Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Gardening, Water Ballons & The Beach, Oh My!

There's no question; we've undoubtedly had one of the warmer Springs within recent memory.  This is especially awesome since this year we have a YARD to enjoy it with!  Eliot and I spend one morning last week planting some seeds and doing a little gardening.  We have not been so good with the upkeep of these plants so don't expect an update from us on these :-x







Then, one one of the warmer afternoons, I filled up some water balloons for Eliot and his new friends to play with.  At first, their plan was to bury the balloons.  I'm not sure of the purpose-- maybe to stomp on them and pop them? And made lots of mud? That sounds very Eliot-ish.  Then, they decided just to go for it!









Then, on yet another warm day, we went to the beach for a picnic.  I couldn't believe (OK, yes I could) that Eliot got into the water! It was SO cold! Even walking through it made my feet hurt.  Good thing we brought a change of clothes.... and blasted the heat in the car the whole ride home!  Last week was also April Vacation so we got the chance to see some old friends which was nice!



I also wanted to post this photo here. My Papa loved lighthouses.  So much so that they were even on his checks.  I recently purchased (a la Christmas Tree Shops) a canvas print of a lighthouse to be displayed in our guest room (having created it in the first place with him in mind), but I thought maybe I could do one better and print my own canvas.  I think that this is the photo I will print on canvas;




Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Easter 2012

Easter started a few days early this year with an egg hunt at my in-laws house. The 5 cousins were super excited to find their eggs (each child had a different color they had to find-- Eliot was green). Inside were treats like M&Ms, new socks, or a blow up, bouncy balloon. Just as they had fun with the egg hunt, they had fun just being together.




On Easter itself, Eliot woke up, forgetting for a minute (until I reminded him) that the Easter Bunny had come. He went from groggy to hopping out of bed in 10 seconds flat! I quick picked up my camera and managed to snap a few of Eliot seeing his Easter basket for the first time. A note from the Easter Bunny praised Eliot for being such a good and helpful boy this year, but also reminded him to try to listen better to Mom and Dad and be nicer to his pets (poor Merelle got a rock to the nose last week and Milo's been at the receiving end of Eliot's (shall we call it--) over-excitement for about 3 years now). Eliot was very excited to see that not only did the Easter Bunny leave candy, but also a bird feeder, and lots of gardening stuff like a ready-to-make pepper garden, and lots of other veggie seeds to plant. (Who are we kidding? We all know Eliot's more excited about the digging than the planting).



Later that day, we went to Ted's Aunt & Uncle's house for a VERY yummy dinner, LOTS of yummy desserts, and another Easter egg hunt for the kiddos, which was VERY well received. Eliot had such a fun day--and weekend! Happy Easter!

Eliot cleaned up house with all his egg finds-- and Daddy got to hold them all!

Sometimes I like to make little notes about things so I don't forget them. I actually have a book/journal that I usually write this stuff down in, but since we don't yet have a bookcase, our book boxes have not yet been unpacked, but I just want to remember this adorable little thing Eliot does now-- he whispers. OK, so it doesn't SOUND that cute, but it is. If someone asks him a question and he doesn't know the answer he will look at me and whisper (with his hand to his ear) "what is it?" He'll do it when he wants to keep a secret just between us so Daddy doesn't find out (sometimes about sneaking an extra piece of candy, or making a mess with whatever he's using at the time, sometimes he'll do it when I have a headache, or just before bed or naptime). I guess you have to witness it to appreciate the cuteness, but trust me, it's adorable!