Adventures of August

August has been a month packed full of fun and adventures so far. Here is a glimpse of what we have been up to lately. We look forward to all of the excitement that August still has in store!

Houston

Eli and I took a little trip down to Houston to visit some of my great friends from college.  Believe it or not, my camera battery was dead, but I managed to snag a few pics on my phone.  Here are Eli and Avery (my good friend Karrie's little girl) painting...so cultured.  Eli and Avery are only 3 weeks apart and we are pretty sure that they will get married one day. ;)

Examining his paint brush

 

At the park in H-town (or Spring, technically)

Whee!

Eli and Avery playing at with the swing

"So, you come here often?"

Eli on the big boy swing with little Hudson in the background

"I'm the king of the world!"

Ice cream on a sunny day with a beautiful girl...it doesn't get much better than this!

Back in the Big D

Pondering the great mysteries of life with Garfield.  It's always nice to have a good friend who will just listen.

Strumming away at Fry's

Watching the ants walk up and down the tree in our front yard

Eli asked why they kept walking on the tree and I told him they were just exercising.  I'm not sure he bought it.

After losing interest in the ants, Eli decided to play an instrument on the bushes.  Passing over the obvious choice of drums, he noted that he was going to play the bushes like a guitar. :)

My silly boy

At the Park



If we can't make it to the beautiful white sand beaches of Florida or Cancun this year, guess we'll have to settle for the sand volleyball court at the park nearby. What can I say, for a two year old this comes in a close second.



More sand time with all of his sand toys

This picture makes me laugh.  If you look closely you can see Boomerang hiding in the shadow of the stroller.  He is hot and ready to go home! :)

Mama and Eli at "the beach"

Our future little Aggie

Shreveport

After eating almost an entire grilled cheese sandwich of his own, Eli spotted Pop's waffle and instantly became his new best buddy.

 

We are pretty sure Eli downed about half of this waffle. :)

"Another round please, waitress..I don't want to see the bottom of this plate!"

Ethan and Pops

Looking at pictures with Mamie

Eli and Nonie snuggling up and watching tv

All cozy with his Great Grandmother

 

Ethan, Nonie, and Eli

 

Eli with Dada and the Great Grands

Pops telling Eli stories about the elk with their big horns.  Eli watched his first elk, bear, and nature videos in general on the IPAD during out Shreveport weekend. :)

Watching the flower spin with Mamie

 

Sooooo excited about Gloria's cookies!  "Now this is my kind of lunch!!"

 

Eli and his favorite baker :)

"After all of that sugar do you really expect me to be still for a picture?"

Eli with Dada, Gimps, and Gloria.  Having fun with the other great grandparents!

Introduced to the incredibly exciting blower by Pops

"This thing is awesome....it sounds like a motorcycle!"

 

The men finishing up with yard work

Bass Pro Shops

Eli and Dada at Bass Pro Shops. Since it has been pretty hot lately, we have gone up to Bass Pro a few times to walk around and get out of the house on weekend afternoons for a few hours. So much to explore!

On the boats

Eli played on this boat for a long time.  He enjoyed bringing us all sorts of pretend food from the various bins.

Checking out the elk just like he saw on Pop's IPAD

 

At one point Eli told the elk that they needed to get back in the IPAD. :)

 

Watching the big fish

 

"Let me see if I can catch one of them here fish with this handy fishing pole right by the tank..."

Jovie's Birthday Party

Exciting times at his good friend Jovie's 2 year old birthday party

Making as much noise as possible to help entertain the guets:)

"Are you sure none of those presents are for me?"

Other Pics



Playing with Madelyn, our neighbor from across the street. He was sitting with her in his tent of course until I got the camera out...





Educational drumming



 

We went to visit baby Creed, our newest nephew, on Saturday.  While the big deal was made over seeing the new baby, Eli was much more entertained hanging out with his older cousins- Emory, Asher, and Abram, Mamie and Pops, and Aunt Amber and Uncle Eric.  Here is one picture of story time on Pop's lap.

My little singer :)

Firsts

Eli's first ice cream cone at Jason's Deli

 

 

First bag of popcorn...he loved it!

 

 

From Eli's Perspective

 

Eli's very artsy and abstract photography

 

Eli's portrait of Mama. :)

 

Eli's reaction when I took the camera back.  Sorry buddy!

That's all folks!