Food!

Ildri just started on solids.  We had her on rice cereal for several days, and we've recently graduated to bananas.  She absolutely loves the bananas, and we can't wait to add new foods to her list.

Idlri the Great Pumpkin

It was our first family Halloween in Iowa, and I expected to have a lot of trick-or-treaters.  We never got more than a couple in Chicago, and we were kind of excited to see a lot of kids dressed up this year.  We got a lot of candy, and dressed Ildri up in her pumpkin costume (thanks Grandma Barb!).  And, nothing.  We ended up with one group of non-costumed teens around 9:30 PM and a lot of leftover candy.  At least we got a lot of cute pictures!

Daddy's Birthday

November 6th was Daddy's birthday, so Ildri helped me make a cake.  We decided on a banana cake with cream cheese frosting.  We halved the recipe (we didn't want an entire cake sitting around) and make little individual cakes in ramekins.  I was a little worried that the cake would taste like banana bread, but I was wrong.  It was a lovely cake, and a lovely little celebration.