Delvaux Life: Lions and Bears and Flowers...Oh my!

It was one busy week in the Delvaux house. Luckily Grandma Herrick came for the week to help with Abby, so both Andrew and I would not drive each other crazy. Our week consisted of 2 days of clinical for me, softball for dad, picture and crafts for Abby, a mad about mushroom cooking class for mom and dad, a dinner with friends for mom, homework for mom, the zoo for all of us, and to conclude the week, a very special Mother's Day get together with family. I'll summarize in pictures.

Here is Abby making "beautiful" pictures for Andrew to hang up in his cubicle at work. She also made a footprint butterfly painting, a hand painted picture frame for great-grandma, and some hand-print art that was a part of my Mother's present. She was busy. And yes, some of the paint ended up in her mouth. I bought the kid non-toxic pant since I expected her to at least try some paint. She got a bath when we were done.

Bath time to clean the paint.

Andrew and I went to a cooking class on Wednesday, Mad about mushroom was the theme. And they were not kidding, mushrooms were in everything. It was delicious. We helped cook and learned a couple things. It was reinforced that Andrew is not a huge truffle fan. I do not know how he does not like it, it is amazing! Anyways, we enjoyed some mushroom appetizers, soup, salad, and pasta. I can see us doing another cooking class as it was lots of fun.

Abby has recently realized that she can grab some toys through the railing. She then proceeds to cry when the toy does not fit through the railing. What a hard life. She has also recently partaken to sitting in her bumbo. It has been sitting on the floor since she was born, and I'm not sure why she has suddenly taken an extreme liking to it, but it keeps her entertained.

We took a family trip to the zoo on Saturday. It took the gorillas jumping down in front of her to begin to giggle and point at the animals. As we were leaving she began to clap, as if she was giving her approval of the zoo. I see many future trips to the Como Zoo. And the best part about this zoo, it's free (we donate) and just the right size to keep her attention without her getting too crabby.

We are watching the polar bear play in the water. She had a look of amazement on her face when it would splash in the water.

Dad did not let the lions eat her.

We had a couple quite moments this week which allowed Abby to partake in her favorite activity, feeding Dexter. I think Dexter has eaten more goldfish than his actual dog food this week. And then there was the special Grandma/Abby time spent watching Elmo on the Ipad.

Mother's Day. What a special day. I got some amazing flowers and a collage of pictures complete with a hand-print. My favorite part was long ribbon with hand-prints on both ends that said "I love you this much!" I had a couple tears for this one. And the best part about that, Andrew went on Pinterest to get the idea...oh that just makes me giggle even more. We got to spend the day with my amazing Mother who has guided and loved me my whole life and helped show me who I strive to be as a Mother. We also got to spend some time with Abby's great great Grandmother, 95 years separate these two, so it was extremely special to see them together and watch them make each other smile. We had a great day and plan to finish it off by making some popcorn and watching a movie.