Jed turns 1!

This past Tuesday, the 22nd, Jed officially turned ONE! It is hard to believe. Where did the year go? We had a small party last Sunday with family and friends at our house. Jed loved all the attention!











Eli & Mia












Jed & Eleanor











Jed & Cousin Grayson













Jed saying "uh oh"

Trash Truck Dance

Last weekend John and Eli got to go to see The Trash Project, a performance where trash trucks, cranes, dead animal pick-up trucks, and other trucks were choreographed to music. They had actual city workers driving and operating the trucks, and the music was all live. Read more about it here http://www.forkliftdanceworks.org/projects/trash_project/
It was Eli's dream come true! It got rave reviews. Apparently you didn't have to be 3 years old to think it was amazing. John said it was one of the coolest things he's seen as did other people who went. They had to turn away close to 1,000 people! Only in Austin would people be excited about seeing trucks dance to music!

I Stink

This is Eli reciting a whole book, almost word for word. The book is "I Stink" by Kate & Jim McMullan. We checked it out at the library and it came with a CD to follow along with while reading. Needless to say, Eli absolutely loves this book and has memorized it! We might have to purchase this one. I read that memorizing books like Eli does is a pre-reading skill. We can't skip any pages or any words while we read books to him anymore. I think learning to read might be in Eli's near future! We better get busy!

Silly Jed

Jed likes to make us laugh! Lately he's been putting food on his head. Not smearing it in his hair as much, just placing on top of his head and then waiting for a laugh from us.
















He's also figured out how to play the kazoo. It's hillarious when he crawls around with it in his mouth while playing it. That's talent! Maybe we have a musician on our hands!

Dress Up

Eli loves to dress up like any 3 year old should. Last week, I found the perfect fireman costume at Costco. It seems authentic...the colors, the material, the hooks on the coat, the reflective stripes, the red suspenders, even the built in gloves on the coat. It is the perfect fireman costume, and I think Eli would agree. He's worn some part of the costume every day since I got it. He calls it his fireman gear, which is appropriate. As you might notice, he and Freddy the Fire dog match now!





















We found another jump house called Locomotion Inflatables that is about 2 minutes from our house! I like it much better than Goin' Bananas because of the layout, better baby area, and the dress up area. They have rooms for the kids to pretend and dress up, like a little town. There's a vet, a diner, a theatre, a grocery store, and a mechanic shop. Eli spends most of his time in that area and takes breaks to jump. We meet friends there every Wednesday to play. It's funny because it seems like every time I look up to check on Eli, he's dressed as something different! I got some pictures of him as the veterinarian. I wish I had some of him as a chef and Scooby Doo, too.

Father/Son Bonding Time