazel was patting her shoulder and saying "Bag! Bag!" So I took this bag, and gave it to her. […]