(Look to the right and compare that picture of Eli with the first 4 or 5 pictures in the Sean slideshow. Holy cow!)We had an uneventful holiday weekend. We were hanging out and working on the house. Jonathan was busy writing his book. He and his co-author have already completed over 33,000 words!
Sean finished up his 3-week camp. He loved it and the teachers and therapists had great things to say about Sean. They told me almost daily that he was one of the sweetest kids they had ever worked with. On a very positive note, they told me that of the dozen kids they had in that camp session, Sean made the most
progress and was the kid who most willing and able to learn. Sean would run into the building every morning and knock on the classroom door until they let him in. Without so much as a glance back at me, he would bolt into the classroom and find his chair at the table and sit down, ready to begin. Of course, all the other 3-year-olds were acting crazy. So cute!He has about a month off until preschool starts. I hope he is as enthusiastic about preschool. In the interim, we are going to work on his potty training. I would love it if he could start this preschool potty-trained. As for his free time, Sean enjoys playing in the yard and getting sprayed with the hose, doing gymnastics around the house and watching Baby Signing Time. What about Bob, you may ask? Well, as the picture
shows, Sean still loves Bob best of all.(Dont' worry, that's something on the TV screen. Sean doesn't have fangs.)
Eli is just being Eli. He is a happy, easy kind of kid. He's crawling and pulling up to standing on everything in sight. He likes to stay active and honestly, I can barely keep up with him around the house. If he gets away from me, he is usually going to the kitchen to get into the cat food. He loves the cats' food, water fountain and toys. I think he may be having an identity crisis.
Eli is still a little thing. He is the same size at nearly 11 months that Sean was at 9 months. Like Sean, Eli enjoys getting sprayed with the hose and loves, loves, loves Baby Signing Time. He hasn't shown much interest in Bob, though. Eli is very interested in Sean when Sean is playing with toys on the ground, like blocks. And Sean is amazingly patient with Eli. If Sean isn't in the mood to deal with Eli, he will just leave but most of the time he will try to keep playing even as Eli climbs on him and uses him for support and slaps and claws around trying to get the blocks
from him. Not a lot of cooperative play yet, but I am very impressed with what Sean is willing to put up with to play nicely with his brother.We found a great 5K nature trail around the lake that's about 3 minutes from our house. Jonathan and I take turns running while the other one takes the boys on a walk. Sean likes to gather rocks and pine cones to throw in the water at the end of our daily walks. Eli usually sleeps the whole time. The swaying of the stroller and the warm air puts him right out.
Jonathan has been pretty busy at work recently and with his book. I have been working around the house and doing a little gardening. The days fly by and we can't believe it is July already. Eli turns a year old next month and it still feels like I just had him. Jonathan and I agree that this has been the fastest year of our lives.
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