Sunday, January 23, 2011

Must be Italian


Love the way a 3 year old's brain makes connections.

When something is fragile, Elliot has termed it:

"Glassable"

Love it.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

conversations of love

** the photo is about 4 months old. Yes, Elliot built that all by himself and continues to wow us with his engineering skills--thanks Daddy and Grandpa for those genes!


Tonight as I came in the door from teaching:

E: "Mama's heeeeeeeere! Mama, you're my number one."

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This week:

Me: "Elliot, what is love?"

E: "Love is when you hug and when you eat all your dinner and they're so proud of you and you get a treat." It's when you kiss on the cheek."

Me: "That sounds about right ;)"

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Yesterday as I looked over the deck to see Elliot running in the yard (enjoying the sunshine after many days without it).

Me: Hi Love, what are you doing?

E: Oh, I'm just having a wonderful day.

Monday, January 3, 2011

So much to catch up on

Just updated our Windows on the computer and FINALLY we have sound with our videos! Sooo...there are so many that I have taken and not seen (since last June, 7 months ago).
Just watching E 7 months prior to now is astounding. He has changed so drastically--especially his speech and understanding.

Some things I want to remember:

Me: "Elliot, will you love me this much when you're older?"

E: "I will love you a little bit. I'll be a grown up."
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(when looking at a painting at my parents house done by my brother):

E: " That was me when I was a monkey."

**it must be noted that the painting depicts a young boy with his arms flung over his face and head...much like monkeys regularly do.**

There are many things that should have been written here--but alas, they are already gone from memory. Writing things down is such a must. I know there are a few scraps of paper lying around that have quotes on them... I'll post when I find them.

So, here are some videos--much too long unless you are family really. Parents can watch their kids forever ;)

The bath and "pretending" videos are from June or July 2010. The other is from the past few months.