Blast Off!

Eli's latest is counting off to blast-off. It involves counting to 10 and then jumping up and down several times. He can't wait until 10 sometimes, but it's still a good way to practice counting. In this video, he's at the table, so he kicks instead of jumping after blast-off.

Our Little Singer

Eli can sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Jesus Loves Me" now, and he even sings in different voices or while playing instruments. It's quite entertaining!
Here he is singing "Jesus Loves Me"...listen carefully. Oh, and his clothes are missing again.

The Ladies, aka The Chickens

Here's Eli trying to get the chickens to get in the pool with him. He says, "C'mon chickens! Get in poo!"


Here is Eli feeding the chickens. One of them actually pecks the food out of your hand, which Eli likes. Warning: bare-bottomed boy!

Pedaling!

Eli can now pedal the tricycle all by himself! He's pretty good at steering it, too. I guess my role will go from pusher to chaser of the tricycle now!

Family pics

A Day in the Life

Eli and "The Ladies"

Construction zone on the back porch





Construction workers don't eat the dirt!

Cute hat...I mean cool hat



A new way to shoot hoops

Lipstick

Eli has been asking me to put lipstick on him lately. He comes in when I'm putting some on and then he'll quickly run to look in the mirror after I put it on him. It's still cute now, but maybe not when he gets older! The lipstick didn't show up well in this picture because he'd already touched it and wiped some off. It never lasts very long.

Happy Mother's Day!

Tonight at dinner, out of the blue Eli started laughing like this and then said, "Mammy laugh". He was imitating Mammy (my mom's) laugh. It's pretty distinct, and Eli's good at it! Times like these make being a mom so much fun. Happy Mother's Day to all you Mamas out there!

Silly Pictures

Yee-haw! Giddy up horsie!



For some reason Eli didn't want to use his hands to eat his cupcake at our friend Layla's bday party



Eli "puhnon" Mama's shoes and socks

Eli's favorite book right now, Richard Scary's "What Do People Do All Day?"

Cool sunglasses, cool face