Elijah Quotes of the week

This kid is just too much.  I have to write these down before I forget them.

1. I'm getting ready for a routine doctors appointment when Elijah asks "Mommy, do you need to go to the doctor today because your brain isn't working?"  I had to giggle a bit before I responded with something along the lines of 'no, my brain isn't working because I spend it with small children all day.'  He didn't pick up on my humor.  :)

2. I was talking to Marty about how I think something Gavin is eating is bothering his stomach.  Elijah enthusiastically interrupts to tell us "I know what it is, it is DIRT!".  We both cracked up.  And he may be right since nearly every day when we are playing outside I need to remind Gavin not to eat dirt and sand.  What is it with kids that age?  I remember Elijah doing the same thing!

3. And last but not least.  In our recent attempt to curb a sassy attitude, at the beginning of each day Elijah has 5 gold coins.  Each time he does something unkind or disobedient he loses a coin.  Today, after losing all 5 coins in a matter of minutes, he walked to his room upset.  He came back moments later and emphatically announced "Mommy, you just need to understand that the world is not perfect."  I do not know where he gets these things.  Does he even know what that means?!?

A rock & a hard place

Happy Day after Father's Day!

We had a great day celebrating Marty and what a great dad he is to our two little boys.  :)  He really is a GREAT dad.   When I asked Elijah what Daddy would want most for Father's Day, he quickly responded with "banana cream pie".  I was really impressed that he is that in tune with what Daddy likes, so Elijah helped me make just that.

We started the morning off at church.  During the service we got a buzz on our little church pager indicating that we needed to go get one of the boys.  I first went to the nursery to check on Gavin, but he was happy as a clam.  Next stop, 4 year old room.  As I get closer the teacher is waiting in the hall saying "you must be Elijah's mom".  Yep.  What did he do? 

Well, as Elijah explained during lunch, he found a little rock and he put it in his ear.    "Why?" Marty asks.  "Cuz I did" is the only response he gives.  Sweet.

Back up to Sunday school time and said rock is stuck.  And it hurts.  And he cannot hear.  Awesome.  A nice gal has a tweezers and asks if I want to try to get it out.  Uhm, no.  I don't want to.  Where is the nearest Urgent Care?  As we're chatting about it (and Elijah is calmly sitting in his chair just looking around), we have Elijah tilt his head to the side and I start tapping him on the other side of the head.  It made everyone laugh, but sure enough, it worked and out came the little rock.  Note to 4 1/2 year old - rocks do not go in ears. 

Later in the day we had a chance to hike up the butte right in the middle of town.  Elijah did GREAT - so proud of our little hiker.  Gavin got to enjoy the hike in the jogging stroller and he also did great.... much less work for him though.  He just hung out and ate crackers most of the way.  :)

Resting on the hike up the trail.

Our little hiker.  He LOVES using his hiking poles.

Gavin was pretty upset in the stroller that he didn't have hiking poles.  Once we got the top he took care of that and walked around with them. 

Daddy and his boys on Father's Day. 

It's June!

So, why am I still wearing my winter jacket?  We went for a walk after dinner and I wore my winter jacket & stocking cap.  I was still cold... well, it didn't help that it was also kind of misty/rainy.  The current temp is 41 degrees.  It also snowed here over the weekend.  Thankfully we were in Portland (with relatively good weather) and we missed it - I am glad because I may have freaked out.  I would have to say that I officially don't like spring weather here.  I am holding out for the amazing summer months.   

Moving on to our fun Memorial Day weekend!

First stop, OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry).  This place is pretty sweet.  We spent the entire day here and Elijah was still sad to have to leave. 

Our little climber!   He loved checking things out in the kids play area.

E spent a lot of time in the GIANT sand box area.  It's all good until some kid dumps a bucket of sand on your head.

I wish we had a closer pic of this.... Gavin was just so happy!  :)

When nap time comes around, he just lays down and goes to sleep in the stroller.  It is amazing.

Snuggles with Daddy after waking up from nap.

A giant, flowing water table to make dams, lakes, streams, etc.  E's dream come true.

The second day we took a trip to the zoo.  The zoo is admittedly not Elijah's favorite place, but Gavin absolutely LOVED it.  Elijah's favorite exhibit was the dinosaurs.  :)

Posing by "T-Rex".  G is once again napping in the stroller.

We saw the otter eating his dinner right in front of us.  It was pretty sweet.

Love his little feet dangling out while he naps.  :)

Gavin was really good at finding the animals.  He would point to each one and say "dis" or "dat".  So fun.  :)

I thought Elijah might freak out when the bird landed on him, but he was calm as a cucumber.  The bird even played with his zipper right up by his chin and it was all good!

Hope you all enjoyed the 3 day weekend!  :-) 

Happy unofficial start to summer.  :)