Dave is Funny

Randomly, Dave just told me, "I know what you're saying"...in Cantonese.  He's like a toddler, absorbs whatever I say so need to be careful!!  It was followed up with, "What did I just say?" (in English).

#Didn'tKnowHeKnewThat
#Hilarious

Illusion

My mom sent me this e-mail chain.  What do you see?

Another Cute Daycare Story - Hugs

Elijah has been known to give hugs to his teachers at daycare - what a cutie!!  However, he does not hug us.  We do force hugs with him...so maybe he's learning!

 Not wanting to give mom a hug.  Please ignore my double chin.

 Forced hug.

 He's probably thinking, "Get me away from here!!"  Yes, I am wearing my Calc II shirt from high school - coolest shirt ever.

On another note, I've mentioned Elijah has many hobbies.  Here are some pictures of additional hobbies...

Throwing balls (and he's pretty good at it!):

Spinning chairs:

Reinforcing the fact that he likes to hand us everything - including old insurance cards:

(Elijah, 14 months)

Fall Pictures

Elijah helped us rake leaves last weekend.  He actually was more helpful than I thought because he stayed on his mat the whole time and only ate one leaf.

 

(Elijah, 13 months)

Daycare Pictures

I was wrong, Elijah did get some school picutres.  No smiles though.  I laughed when I saw these pictures.  This kid is going to break the bank because I keep buying these goofy pictures of him.

It turns out only one baby's pictures turned out so no fault to Elijah - bad timing or bad photographer!

No smiles, kind of looks like a football player.

Okay, this one made me laugh and love this picture so much.

(Elijah, 13 months)

Art Project Fail

Sometimes I like to think our family is artsy.  Elijah does art projects at daycare so I think to myself, he should be able to do this at home.  We tried this a couple of weeks ago and it was a complete disaster.  The end result was no finished project, Elijah eating finger paint and a crabby Elijah.  Oh well, we'll have to try again.

Lessons Learned (artsy people probably do not list stuff, especially numerically):

1. Prepare for the art lesson.  Set out supplies before Elijah approaches working station.  I spontaneously decided to do this project and was holding Elijah while getting stuff out and he wanted to start before I was ready.

2. Don't start an art project right before bedtime.

3. The art instructor should change clothes.

4. Elijah likes the taste of finger paint.

5. Never force an artist to paint on your time.  It will happen when the artist is ready.

Okay, Elijah turns 14 months (wow!) tomorrow so here are some more pictures from 13 months.  These pictures range from 1 - 2 weeks ago

FYI - in case you were wondering or judging, we do take Elijah out of the house but rarely take pictures, for some reason.

(Elijah, 13 months)

Elijah's Hobbies

We got a form from daycare to fill out.  It's kind of like a bio for Elijah and one of the things we are supposed to include are his hobbies.  Do these count as hobbies?

Climbing in and out of his chair...

 

Being a silly boy, making dad and mom laugh...

  

Walking around.  I should mention that he is officially walking now, still wobbly and not that far but definitely much better...

 

Sharing - he loves to hand us everything...

Hiding stuff - he likes to slide stuff underneath and then get it...

Reading by himself.  No need for dad and mom to read to him anymore...

Stacking.  Apparently he can stack anything.  I was doing something in the kitchen and turned around and saw this...haha...

(Elijah, 12 and 13 months)

Such a Sweet Boy

There's a new boy in daycare and this new baby was crying.  Elijah went up to him and laid his head on his legs.  Maybe trying to comfort the new baby?  Haha.  Such a cutie and a sweet boy.

(Elijah, 13 months)

Gangam Style

I don't understand why everyone loves this song and video:


I prefer this mom and son video...literally LOL:

Elijah's First Ride in a Convertible

Not really but he loves sitting and standing in the car!

(Elijah, 13 months)

TV Stand Built in 2005

Back in 2005, I was in the market for a TV stand to hold my tube TV.  I shopped and shopped...and couldn't find exactly what I wanted.  I had the bright idea of Dave and I making a TV stand...together.  We had fun during the design phase but when it got to the actual building phase, I remember there was a lot or arguing.  We are both stubborn.  Building stuff or home improvement with each other can make or break a relationship...haha.  I just gave up and Dave finished everything.

This was a completely over-designed, ugly, expensive TV stand.  Good memories that we like to talk about though!

In 2005:

  Dave and I showing off the TV stand "we" built.  We didn't know anything about woodworking or staining.  The staining is horrific.  Please notice that the TV stand was used to hold two Nintendo NES.

In 2012:

 

  Ready to get thrown in the garbage.  It's about time!