Fun at the Park

Just like in my last post, Eli is getting bigger and bigger all the time!  Yesterday, we went to the "Purple Park" (across the pond from our house--a much desired destination) while the house was being shown.  Yes, all seven of us!  (Mom, Dad, Me, Hannah, Eli, Buddy, and Noah!)  Dad was playing with Eli on the swings and was able to get Eli somewhat comfortable on the "big boy" swings!  He wasn't able to go very high, but it was a pretty exciting moment for him!  (Well, for Gabah too!)  :)

Rediscovering an Old Favorite...

Hannah and Eli Playing Hullabaloo

Standing on his favorite--the drums.

"Fly to the..."

 Eli is finally at an age where he can enjoy games.  He still has some trouble with following rules, sharing, being a good sport, etc. but he's continually getting better.  Two games we've started out with are the Cranium games Cariboo and Hullabaloo.  These were both favorites of Hannah's when she was his age.  I think his very favorite is Hullabaloo where the speaker tells where to step next (color, shape, category, etc.)  Actually, it's not usually "walk to..." it's "hop to" or "spin to" or "jump to" or "fly to" and lots of others.  And then it says "freeze" and whoever is standing on the announced pad wins.  Then the winner gets to do a "victory dance" or bow or do a "victory jump."  Eli's favorite pad to step on is the drum.  He's usually standing on it unless he's encouraged to move to another pad.  It's great to watch him play, and it's also especially fun to see him do his "victory dance."  Luckily, he has several people who love to play it with him--Brent and Hannah.  Even the dogs like to get in on the fun!  (well, they like to lay in the middle of the game pads.  Ha ha ha)  It's great to watch them all play and I can't wait for him to get better and better at playing games!

Buddy is trying to play

Brent and Eli playing together

We're Back!!

Hannah's 1st Grade Class

It's been almost exactly a year since we've posted on here, so I thought maybe we should get started up again!  We've had a pretty busy year here.  Eli is about to turn three in just over a week and next Saturday we're having a pirate birthday party for him.  We've got some other big news--we're moving to Columbia, Missouri in August!  It'll be great to be living near Nannie and Paw Paw.  Hannah just finished first grade and had a wonderful year, and for the past year Eli has been going to the Montessori school where Hannah spent 4 years.  I'll try to keep things more updated, but for now I'm signing off...