Spider Man!!! and Savers

Last week we went to the grand opening of the new Savers on JFK. I really enjoy Savers and am so excited to have one so close. They offered free face painting and popcorn for their grand opening, so of course we went to help them celebrate and get all painted up. Eli was so still while the woman painted his face. I was impressed. After she was done she held up a mirror for him to see himself. He thought it was pretty cool. I think he was a little shocked and confused and happy all at once :) Anyway, it was a good time. That evening we started trying to wipe it off and he was not having it. It started to look like he had on eye liner. AAGGGHHH!

Eli throwing out his web

"I hold her"

Eli isn't crazy over babies. I have no doubt he loves his sister, but he just isn't one to be all about a baby like some kids can be. So, needless to say, he rarely asks us to hold her or anything of that nature. He will find her toys to play with and let us know when she needs her paci or bottle. He notices when she isn't around and asks for her. He is very interested in what she is doing or eating, he is always asking questions about her. So, this afternoon he decides he needs to hold her. In the past I have tried to get him to hold her and when he agrees I tell him to sit down first, which of course is usually not what he wants to do, so it doesn't work out. Well, this afternoon, he said "I sit down and hold her" and that's just what he did. He was very proud for a few seconds until she started to squirm and cry at which point he started to hold her tighter.........I then took her back...........but for a few brief moments he was being so lovey!!!!!

My little big boy

Every Sunday we have lunch with 2 other couples. It is our community group through church. Anyway, Eli always loves the attention he gets when we have guests, but today he was something else, it was so cute. So everyone gets here and we have the table all set up and he starts to tell whoever will listen where his seat will be at the table. Next we all gather in the kitchen to fix drinks and get our plates and he looks around and sees everyone has big cups, so he decides he doesn't want his sippy cup. I tell him that's okay and reach for one of his small big boy cups to which he becomes distraught and says he wants one like ours. I finally talk him out of it, cause come on, a 2 year old with a large cup.......yeah, that's what I thought.......anyway, so we all go sit down and he wants whatever we have on our plates on his plate. He is studying what everyone else is doing. He kept looking at Chris sitting next to him and talking about whatever he could think of, like "You drink wemonade?" If someone said something funny and we all laughed, he would look around and laugh with us. He noticed that a few of us reached out for a paper towel and pull it off the roll, so he reached out to do the same. ANYTHING we were doing, he was doing his best to keep up and be a part of the group. I know my writing about it isn't really describing it the way I would like it to, but it's the best I got. It was a precious moment for me, to look at my baby boy and see the wheels turning in his head. To see him make conversation and interact with the group. I've never seen him do anything like this...........Well, enough rambling. I sadly have no video or pictures to show from today, so I thought I would just put a random picture or two up. And since we are talking about my kids, I thought I would add that Lucy is crawling very well and fast AND is pulling up on everything!!!! I'm afraid she will be walking before long. She isn't even 9months yet!

Easter

Happy Easter!

Egg Hunt

Today our church had an Easter Egg hunt. We first met inside where they had kids opening resurrection eggs and talking about the meaning of Easter. We said a prayer and then it was off to the field to "hunt" for eggs. It's kind of funny to me, they just lay them all over the grass, no hiding involved. :) I totally understand, I mean it was for kids 2 and under, but it is still funny to me. Eli filled his basket FULL! He had a great time finding eggs and an even better time opening them to find candy. "chocolate is good, mommy" or "this is yummy" Afterwards we went to celebrate Campbell's 3rd birthday and had more yummy treats! Eli also dyed eggs for the first time and really enjoyed it. He is a very hands on kind of artist, so needless to say he has very orange hands after handling his eggs. We got home a little after lunch and all 4 of us crashed. I haven't taken a good long nap like I did earlier in a long time and boy did it feel so wonderful. I had to make myself get out of bed to fix dinner for my family and get ready for our lunch tomorrow. I think I might just go crawl back in bed right now :)

Up up and away!!!

This last one doesn't even look real, but let me assure you, there is no trick photography going on here. It's crazy cause until I look at the picture I don't even realize how high he throws him in the air! I have fond memories of baseball players from my dad's team throwing me up sooo high at the ballpark. Ahhh..........to be so little again............