A Week with Eli

This past week while Emmy finished out the school year, Eli and I had some special time together just the two of us. Since Eli has always been the younger sibling, it is not often that we've had the one-on-one time. Each day this week followed a similar pattern, and I loved it! We would first take Emmy to school. 

Emmy seemed unbothered about going to school while little brother stayed home with Mommy. She always has so much fun at school. This week they had water day and a campout in the gym with sleeping bags. After dropping Emmy off, it was time for breakfast. I got the best smiles and conversation from Eli while he was in his high chair. He has really started to talk. His words include "hot" "up" "car seat" "fruit snacks" "out" and just recently, his name. We laugh when he calls his belly button "boo-boo-butt", and he can definitely express "no" with a vigorous shake of his head and a word that sounds like "dough." 

Then we would go for a spin around the neighborhood. 

And sometimes stop at the park!

One morning, we went for a run around Wake's campus and had donuts with friends. Between the three moms, we had four boys under the age of 4 - and one more boy on the way!

After lunch, Eli would nap while Mommy worked on grad school:

And then we would pick up Sissy. One day we made a special stop for a sweet treat at the pretzel shop downtown. 

In other happenings this week, Eli got his first big boy haircut. It was a pretty significant cut, so hopefully it will keep him cool during the hot weeks ahead. My parents have trimmed his hair a couple of times already, but this was the first time to an actual salon. Stacy at Great Clips was wonderful and took extra care with showing Eli the clippers and letting him hold on to a comb. The lollipop didn't hurt things either! :) Here is a 'before' and 'after': 

It was only fitting that Grammy and Grandpa tagged along since they were Eli's first barbers. Grandpa took pictures, while Grammy kept Eli smiling. He was a happy boy the whole time. We went out to lunch afterwards, and the new look kept catching me by surprise. He is growing up for sure!

On Thursday night, Boomer and I had a date night to the Winston-Salem Dash game. After a whole year of no baseball, my hubby was excited to be back in a ballpark. He and a few other guys bought a package of tickets in the Flow Club, so we got to enjoy a buffet dinner of steak, pizza, and baked ziti, as well as all-you-can-eat hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, and desserts. There was the threat of rain all day, but luckily there was not a single drop during the game. The clouds actually made for quite enjoyable weather. Sadly the Dash ended up losing 5-2. We will be back soon, and hopefully next time we will see a win. 

While we were at the game, my mom came over to watch the kids, and she brought along some nail polish for Emmy's first manicure. Emmy was so excited to show me first thing the next morning.

Boomer's district has started their summer schedule of four-day work weeks, and he had his first Friday off with Eli and me. With Emmy at her last day of school, we took a trip just the three of us to the Science Center. It was certainly strange to only have Eli. We laughed that we had a constant feeling of missing something. It also felt like we were masquerading as an only-child family. We saw another family with two kids, and Boomer jokingly said, "Don't tell them we have a daughter, too." He knows I can be a bit of a blabbermouth! I had a lot of fun hanging out with my boys. 

After the Science Center, we picked up Emmy from her last day of school. Summer has officially started, and the week with Eli has come to an end. I have cherished the time with him, but I am happy to have Emmy back with me. I am looking forward to all the memories we will make over the next two months! 

First Day of School and Last Day of School