Singing

Eli's favorite song continues to be "Wheels on the Bus." I've sung it every night since he was a baby. He wants to dance to it in our living room during the day too. But now he can actually make up his own lyrics!

He was playing with some Elmo stickers two days ago and he put them on one of his buses. Then he started singing, "The stickers on the bus go stick, stick, stick!"

Art

Eli and I took the bus home from school/work today and after we started our ride home, I asked Eli, "How was school today?"

"Yes," he nodded.

"What did you do today?"

He looked up at me, said, "Art." And then showed me with his hand how he drew.

It was the first time he said, "art," and it was a very fun conversation where I actually got information from him that I didn't know when I asked :)

The bus

This summer, I've been walking to work with Eli. In the morning, Eli and I set out in search of kitties and squirrels on our way to work and school. In case we get antsy about not finding a kitty, I have all sorts of yard art that we stop and look at along the way: painted turtles, a bridge, etc. Once we are through Bush Park, we see trucks, motorcycles and the most favorite wheeled vehicle of all: buses.

Given the hot weather this week, Eli and I have walked to work and then taken the bus home. It is so exciting for Eli that he doesn't even protest getting into his stroller at school (usually a bit of a fight) because he knows he is heading to the bus station.

On the ride home today, Eli kept looking around and saying, "bus" "bus" "bus" over and over again. He even got to pull the cord when our stop came up.

I am a bit afraid that he will never want to walk home from school again....

More and edamame

Eli uses his sign for "more" all the time. If we see a bus, he says "more." If we see a truck, he says "more." If I pull out all the stops and find him a truck, bus, helicopter, motorcycle, plane and ship, Eli says "more."

Tonight, Eli tried edamame for the first time. He kept asking for more until we realized he had eaten half of the huge amount we had put in the bowl. Even after it was gone, he kept asking for more.