Saturday, June 19, 2010

Busy busy-ness

Last night Michael read Eli books and then asked Eli if he wanted to just hear a story. Eli's eyes lit up! Michael told him a story about Eli taking a bus to the zoo with his friends. Michael thought it would calm him down and get him ready to sleep. The opposite happened. Eli was so excited, he yelled, "Read it again Daddy!" when it was over.

This morning Eli and I went to the farmers market, bought a ton of produce and pork, got some lunch and watched people walking around the market. Eli saw a little girl about 5 or 6 and asked if he could play with her. Of course I said yes. He was not shy about going up to her and saying hi. With some prompting, he told her his name and asked her name. Then he followed her around the market -- they played in the dirt, hugged trees and went back and forth between two vendors that the girl knew. Eli had a blast and it was really fun to watch him being so social.

When we got home, he wanted to continue the "work" he had started earlier in the morning: building a sidewalk outside (this involves shoveling bucketloads of dirt out of our veggie garden and pouring it onto our existing sidewalk and then pushing it around so it is a big dirty mess! wouldn't girls be much easier?) I convinced him that we should read books, and the one book he insisted on was "Daddy and Me" about a boy who helps his dad build a dog house for their dog, Henry. I guess this morning while I slept in, Eli and Michael worked at the basement toolbench on a garden gate. Eli asked Michael, "When are we making a Heny house?"

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