our family routines

without even trying, j. and i have been establishing some common occurrences in elenora's life.

• every morning when i go to work and j. watches ella, j. takes her for a stroller ride to dunkin donuts for his coffee.

• every afternoon when i get home from work i feed ella her lunch and then take her outside to crawl around and explore the yard for at least a 1/2 hour before her nap.

• we read stories before she is put in her crib, three times a day.

• the 3 most common songs i sing to her are "raindrops keep falling on my head," "somewhere over the rainbow," and "edelweiss."

• on friday mornings i don't leave for work until 11:3o, so i've been making elenora a special breakfast of eggs or pancakes while she sits in her high chair by the counter.

• at 3:30 every afternoon i get elenora out for some sort of special outing: to russell orchard to see the animals, to crane beach to see the seagulls and ocean, to appleton farms, to the library, downtown.