Chillin' with her shades on

Last week, the chemistry department held its annual potluck picnic. This is a family affair, and ordinarily I wouldn't have been able to take Adelaida, but my parents were visiting with us last week, so my mom and Adelaida met me at the picnic. The picnic started at 12:00, which is when Adelaida's nap generally starts (she eats lunch at 11:00 and naps from 12:00 to 2:00 at school), but she was a trooper and stayed awake (and happy) for the entire picnic!

I, of course, did not take a camera, but I'm fortunate to have some great friends with cameras, and they took some pictures for me. Thanks Rick and Diane!

Here are some pictures of Adelaida from the picnic:

Adelaida with her Momma:


Chillin' with her sunglasses on (I think she looks like a little movie star in this picture!):


These pictures really made me reminisce, back to last February (Adelaida was only two months old!) when we first put sunglasses on Adelaida. We intended to have her wear sunglasses from a very young age so that she would be used to them and not try to take them off. I was pretty good about having her wear them last summer, then stopped over the winter. When I tried to introduce them again in the spring, Adelaida was old enough to take them off and didn't like having the glasses on her head. So, she rarely wears them and I'm not very good about putting them on her anymore. But, that will change! I'm going to put the sunglasses in the car and put them on her whenever we are out.


This also made me think back to last August, at last year's department picnic. I took Adelaida and gave her a cherry, thinking she'd play with it. She did, but managed to eat it in the process! (The entire cherry took about 30 minutes for her to eat!) She ended up with cherry all over her face, hands, dress, legs, shoes, blanket, and momma :)


Adelaida's lunch for this year's picnic was primarily (90% or more) pulled pork. She loved it, and only ate the pasta salad until she discovered the pork! She is definitely a carnivore.