Pure Genius

Here's Eli demonstrating his knowledge of different types of trains. The video is long but worth a watch. Harvard, here we come!

23 months old

Wow, another month flew by. That little tractor up there at the top of the blog is way too close to the 2! No big changes or events really in the last month. Eli's still talking like crazy and getting better and better at it. He's even saying some 3 and 4 word sentences now! He's been saying his name a lot lately. It's Eli do this, Eli do that, Eli need this, Eli need that...it's still cute. He says it very clear, too.
Eli has discovered lately how handy his step stools are. They even have little handles on top so it's easy for him to carry around. Whenever he wants to see something or reach something up high, he runs and gets the stool...even if he's outside. It's handy for him, but not so much for me. Talk about child-proofing!

Eli's also become a real ham for the camera. He says "cheeeeese" for pictures as you've seen, and he will also pose when I take pictures, as you see here.










So, one more month of being one year old...

Egg!

Our chickens finally laid their first egg for us! This is very exciting since we've been anticipating eggs from them for about 6 weeks or so now. Yay chickens, keep it up!

New Shoes

Eli is so excited about his new shoes that we got yesterday. I don't know if it's because he likes them so much or if it's because they are much more comfortable. I feel so bad because he was wearing a 6 1/2 extra wide, and after measuring his feet in the store, I found out he's now wearing a 7 1/2 to 8 wide. His poor little feet were crammed into his old shoes. No wonder he kept taking them off all the time! Anyway, Eli spotted the shoes with firetrucks that also light up when he stomps his feet, and there was no turning back! I couldn't get him to try on any other shoes once he saw those. I'm not too crazy about the light-up shoes, but oh well. As you can see, he's very proud of them. Eli's almost two, and his shoes are already almost as big as mine!

Zilker Kite Festival

Today we went to the annual Kite Fesival at Zilker park. It was a very windy day, perfect for kite flying. When we were parking, Eli kept saying, "Watch kites, watch kites!". It is an amazing sight to see the hundreds of kites, all shapes and sizes, flying in the air. We met some friends there and had lots of fun! Can't wait for the 3rd annual Perkins Family Kite Day next year! We'll have an almost 3 year old and a 6 month old...whoa!

Here's why there aren't many pictures of me and Eli...John's not the best photographer in the world, he snaps with no warning! And Eli was being wiggly, too.