Playing Piano

Earlier this month Eli and I went to visit Uncle Jared, Aunt Sarah, and Timothy in Gregory. It was Jared and Sarah's anniversary so I stayed with the boys while they went out for a child-less dinner. The cousins played remarkably well together and both LOVED the piano. I managed to get a cute video while holding Timothy on the bench.

And yes, that is the VeggieTales theme song Eli starts singing at the end of the video.

Egg Hunt Video

By Special Request

Here is the video that goes along with the pictures from my last post.

a- Yes, that is Ode to Joy he is singing. And he is singing the word "me" thanks to this video of Beaker from the Muppets.

b- Please excuse the cat whining in the background. She thought it was lunch time.

Play, Sing, and Pose

Something I've really been struggling with lately is finding activities to keep Elijah happy and occupied. I don't want to just be playing with his toys and stacking boxes everyday. It's been tough for me because a lot of the projects I want to do, Eli is a little too young for yet. So I've been checking out books at the library, searching the internet, and scouring Pinterest for ideas. I've found a couple good ones and will be sharing them over the next few blog posts.

The first one we did last week was from the book First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos. It's called "stretchy dough" although I couldn't get it to stretch. It consisted of vegetable oil, water, food coloring, and flour. I think Eli enjoyed it.

One day Eli randomly began singing part of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". I'm not quite sure where he picked it up at (it's not usually on our song list for some reason) but we got it on video! And yes, that's his classic camera smile at the end.



And now I leave you with one of the most precious pictures I've taken in a long time.

Construction & Destruction

For a few months now I've been saving all the empty boxes, jars, toilet paper rolls, etc that we have around the house. I figured once Eli is a little older we'll make lots of fun crafts. But last week I was running low on activities so we decided to pull ALL of this stuff out of the closet and see how big of a tower we could build. I think it was pretty successful all around. (There's a video after the pictures of how a tower ends up when there's a little boy involved.)

 

 

Eli's Signature Move

The Biggest Milestone Yet

Last weekend we had a party to celebrate Elijah's first birthday (which isn't until the 27th but we had the party a little early). During this fun time Eli had his most important milestone: first cake. He was not into it at all in the beginning, but after tasting a little frosting off my finger, he LOVED it. There is no question now, he truly is our son.

Who needs football anyway?

Introducing the craze that will soon sweep the nation... 

With color commentary from Dad and crowd comments by Mom and Grandpa George.

Walking & Talking