The weekend of Nov. 14 Chris's father Patrick visited us. We had been telling Eliot all week that his grandpa was coming but it did not prepare Eliot for seeing his grandpa come around the corner while Eliot and I were out for a jaunt with Eliot's tricycle. I think I would describe Eliot's expression when he saw Pat as extremely confused. What is Grandpa doing walking around our neighborhood? The confusion turned to extreme excitement and bouncing up and down on the tricycle. On Saturday, the four of us traveled to a nature reserve and bird sanctuary called Het Zwin on the Belgian coast. Here are some photos from the sanctuary. The owls were the most striking. I have never been so close to an owl as I was to this one. His feathers were amazing. We were all amazed, including Eliot!
Het Zwin is home to a lot of storks, like these. I don't think I have ever seen a stork. Note the nest atop the post at the right hand side of the photo.
Eliot hatched from an egg at the bird "zoo"!
I bought Eliot a little stork to commemorate our visit. He wanted to put it in some water immediately. Grandpa Pat thought fast and instead convinced Eliot to build the stork a nest from the myriad leaves in the parking lot. Eliot was happy to do so and the stork soon had a bountiful nest. (Which he eventually sat briefly in after much convincing of Eliot by all the adults that the stork had more than enough leaves cushioning his nest.) Note Eliot's look of thoughtful concentration as he builds the nest. Love it.
The weekend of Nov. 14 Chris's father Patrick visited us. We had been telling Eliot all week that his grandpa was coming but it did not prepare Eliot for seeing his grandpa come around the corner while Eliot and I were out for a jaunt with Eliot's tricycle. I think I would describe Eliot's expression when he saw Pat as extremely confused. What is Grandpa doing walking around our neighborhood? The confusion turned to extreme excitement and bouncing up and down on the tricycle. On Saturday, the four of us traveled to a nature reserve and bird sanctuary called Het Zwin on the Belgian coast. Here are some photos from the sanctuary. The owls were the most striking. I have never been so close to an owl as I was to this one. His feathers were amazing. We were all amazed, including Eliot!
Het Zwin is home to a lot of storks, like these. I don't think I have ever seen a stork. Note the nest atop the post at the right hand side of the photo.
Eliot hatched from an egg at the bird "zoo"!
I bought Eliot a little stork to commemorate our visit. He wanted to put it in some water immediately. Grandpa Pat thought fast and instead convinced Eliot to build the stork a nest from the myriad leaves in the parking lot. Eliot was happy to do so and the stork soon had a bountiful nest. (Which he eventually sat briefly in after much convincing of Eliot by all the adults that the stork had more than enough leaves cushioning his nest.) Note Eliot's look of thoughtful concentration as he builds the nest. Love it.
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