A busy Wednesday!

Wednesday Eli and I met some friends at the children's museum near where Edgar works. Eli had a great time running all over the place playing. They had a little fire station you could play in,
a fish tank,

an exhibit that showed sound waves,

and Eli's favorite :) This exhibit demonstrated the Bernoulli principle. I have no idea what that means, but air comes through the pipes, and the balls float in the air. Eli LOVED playing here! You can see his hair blowing in the wind :)

There was also a little grocery store set up. Eli has always wanted to push all the buttons at the grocery store-this was his big chance!

This was a cool exhibit. You hit those paddles on the tubes and they all 'play' different notes. Eli enjoyed banging on those.

We were also lucky enough to be there on a day and a time when they had a little music class. Eli loved it. All of the kids got to play musical instruments while a girl led some songs.

We went upstairs and Eli was completely distracted by the 'dance dance' exhibit...I have no idea what else was up there. He didn't want to leave the TV...

We left the museum a little after noon and met up with Edgar at Subway for lunch. It is always so fun to see daddy in the middle of the day :)

We got home and I put a cake in the oven, because...

...it was mom's birthday! We had the family over for dinner to celebrate.

It was kind of an impromptu gathering, so we didn't really have gifts ready, but Katie was on the ball, and had a little gift for her Abuela :)

It was such a fun day. I was tired at the end of the day, but it was all worth it :)

Hard working, dependable...and cute!

Need a hand around the yard? I've got just the person! He's happy to help!
He'll rake...

Haul junk away in his wagon...

Sweep up after himself...

And pick up stray sticks.

His only downfall is that he occasionally gets sidetracked by a phone conversation...

He's a little hard to get off the phone once he starts talking.

And when you take the phone away, he gets really mad...

He will eventually go back to work...sort of.

He likes to go to the very edge of his workspace,

but sometimes needs to be reminded not to 'cross the line'.

Don't worry...he'll go right back to the edge...

He's super cute,

And always entertaining.

He loves his mommy

And his mommy loves him.

Who wouldn't want to hire a kid like him?

Fun at the mall

It always makes the day go by so much better if Eli and I can get out in the morning and do something. Today we left at 10:20 (after I spilled coffee all over myself and had to completely change...) and went to the mall.

Eli had fun running around in the play area-though I think he liked the arcade better. He kept running out of the play area to go to the arcade...he's such a boy...

I don't know this little girl next to Eli, but I had to take a picture-her hair was AMAZING :)
Eli liked crawling through this...especially when mommy chased him through :)

Here's Eli 'playing' with another kid. He actually totally blocked him out intentionally so that he couldn't play with it. Someone needs to teach Eli how to share...

And a video for your enjoyment, because...well...I took one :) Notice how obedient Eli is...

We came home and Eli took a nap while I mopped the floors. Then I vacuumed...and managed to break the lamp in the family room...GRRRRRR...oh well. The matching one broke in the move, so now our end tables match :)

Hope your Monday was great!

An afternoon at Abuelito's house

Sunday afternoon I woke up from my nap with a call from Edgar. He had to go into work after church, but his mom had called him and told him that they were over at Abuelo's house, and Jutina (a family friend from New Jersey) was there too. So Eli and I went over for some fun. Edgar's Uncle Sammy was there too.
Eli decided to be highly entertaining. He kept clapping and talking. He was so funny.

Jutina had fun chasing Eli around-I think Eli's found a new pal :) I LOVE this picture-Eli running with his tounge out :)

Eli enjoyed Abuelo's cat too. He loves those crazy animals...too bad for him...

I took a couple of videos. They entertain me, so I thought I'd let you enjoy them.

Eli has been loving applauding himself lately. Anything he does he will clap for himself. It's pretty cute.


This second one is Eli with the cat. He was very interested in the cat food...

Hopefully we'll get back over there before Jutina goes back home!

Cookie Time!

It seems like there's a lot of birthdays this time of year :) So, out came the cookie cutters, and I went to work. I made crowns for Keira
I did a few different designs

They were fun, and actually pretty easy :)

Julean gets Lightning again this year :) I only took 1 picture, because they were all the same :)

And Matthias gets a birthday cake for his big, bad first birthday :)

I did a few designs for him too.

Like the candle on the 'i'?) :)

I thought I'd throw in a few for Renae, who is recovering from surgery on her foot :)

Happy Birthday Keira, Matthias & Julean! And get well soon, Renae :) The cookies should arrive soon!

There are a BUNCH of May birthdays comin'...

Silly Little Boy

Just a few random pictures of Eli being silly... Okay...so the first one isn't so silly...I was just excited that he finally ate a PB&J...he hasn't liked those for a while. Makes picnic lunches easier :) He gobbled it down-apparently quite hungry.
Ummm...yeah. I put that on him. Poor kid...

Eli was enjoying cooking :)

Eli put this hat on all by himself. He loves wearing daddy's hat :)

Too cute for words!