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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Eloe boys at the end of April

So many great stories and updates. I’ll try to do these more often so that we don’t have such a list! But for now, here we go!

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One of our crazy-warm days in April. He couldn’t wait to play in the sprinkler!

 

We finally broke down and bought him a booster seat. The car seat he had was good for up to 65 lbs. and I loved the 5 point harness. But poor guy, he was getting embarrassed that he was the only one of his friends not in a booster. He is so excited now!

We’ve been talking a lot about kindergarten and Adam wanted to know when he would meet his teacher and see his classroom. We told him that he would be able to check everything out during “kindergarten round-up”. He asked, “do we get to round up horses?” Ah, that would be fun!

Adam came home one day telling us all about supersonic jets and that they travel at the speed of sound. Now, he wants to fly one!

I have to tell this story because it was just too funny. Adam came up to me one day, cupped my breasts and said, “Mom, what is IN these things?” I tried to explain as best as I could!

One day, I pointed out that a robin was in our yard getting worms. We watched her poking around working at getting one from the ground but it didn’t look like she was getting it. Adam said, “I bet the worms friends are pulling him back down into the dirt so that she can’t eat him.”

Adam has one girl in his preschool class – only one – named Lily. He informed me that Lily was his girlfriend, but he was still marrying his cousin, Jessi!

Adam is very into basketball right now. He loves shooting hoops with dad and is so excited to take a class this summer. He also can’t wait for swimming lessons.

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He loves dirt and loves getting dirty! I almost wish I had an outdoor shower for him!!

He is really starting to talk. We are getting more phrases, more yes and no responses, and it is so exciting! He is asking for specific things, without being prompted.

One of the things he often says to me, especially after he has been at school, “I so missed you, Mommy!” Just melts my heart!

We got him a new bed. He was out growing the toddler bed and we decided just to buy him a full-size like Adam. Hopefully, both beds will last the boys for years!!

He loves playing hide’n’seek. It doesn’t matter if he is hiding or seeking, he just giggles and wants to play forever!

One of the phrases he uses a lot is “come back”. He’ll say, “where’s daddy?” and I’ll tell him that daddy went to work. He’ll then say, “Daddy, come back”! Very cute!

With his improving communication, we are also seeing a very stubborn streak! He is very particular about his clothes. He wants to wear jeans all the time, even after he gets out of the bath. I have noticed that he does this mostly with me! And he likes to pick out his shirt and favors green, blue or orange ones. Sometimes, the best way for me to get him dressed for bed is to just let him pick out his own t-shirt. I do draw the line in letting him wear jeans to bed!!

Often, we’ll ask him if he would like to watch a show. He usually responds with the show he’d most like to watch. But many times he’ll say, “wanna watch Wii”, which means that one of us has to play it!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Our new living room

We are so excited to almost be done with our living room.  New carpet, new lighting, new TV, new furniture – the only things missing are a new ottoman and a new table between the recliners.  I may want to add one more thing on the wall.  We are so in love with this room!!

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Travis’ 40th Birthday surprise party

I couldn’t let Travis’ birthday go by without a bigger party, so I surprised him with a few close friends and co-workers.  I had planned the party for the 17th, 10 days after his birthday.  I never realized how stressful it is to plan a surprise for someone that you live with!  Since our new furniture had come in for the living room, I wanted to make sure the room was “finished” - not so easy when we had decided that we needed to hold off on spending more money on the house.  I also decided to repaint the eating area of the kitchen.  I was getting the feeling that T. was getting a little annoyed with me.  So trying to not pay attention to his reactions and trying to keep a secret, made me a little tense, and, in return, worried that he was wondering why I acting this way.  UGH – exhausting!!

The best part of the plan happened a week before the party.  I knew that Laura’s husband, Rick, was going to keep him occupied the day of the party and deliver him at 5:30.  But someone was smiling down on my plans and put Travis in MI for business the day before his party, only 20 minutes away from Rick & Laura’s lake house!!  So, conveniently, Rick invited Travis to stay in MI after his meeting and fish that night and Sat. morning.  Rick said he had to return Sat. night for his brother’s birthday party (meaning T’s party).  Genius!  And thank you to whomever made that all possible.  I was able to clean, decorate and prepare without worrying about him being around.

I even let Adam in on the secret the night before the party, which was risky, but he pulled through, even bragging that he had talked to Daddy and not mentioned the party!

It was a success, with Travis walking in not knowing what in the hell was going on!!  He was completely surprised and everyone had a really nice time.  I had t-shirts made up for us:

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The boys and I had “My Daddy/Husband is 40!!!” on the front and “that’s old!!” on the back.  Travis’ said, “Vintage 1970, aged to perfection” on the front and , “my wife says I’m still hot” on the back.

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The boys were so excited about having a party, of course, Alex associates that with cake!  Notice that in both pics he can’t get his eyes off the cupcakes!

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And important note – do not get frosting in such a dark, strong color!  Look at their teeth:

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Laura bought Travis and Rick matching fishing hats – we know they will be fishing and golfing together all summer long.

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Alex modeling Daddy’s BMW hat:

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Such a fun night!!!!