Here I am, back for the second installment of The Goings On! You might notice some overlap, that is due to the photos being a mix of ones from my phone and ones from the camera. I'm just going through the folder of photos and selecting as it goes, so yes, there will be overlap on events with the previous post.
Anywho... the goings on!
We recently unpacked Elliott's tent. He was delighted and has spent a lot of time playing in the tent since then.
Shadow puppets in the tent.
The indestructible bandaid. This Curious George bandaid lasted approximately a full week. This was Elliott showing me how it was firmly affixed even after swimming lessons.
Out for a trike ride on what has been a very rare sunny day. he rode his trike all the way to his friend's house with minimal help from me! This was also the ride where he had his first bike riding injury... hence the bandaid in the photo above.
We painted Elliott's room. One half wall has magnet primer covered with chalkboard paint. It has been fun!
I baked a lot of cookies. The boys did a pretty good job decorating, but it's a good thing Levi's mom, Michelle, and I both like cookie decorating ;)
Deep in imaginative tractor play. It is kinda hard to see, but he was lifting pieces of tinker toy with one of his tractors.
Ready for an egg hunt. This was right before leaving home for the first of three egg hunts Elliott participated in this year.
Our Easter Tree. Elliott and I made an Easter Tree from a branch I found in a boulevard in NE Portland, some pretty "stones" and eggs we (or I) blew and Elliott dyed. We were super pleased with our tree!
We really love our new neighbors (across the street). Here Elliott eats a little mincemeat pie they baked and gave us and last weekend they gave us some fresh baked bread. Yum! We gave them some of the Easter cookies we made and decorated.
Rainbow! Elliott loves rainbows. One of his favorite songs to sing is the Rainbow song from the "Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that" show on OPB. "Red, Orange, Yellow. Then Green, followed by blue. Indigo and Violet, That's a rainbow song for you!" (btw, he looks like he's not excited in this picture only because I was standing there shouting "Smile!" as he was being blinded by the sun.)
Our centerpiece for Easter Brunch. The Easter Tree on the table and our big eggs hanging from the ceiling fan.
This is what Elliott calls "taking a shower." One of his favorite activities these days. Not mom's favorite.
Probably one of the best lego constructions I've ever done. Elliott commissioned me to make a "Mack Truck" for his race cars out of Duplo Legos. I should note the trough on the top of the trailer part of the truck. That is a rain collection trough... completely Elliott's idea. This kiddo loves to talk about collecting rainwater. Super awesome!
Pretty much the best bedtime event Elliott has ever experienced. A Wendy's frosty and a trip through the carwash. Five star night for the three-year-old.
We checked out the playground at the nearby elementary school. It pretty much rocks Elliott's world. He keeps asking to go back to the "new" playground.
We made a friend on the way to the "new" playground. Elliott has asked a few times since to go find the friendly kitty.
In my quest to find more creative ways to fulfill Elliott's need for more physical stimulation, I devised a pully system so he can pull loads from the main floor to the second floor. He's been having a good time with it.
We went to a birthday party recently where Elliott got a balloon sword. He said it was an anteater and here the anteater was sniffing for ants.
purple with Robots.
We purchased some solar lights at Costco. Elliott made a birdhouse from the packaging. Totally his idea. Super cute.
Nate and Elliott found four little salamanders in a hole in our backyard. Here they are in the dump bucket of Elliott's trike right before the boys took them to the swampy area in the park near our house to release them back into nature. Elliott was very serious about the release (and it was incredibly cute.)
the crazy post swimming lessons hair.
My heart on a mini-merry-go-round.
On Mother's Day we went to a restaurant the recently opened near us. It is a pizza and such all you can eat buffet and it has an arcade with rides too. Here are my boys playing skeeball.
Getting goofy in the car. (Don't worry, we were not moving). After running errands, we pulled in our driveway and Elliott didn't want to get out yet. He asked for some carrot sticks to snack on, so after giving him a couple I got the idea to make a walrus face with a couple sticks. Elliott thought it was HILARIOUS when I whipped around in my seat with the walrus face. He immediately tried to do it and has been making the walrus face ever since every time he gets ahold of a carrot stick. Anyhow, I took this to commemorate the moment.
YAY! We're all caught up on photos for now! I hope you all have enjoyed the little snapshots of our lives!
B & I have talked many times about how the world is not made to allow boys to be boys...and that this leads to all sorts of issues later in life. I love that you are working hard as a mom to make sure your world is boy friendly and rejoicing in it! I love that he picked out robot curtains and also the rainwater fascination....love!!!
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