Friday, May 21, 2010
Dirt Rocks!
Gramma Ninny and Grandpa gave Eli a t-shirt for his birthday that says, "Dirt Rocks!". It's the perfect shirt for Eli, who loves dirt...digging, raking, making mud, building compost piles, loading into trucks, dumping, etc. Recently we had some mulch and crushed granite delivered to our house for some projects for the yard (you'll have to ask John if you want specifics). The boys and I have enjoyed the free entertainment that came with the delivery...the dump truck at our house and big piles of mulch and granite in the driveway. John better use it quick because it's hard for the boys to resist using it for their own projects in the yard!
Harvest Time
We recently harvested the onions we planted in the front yard. We also have more to get in the back garden, so we'll have plenty of onions for awhile. Very soon we will have plenty of blackberries around here, as well! Oh, and I'm looking forward to the peaches, too! Yummy!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Eli's Recital
Last Monday, May 10, Eli performed in his first dance recital. As you probably know, he's been in a Mother's Morning Out program once a week where he does ballet, tap, and gymnastics. The recital was with his ballet class. He loves it! Eli and his friend Mia do the MMO together, which is another reason he loves it. She is the one you see in the pictures, and she is to the right of him in the video. I'm sure this will be blackmail material later, but for now, it's so stinkin' cute!
Here's the big dance! At the end you can hear John yell "shake & bake!". This was code for, "go Eli!" because Eli didn't want us to yell his name. He thought Shake & Bake would be much funnier and less embarrassing, I guess.
After the recital, several of the little girls in his class got flowers. When Eli saw this, he also wanted flowers and got upset. You can see this in the picture of him next to Mia with her big vase of flowers. John tried to remedy the situation by giving him 60 cents from his pocket, but that didn't last long...wasn't quite the same. The fact that the girls kept coming up to Eli and saying, "Look at my pretty flowers!", didn't help either. Once they realized that he was sad, a couple of his friends gave his some flowers for him to keep. Problem solved! Although, he doesn't look to happy in the picture I took of him with his two flowers, he really was...he was just sick of me taking pictures!
Jed also had fun at the recital, as you can see here! I captured this moment of Jed kissing Mia's little sister, Eleanor, goodbye. Priceless!
Here's another great picture that was captured by Mia's GG. She wanted to get a picture of Eli's blue eyes, but got him picking his nose instead!
Afterwards, we walked across the street to the frozen custard shop and had some yummy treats. Memories were made, and it was a fun night all around!
Here's the big dance! At the end you can hear John yell "shake & bake!". This was code for, "go Eli!" because Eli didn't want us to yell his name. He thought Shake & Bake would be much funnier and less embarrassing, I guess.
After the recital, several of the little girls in his class got flowers. When Eli saw this, he also wanted flowers and got upset. You can see this in the picture of him next to Mia with her big vase of flowers. John tried to remedy the situation by giving him 60 cents from his pocket, but that didn't last long...wasn't quite the same. The fact that the girls kept coming up to Eli and saying, "Look at my pretty flowers!", didn't help either. Once they realized that he was sad, a couple of his friends gave his some flowers for him to keep. Problem solved! Although, he doesn't look to happy in the picture I took of him with his two flowers, he really was...he was just sick of me taking pictures!
Jed also had fun at the recital, as you can see here! I captured this moment of Jed kissing Mia's little sister, Eleanor, goodbye. Priceless!
Here's another great picture that was captured by Mia's GG. She wanted to get a picture of Eli's blue eyes, but got him picking his nose instead!
Afterwards, we walked across the street to the frozen custard shop and had some yummy treats. Memories were made, and it was a fun night all around!
Friday, May 07, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Makin' Stuff
Last weekend was a productive one for us! A couple Sundays ago, I took a Sewing Crash Course for Beginners at my new favorite place, The Stitch Lab. I loved it, and it gave me a little more confidence in my sewing abilities. I want to learn more! The hard part is finding the time to practice. In the class we all made a reversible tote bag. Eli saw mine and wanted one of his own, so I let him help me make one. He even picked out the fabric, which I think was a great choice! His favorite part about sewing was pushing the pedal and hammering the pins into the pin cushion. All in all it was a fun time and the bag turned out well.
John was busy last weekend, too, making a fence. Boone and our neighbor's dog do not get along through the fence and always go crazy trying to attack each other through it. A couple weeks ago, Boone stuck his nose through and got his lip bit by the other dog and ended up having to get stitches ($300 later!). We had been planning on building a barrier for that side of the fence for awhile to stop the dogs' attacks. We had to do it ASAP, though, after Boone's incident. So, John enlisted some help and had the fence built in one day! The cedar is from Craig's List...$20! I think it looks great, and it matches the other fence he did around the garden.
I also want to mention that the boys helped with the fence building as well. Eli did plenty of digging and dirt moving with his shovel and construction trucks. Jed was perfectly content to observe from the fort or on a nearby rock. The next project is to build a shed, so I'm sure there will be plenty of help with that, too!
John was busy last weekend, too, making a fence. Boone and our neighbor's dog do not get along through the fence and always go crazy trying to attack each other through it. A couple weeks ago, Boone stuck his nose through and got his lip bit by the other dog and ended up having to get stitches ($300 later!). We had been planning on building a barrier for that side of the fence for awhile to stop the dogs' attacks. We had to do it ASAP, though, after Boone's incident. So, John enlisted some help and had the fence built in one day! The cedar is from Craig's List...$20! I think it looks great, and it matches the other fence he did around the garden.
I also want to mention that the boys helped with the fence building as well. Eli did plenty of digging and dirt moving with his shovel and construction trucks. Jed was perfectly content to observe from the fort or on a nearby rock. The next project is to build a shed, so I'm sure there will be plenty of help with that, too!
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