We pretended the weather was nice enough the other day to go to the park. It was pretty chilly but at least it was dry. Elliott rode in the park swing for the first time. He didn't seem particularly impressed. But that seems to be his personality -- Mr. Go With the Flow. Oliver was sweet and gentle as he pushed Elliott in the swing.
Here's Owen reminding me how cute he still is. Elliott pulled to a stand for the first time on March 20th -- two days before his 7 month birthday. He looks so funny! He's so short and fat, it cracks me up to see him standing there.
We took the boys to Lattin's Country Cider Mill the day before Easter for an egg hunt en-mass. It was crazy. There were 40,000 eggs and probably that many kids. Just kidding. But it was quite a turn out. In fact, there were so many people we lost track of the kids and couldn't even see them hunt for eggs! These were the only two photos I got. I was sick on Easter so there are no photos from that day.
Scrappy, ain't he? I must admit, I wish I had those biceps! Of course, wishing has nothing to do with it. It's all those push-ups I make him do. (Mean ol' mom. Ha!)
An explanation on the haircut: As every kid does at some point, Oliver took the scissors to his own hair and chopped his bangs down to the nub. As punishment, I got out our old, cheap, half-rusted clippers and gave him a very time-consuming and quasi-painful burr haircut. This is the first time he's ever had his hair this short and well, there were tears. But I told him it was good baseball hair and he decided it was okay but that he'd never cut his own hair again.
When discussing the Palapalooza entertainer, I recalled the guy's name to be Roberto. Oliver thought I was referring to the volunteers from the audience and said, "I thought he called them Big Hamper Patrick and Big Hamper Nathan." I looked at him with a puzzled expression and wondered what on earth...
And then I understood.
What Oliver heard was really, "Let's have a big hand for Patrick" and "Let's have a big hand for Nathan." BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I only meant to take photos of Elliott this day because Oliver wasn't interested and Owen has a huge knot on his head (see the Palapalooza post). But Owen jumped on in and I ended up with some really sweet ones.
Who needs new puzzles when you can flip them over and create a whole new challenge for yourself? Not only did Oliver complete this puzzle with the wrong-side up, but he did it with a piece missing! And he did it totally for his own enjoyment and satisfaction. There was no, "Hey, come and see what I'm doing!" Brian just walked by and noticed Oliver deep in concentration.
We met our friends, the Gills, at Twanoh today for a picnic and hike. The picnic was great but the hike was thwarted. The trail was closed due to flood damage. Bummer! We made the most of it though, hung out by the water and had a good time anyway.
Today was Elliott's 6 month check up. He is 19 lbs (81st percentile) and 28 inches (91st percentile). Who's kid is this? Oh, and the really scary news... he started crawling yesterday. HELP!
Let me tell you about the pictures you see here.
Oliver and I were goofing around taking pictures of ourselves. Oliver was cracking up viewing the results on the LCD screen when he ripped one right on my leg!! That made him laugh harder which produced a whole string of foul-smelling emissions. Of course I continued to fire away with the camera to document the event. The final picture is Oliver alone because I had to escape the stink-shroud.
In the process of transferring all my old analog video to DVD, I came across some footage of Oliver and his cousin Jack. I couldn't resist sprucing it up and posting it. It's also on our YouTube channel: yelmist. The boys were NOT injured, only scared.
Elliott is starting to be able to sit for short durations now. It's amazing how it changes their world.
I just finished reading Peter and the Starcatchers to Oliver. It's a novel about the origins of Peter Pan. Oliver is totally obsessed with The Pan, let me tell you. He wants to hear and see anything and everything Peter Pan. Every night we read a few chapters and no matter how long I read or how late it got he threw a fit for me to keep reading. I almost regret telling him about the other books in the series!
I don't know if it's because Valentine's Day is coming and they've been talking about it at school or what but Oliver has started receiving "love letters" from the girls in his class! He doesn't get it at all. He just thinks his friends are giving him things. I want to tease him so badly! But I won't.
This is a picture an adorable little girl named Chun Hoi gave him. She presented it to him in an envelope that included a penny and a tiny blank book (about 1.5" x 2"). He is using the blank book to make something in return for her. It's titled "The book of Oliver and Chun Hoi" and he drew a picture of them holding hands on the cover. He said he's going to use it to put memories of things they've done together in it. I can't wait 'til it's done! It will break my heart to let him give it to her.
Constantly rocking on all fours has already gotten boring, I guess. Either that or he's trying to work off those holiday pounds just like the rest of us. HA!
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