Playdates & garage sales

Last week was kinda a bum week weather wise with multiple days of rain/storms. But, we were able to have a fun playdate on Friday morning with wonderful sunny weather! Here are some cute pictures from the morning!

Eli wanting to try out the big kid swing:

He didn't make it up this slide but he did make it all the way up (the wrong way) the twisty slide!

Swinging, a favorite park playdate activity:

This park has two great playgrounds for the kids that are, for the most part, toddler friendly:

Eli & Colton eating snacks in the shade:

Eli became interested in the highschool tennis practice. He kept calling it "baseball":

Below are some fun pictures I used the online editing site picnik. Love that it is free and fun!

Mr. Jack:

"Peek-a-boo Christopher!":

"Hello mommy!":

Love how this effect makes their lips look and cheeks dark & rosy. Eli, Kennison and Colton sharing snacks:

This was too cute that they all decided to sit down together. They all REALLY wanted to wander down the hill, though!:

Always have to check out the picnic tables:

"Eli the Explorer":

On Saturday, our subdivision had a neighborhood garage sale. We decided not to hassle with putting out anything ourselves, but we did partake in the shopping! Eli, of course, is the one who benefited from the shopping, but it was all things were wanting to get him anyway!

Eli loves to watch daddy mow the lawn. Luckily we found TWO lawn mowers that BLOW BUBBLES!:

This is really cute as both lawn mowers actually look alike!:

Getting ready for summer time at the pool with this purchase of an inner tube, or as Eli calls it, "circle":

To go along with his previous garage sale purchase of an airplane, Eli got a really cool helicopter:

There hasn't been much advancement in the potty training area.....maybe this is why:

Adventures in pudding eating, part 1:

In other news, since we brought up the cable box (only took 21 months :) we have been in love with Noggin and Sprout stations. Eli's new favorite show is "Yo Gabba Gabba" which is quite the interesting show. What is great is they have a lot of guest stars including Jack Black....hilarious....see for yourself! Eli loves to say "Yo Gabba Gabba" many times throughout the day.

Unrelated to Mr. Eli, I have a little annoying story to share. While driving on the interstate, a work truck several hundred feet ahead of me had a can of paint literally fly out of the truck into the air and land on the road, of course spraying paint everywhere. I was thankfully far enough away but one unlucky car was covered with paint. I did get a nice light spray of paint on my car, though, which we hope we can get off with a little scrubbing if it is water based. I always get really paranoid around trucks that have things in the back that don't seem to be as secured down as they should be!

Also, yoga is going well (this will be my 6th week!) and I signed up for the next session. I started doing some exercise videos on the alternate days to hopefully help me get in a little better shape.....although not soon enough for swimsuit weather :( Which reminds me, Eli starts swim lessons on the 22nd! Should be fun!

Depending on weather (storms in the forecast AGAIN!), we hope to play with Eli's friends at a splash park, probably go to the park a few times, and hopefully make it to Music with Mar on Saturday. Have a great week!