House Hunting

This past weekend Elliot and I made the trip up I-95 to do a little house hunting with Daddy. We saw lots of houses and Elliot was such a good boy! He listened to Mommy and Daddy, he didn't touch anything that didn't belong to him, and he only had one little melt down (it was over having to say good-bye to a cat).

Between house hunting we took breaks to drink milk shakes, color on kids menus, and ride the elevator in the hotel.

I think riding the elevator was his favorite part of the trip. It didn't hurt that we stayed on the 8th floor (8 is his favorite number or at least one of the numbers he knows by sight).

Catching Up With Daddy

This weekend, it had been two whole weeks since Elliot last saw Daddy. He's been stuck like glue to his favorite guy since he woke up on Saturday morning. To make the most of our time together we had an action packed weekend that included lots of coloring, (Elliot LOVES to color), a couple of trips to the playground, and a trip to the science museum.

He got his "colors" out all by himself and found some paper on my sketch board to work on. Maybe he does take after his Mommy after all.

Elliot loves the new little play house at the playground. He insisted that Daddy sit on it's front porch. Daddy was a good sport. Later Daddy showed Elliot his basket ball skills. Elliot was very impressed.

All of that playing made for two sleepy guys. Nothing like napping and watching golf.

The science museum has its own train. Elliot was pretty excited about it. He also liked the shark exhibit, the sand sculptures, the "construction zone", and the fountain. But his favorite thing was the pendulum.

What a fun weekend! We are already counting down the days to next weekend.

We're back!

Sorry for the small number of posts during the month of July. Our home internet has been down, and between Brian being gone during the week and the annoying Comcast repair schedules it took forever to get fixed. About the time that it went down I had planned to post about a little family outing we went on before Brian headed up to MD to start his new job. On Sunday the 18th, we spent an action packed afternoon together that consisted of a visit to Maymont, sushi for dinner, and ice cream in Cary Town.

We spent most of our time at Maymont exploring the "zoo" section where we saw eagles, owls, foxes, and the hit of the day - BEARS! Elliot was nuts about the bears. He wasn't as nuts about a life size bear statue. It took a little coaxing to get him over to it, but he warmed up to it. Before leaving Maymont we strolled around the Japanese garden, which is what i think inspired us to go out for sushi for dinner.

Elliot enjoyed his dinner which consisted primarily of edamame and rice. I ordered him some tempura sweet potatoes but he wouldn't even try them. Toddlers can be SO picky. Towards the end of our meal we had a bit of an accident. I left a sippy cup full of water, topless, and in reach of Elliot. Within minutes Elliot had grabbed the cup poured it all over himself. That is why he is shirtless in the ice cream photo.

What a fun day! We have continued to make the most of our weekends with Daddy, unfortunately Mommy has been really bad about taking photos. I promise that August will be a busy month on the blog.