Our first week of May

 Picking up where I left off last time!

  Monday, May 1st was a continuation of the cold and cloudy weekend.  I made a big pot of chicken corn noodle soup.  It seemed appropriate!  After Elizer's nap we took some over to Anthony and Lori.   

We hit the jackpot with seeing animals on that trip!  Anthony's neighbors' chickens were walking about close to their private road, so we stopped and watched them for a while.  A farm nearby has pygmy goats and they were out in the pasture, so I pulled into the farm lane and we watched them.  On our way home there is a farm that has sheep.  They were out in the pasture, so I pulled into a church parking lot next to the pasture and we watched the sheep for a while.  I like to make up stories about what the animals are doing and saying.

The rain we had last week was great for making puddles to jump in.  When I took this video one morning Elizer was wearing his rain boots, pajamas, and his winter coat, haha!!  He had a blast!

One of those cool, rainy mornings last week we again went to Rural King at the mall and ate warm, freshly-popped popcorn and watched the baby chicks. 

Because our breakfast table has windows right next to the bench Elizer sits on, the windows get lots of finger prints.  I decided to let him help to remedy the situation.  I sprayed windex on one of the windows and handed him a paper towel.  He thought that was so much fun!  Of course he had to try spraying the windex himself.  And then he wanted to do more and more windows!  A win/win!!

He remembered the fun we had popping balloons on Sunday and wanted me to blow up more balloons.  Of course you know why!  So now we pretty much blow up balloons for the purpose of popping them!

One day last week I took him to Discovery Space where we have a Grandparents' membership.  We had such a good time.... 

...until it was time to leave.  Oh lord!!  It was not a pretty scene.  After we got home we had to have a very stern conversation about cooperation and that I would not be able to take him to fun places if he did not cooperate.  Any place I have taken him since we have prefaced with a "talk" about cooperation.  He understands what that means, and he hasn't done perfectly (what two-year-old does?) but we have not had a repeat of that scene.  

I gotta share a few funny things from last week.  

I have been working on teaching Elizer to use the potty.  One day as he stood in front of the toilet waiting for the pee to come out he finally exclaimed, "I just don't have enough gas!"  

On Wednesday we had this conversation.

Me: (making a very loud noise with a small food blender)

Elizer: What's THAT?

Me: It's a blender.

Elizer: What's in it?

Me: Peppers and onions and celery.

Elizer: I don't like them.

Me: That's ok. I'm blending them up to put in meat loaf and you'll never see them.

Elizer: I don't like them.  Put strawberries in it.  That would tase good!

On Friday morning when I was folding laundry Elizer took a pair of his underwear and put it on his head!  I made Thai Chicken Peanut Noodle Salad and took some over to Anthony and Lori's.  We were happy to once again get a good look at he neighbors' chickens.  This time they seemed to be having a "meeting."

By late afternoon the sky was a beautiful, clear blue!!  I took the above two pictures from Anthony and Lori's driveway.  

Friday evening was our church's spaghetti supper, and we took Elizer along.  Of course everyone is crazy over him.

Afterward Dick mowed our grass, then took Elizer for a ride around the neighborhood.  Are they not the cutest pair?

Throughout the evening, even at the spaghetti supper, I was watching Sophie's regional track meet.  She did so well!  I took a video of the 4x100 relay race.  Sophie ran the second leg for Eastlake's team.  This video is really fun to watch!

On Saturday morning I watched some reruns of the coronation of King Charles.  Even Elizer was captivated by the king and queen, but especially with the airplanes.  Wasn't that spectacular?

It was finally a BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY day!!!!  And boy, did we take advantage of it!  Elizer blew bubbles and found a baby rabbit in the grass!!  

I took him to the park at the entrance to our community and discovered a walking path I didn't know about before.  

In the evening we went down there again, this time with Grandpa.

There had been a guy hitting softballs in one of the ball diamonds.  When he was picking them up Elizer wanted to help him.  It was so cute.  He was so excited!

He REALLY needed his bath that evening.  I trimmed his nails too, and sang "Where Is Thumbkin?" He was singing along so cute with his first hand, so I asked Dick to take a video of the second hand.  Of course Elizer had to ham it up a bit for the camera!

I took this picture during the Call to Worship on Sunday morning.  We're happy to have our "Snowbirds" back from Florida! 

One of the snowbird couples sings in the choir.  He is a good tenor, and we have been missing him greatly.  It was good to have them with the choir again.  We sang "Chariots Comin'."

All afternoon I worked on the music for the rest of May.  It was a rather dreary day again.  Dick and Elizer played together, napped together, and went to take a look at Penn State's deer herd.  Obviously they are well secured!  This is the best he could do at getting a picture.  You can just see the hind end of one.

We went for gas and a few groceries in the evening and met Destiny at the grocery store.  I should have gotten a picture of her and Elizer, but I didn't think of it.  

And thus ended another week, and I'll end my update here.  I hope I will be able to find time to update again this weekend.  We are leaving on Monday for a week in Florida!!  I booked our flights months ago, and I can't believe the time is almost here!  We will be attending Sophie's high school graduation and also her State track meet.  I'm SO excited!!!