Flying Kites

Eli's first time flying a kite and he did pretty good! The wind wasn't quite strong enough that day though so I kept having to throw it up in the air. He had fun with his Toy Story kite though.

Dynamo Gym

I take Eli to this cute little place called Dynamo Gym. It's a three story indoor playground. The great thing about it is that parents are allowed to go on it as well. Eli can manage it by himself but sometimes he gets a little stuck pulling himself up to the next level. They have slides too. It's only $5 for two hours of play and it's coming in handy on these hot summer days.


Going down the slide


Hanging from the bars


He loves Dynamo Gym

Toads

We've been seeing some monster toads in our yard lately. Last night we stepped outside on the front porch and there was a huge toad on the door mat.

So this morning JR was getting ready to mow the lawn and he's saying goodbye to Eli. Here goes the story:

Daddy: "Bye Eli, Daddy is going to cut the grass".
Eli: "Okay Daddy, be careful. Watch out for those toads".

Bahahahahahah. My little man cracks me up.

Tracing Letters

Eli has started to trace his letters. The other night I wrote the entire alphabet on the driveway with purple chalk as large as I possibly could stand. After I did that, Eli went over them with yellow chalk. He talks about the alphabet ALL DAY LONG. He sings the alphabet, plays with the alphabet, makes me sing the alphabet, we draw letters in the bathtub with soap, etc. It's no wonder he needs to move on and is starting to read some words, and spell out words with his letters. I think I am going to take his lead and start having little lessons a few times a week. Nothing major. Target sells these activity books in the dollar section for preschoolers.



These are really great books and they are only $1! I scooped up all the variety that they had. Some of them are probably out of his range right now. But they will be fun for him to have in the years to come. I haven't been able to find these anywhere else.

That's Not Right Mom

I was reading Eli his toy story book tonight at bedtime. It's a Toy Story Christmas story and he really likes it. I hate the book because it's a huge collection of stories and it's really heavy. The Toy Story one is the first story in the book so my right hand always starts to hurt before the left one....anyway. I was reading the line "even the green army men looked glum". Instead of saying glum, I replaced it with sad. As soon as I said it, Eli goes, "No mom, glum, they looked glum." Oh. You're right Eli. Smart kid.

WTH?

So Eli picked up a naughty phrase, but we have corrected him and instead he says "What the heck". (Just in case you were wondering, he was saying what the hell). Not sure how I feel about this, but it's not a bad word so I guess it could be worse. He has started to say it a lot the last couple of days and I hope he gets over it soon. This is just a reminder that our little boy is quite a sponge and we need to watch what we say around him. He will say "What the heck", and then look over at me and say "I can say that right, Mommy?". I try to tell him to just say what, or oh no instead but it's no use.

*Update--Thankfully he has stopped saying this over and over.

Auntie Anne's Pretzel Tour

We went on a tour of the pretzel shop at Quail Springs Mall. We all washed our hands and the manager showed us the process of making pretzels. We all put gloves on, even the kids. Eli didn't care for his too much but he kept them on nonetheless. Each kiddo took their turn and the whole time Eli kept saying "Can I make a pretzel now, is it my turn?". He was the last in line, haha. He really had fun when it was his turn. The manager was really nice too, helping all the kids. Mommy is a piggy so Eli got to roll out two pretzels :)



After they were done cooking (only 7 minutes for fresh, hot pretzels), he dipped them in butter and swished them in cinnamon sugar. They were sooo yummy. Eli licked the sugar off of his, maybe he took a bite or two.