We spent most of the week at Yaya's house (my Mom). Her house is a whimsical play house. She's spent many months collecting fun toys from consignment shops, and Eli went through them like a hurricane! We spent many hours lounging in her beautiful yard, listening to the fountain she made. We greased Eli up with sunscreen and gave him fun hairdos. Eli got big laughs watching her two tortoises, and learned how to bark and defend against being licked in the face by the Sophie dog.
Yaya found the fabulous jumper and Eli LIVED in it. We took it everywhere - inside, outside, to the park, to the beach, to the pool. She's shipping it to us.
And continuing in the tradition of Yaya offering Eli contraband snacks, here he enjoys his first twizzler, and totally slimes me with it.
Eli spent some quality time gazing at the Pacific Ocean.
Yaya snuck him onto a nearby boat. Luckily he was not arrested for trespassing.
Kelly, Grif, Felix, Eli and I went to Long Beach for the weekend. It was so much fun! Here the kiddos prepared to go to town on a crab lunch. Felix representing for DSP!
Kite flying with one foot. That's talent. Observe that the rest of us are all bundled up. It was pretty cold, but VERY windy. Kelly was dressed like she was in the witness protection program. But not Grifinn, she busted out the bikini and soaked in the sun.
Action shots of kite chasing...
Long Beach is a major kite flying site (due to the blinding winds). They have a renowned kite festival at some time of the year. On this day however, there we just some folks out flying pretty awesome and BIG kites. Eli and I took a walk to check it out.
See the little people? See the BIG kites?
On the walk back from the kites, Eli conked out. So we made him a little beach pallet where he slept soundly for at least an hour. Terribly cute.
Beachy Snuggle.
Ocean shot. Eli and I didn't actually go in the ocean. Too cold!!!
This is such a cute photo of my boy. Please ignore the line of barf dripping from his mouth.
Mouthful of sand and a sandy goatee!
He had a blast crawling in the super soft sand. Hours later I realized that the tiny purpose-less pockets on his outfit were filled with sand.
Fun!
Look...
On the horizon, I see a boat!
One day we met a cow and a turtle.
Can I eat it?
I love my new friends!
Yee Haw!
While we were there we watched and cheered as Michelle walked in her highschool graduation ceremony. Yay Chelle!
Gorillas at the zoo copying Michelle's funny face. We took Eli to the zoo for the first time. The gorillas were our favorite. They have a baby gorilla that is the same age and size as Eli. Her name is UZUMMA, which means "bearer of joy to the family."We're home now. We missed Daddy terribly, so we're going to play all weekend with him before he leaves on Sunday for 10 days. He's heading to New Orleans with the youth on a Mission Trip.
Hope all are well.
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It looks like you had a wonderful time. I'm sure Eric is very glad to have you guys back. Love Eli for me.
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