slumber party

Elliot just found out he's staying at his aunt and uncle's tomorrow night and ran off to pack his bag. He's moving really fast. Is he trying to tell us something?

Update: 24 hours without E and we were definitely ready to see him again. It's toddler addiction.
He got to ride the water taxi to the aquarium and got spoiled as usual. A fantastic time was had by all and Vrim and Rob looked ready for a nap...

East coasters!

We got a visit from Uncle Mike, Zach and Olivia! Elliot got to spend time with his cousins as well as Uncle Mike's 3 month old nephews and didn't want to keep his hands or kisses off the babies. For the couple of hours they were at our house, he didn't peel himself away. He was very gentle and asked to hold them repeatedly. It was sweet to see him so concerned and patient. Let's hope that if he one day has a sibling he's as understanding and gracious even 1/10th the time!

talent

Tonight we played in the basement before bed. Elliot kept a beat (kind of) on his belly while he skiped around with his hand-made felted cape on to the stylings of Chad singing "Super Why" to the tune of Indiana Jones. Where does he get the energy? (Super Why were Elliot's requested lyrics)

Day with Devrim

via email from Devrim:

He woke up and sat up and said, "I want to take a shower, I'm sweaty" and I said "ok." Then he said, "I wanna take a shower at hoooome." And I said, "you can after your dad comes to get you" and I handed him his juice and he showed me the dinosaurs and pointed at my strawberry newtons and asked for one and I gave him one and told him they were newtons and he said, "I love newtons, they're yummy in my tummy! Look! " and showed me his belly button. Then he laid in my lap and said, "I'm happy."
Point - he can come over whenever he wants....

camping, take 2

We met up with friends again this year to camp with the kids in Hood Canal. It started off with us beating them to the ferry on Friday late in the morning- they texted us that they should be able to meet us on the boat no problem. They immediately got pulled over for speeding.

We arrive at the first-come, first-served camp grounds to find out it's full. We drive around to the other side of the canal where there's a larger campsite that takes reservations. During the drive we kid that we can always shack up at a swanky hotel and pitch a tent for the kids. We get the last spot!

The kids had a fantastic time together, as did the adults. The food was fantastic, we took fun walks and everyone slept through the night! The first time we tried this a year ago, both kids woke up screeching at different points during the night. Our friend joked that this year was so good that next year we're sure to be eaten by bears.

he is sooo our kid

In his carseat having a snack, his eyes closed for longer and longer periods until he fell asleep. 10 seconds later, eyes still closed, he reached down, put a piece of food in his mouth and chewed. Sleep eating.