adventures around the house and town ...

This is a big mish-mash of several adventures around the house and our town.
#1-3 ~ this is the sad end of the play kitchen I was trying to make for Eli out of a cardboard box. My biggest mistake was making it the size specified in the directions ... as you can see, it was big enough for Eli to climb inside and small enough to cause him trouble! The real trouble was that he couldn't stop himself from going in again and again ... the kitchen is no more.

#4 ~ Eli really likes to tell us "bye-bye" and pretend like he's leaving us. It's especially good if he can close a door between us, go into the closet or the shower, or -- the best -- use our keys. Here, he even put my work badge on. I think he's going to go in for me!

#5-7 ~ We got a new trailer for the bicycles, so that we can take Eli on rides. The pictures are from the first day, when it was a little scary. He really likes it now and gets very excited.

#8-9 ~ These are two of Eli's buddies at school, Aiden and Jake. All of the kids in his room are very affectionate with each other -- they try to make each other feel better if they're sad and play together really well.

#10 ~ I know this looks like a crazy picture! One of the places Eli most likes to go "bye-bye" is with Phoebe every morning. She is a really good sport and usually just scoots over so that he can climb on her, invade her bed, and slam the kennel door in her face again and again, saying "bye-bye!"

#11 ~ Eli at the duck pond

#12 ~ Eli at the soccer field. There's a field near our house and there is nearly always a game being played. Eli loves to watch but he really wants to play. Once (during a break in play), he was holding a cup and walked right onto the field, handed a player his cup and took the ball away from him! He thinks it's very exciting to see the big boys kicking and running all together.

#13-14 ~ There is a duck pond by the library and we've been feeding bread to the ducks, which is endlessly entertaining.