Who Thinks Like This?

At Target yesterday, now that he's allowed to go at slow times with his mask, he asked me, "What's the tongue on a sneaker for?" Having never thought about it, I finally came up with, "It keeps your shoe laces from rubbing against your foot and hurting." But honestly I have no idea. 

Birthday Goodies

...all kinds of goodies.

Eli's birthday is in December, so it makes sense to plan the menu well in advance.


"Daddy. For my birthday, we're gonna have all kinds of food for everybody. Like chips and salsa...and toast...and orange juice..."

Oh, it's gonna be CRAZY. 

Gus

Eli waited 5 months for this hug :)

"Gus is the best thing God ever made..." 

A Bee House

Our bee house was similar to this one.

"Look! A bee house!"- Eli spotting a little bird feeder out the window of the diner where we were eating lunch today*. What makes this funny, is that it was actually a bird feeder similar to the one that use to hang in our yard. Until it was taken over. By bees. 




*found this post in draft form on my list of blog entries...was originally written months and months ago!

Tony, Tony

Don't mess with this 30 lb 6-year-old, Tony. Just find his stuff. 

Every time Eli loses something, he recites a prayer/poem to St. Anthony, who is apparently the patron saint of lost crap.


Tony, Tony, look around; somethings's lost and must be found.

Only nowadays Eli recites it differently. After hearing my rendition, which has the same wording but is spoken with a New Jersey accent, it now takes on a more severe, almost threatening tone. Like if Tony doesn't find find the lost Star wars figure/video game/missing Lego piece, there will be consequences of the concrete shoe variety.

It also seems to work faster. Coincidence?

Speakin' of Cowboys...

That's what he is.

PS: That is blue cotton candy from yesterday stuck to his face bandage.

Drinking Contest!

We ran to Trader Joe's tonight, my fave shop-spot here in Cincinnati. It wasn't too busy so I was able to bring Eli in. In the back as many of you know, they have a sample counter. The tiny cups of juice set out on a tray caught Eli's eye and he exclaimed, "Look! They're having a drinking contest!"

Sadly, it was only peach juice.