Visit from cousin Dan, food challenges, updates & more

We had an unexpected but great visit from my nephew Dan last night. It was great to see him and I think he liked seeing Nate and Ella. They had changed quite a bit since the last time he saw them. Here's a shot of Dan with Nate:














Ella is as goofy as ever. She flirts with older neighborhood boys, uses phrases like "Are you a top banana"? and "To the mall!" Sometimes she shouts out random things like "Chickens!" or "Aunt Jayne!" Tonight was a particularly rough night on the dinner front:















Nate seems to be fighting off his latest cold. He has made up a ton of ground on Ella in terms of identifying and saying letters. He loves wearing jeans and does a little shimmy of joy whenever a treat is on its way. He also isn't exactly Emily Post yet when it comes to table manners:















Here's is a picture from cleaner times: