Beading

We worked on fine motor skills today by stringing big colorful beads on a shoelace. Elijah tried doing this a few weeks ago and he couldn't figure out how to pull the lace through correctly. This time he did really well. I think he managed to get about 10 beads on the string, but 6 of them randomly fell off when he had the string hanging off his highchair. 

First Big Pool

I don't have a waterproof camera so we didn't get any pool pictures. We (Grandma DeShon, Elijah, and I) only swam for about a half hour because Elijah was too cold. He was shaking for several minutes when we decided to get out of the water and then it started raining on us while we were trying to dry off. He really liked swimming until we got to deeper water then he had a tight grip (with arms and legs) around me. A few times we were able to get him to splash, kick his legs, and float around on his belly. His favorite part was "jumping" into the water. Can't wait to try again on a warmer, sunnier day.

Small vs Large

We let Elijah hold the laptop on his own lap to watch a digger video. He was impressed.

Basket Reading

Elijah emptied out his toy bag and sat in it. Then he wanted his books and helped me sing the song that goes with the bulldozer. He says "dozer", "morning" and "report." (Note: imagine these words in toddler-speak.) I sing the part of the song, "They call him bulldozer...or dozer for short. Every morning...for work he reports." He was also able to located about 15 different items in his "250 Words" book on one page. 

Own Room

Our new AC was installed today so everyone is sleeping in their own rooms tonight. When we put Elijah's mattress back in his crib, we put him in there and he was jumping around loving it. Tonight he had trouble going to bed...not because he was back in the crib, but because he didn't get to watch another digger video (we already watched 2). I think we watch plenty of digger videos...

"I Climb"

We played at the indoor climbing park today since our house doesn't have AC and outside parks are too hot in the afternoon. Here's Elijah holding on tightly to the frogs eyes so he doesn't fall off the back. He had other good climbs too, but I was too busy spotting to take a picture.

Softball

We went to watch Daddy play softball at the park. When we first got there we went on the swings, took a couple trips down the slide, dug in the rocks, and ran around on the play equipment. We headed to the field once the game began. Here's Elijah watching Daddy through the fence while Daddy was playing shortstop (yes, Erik is in the picture too...he's that little red blob). Go Dada!