A Day in the Life of an Artist

Elijah does art projects at "school" and here is his latest project which eventually became a jack o'lantern. (p.s. his hair hasn't grown that much in the last couple weeks, this was pre-hair cut) Painting is pretty fun

I don't like this anymore

Maybe it will be better to eat

Art is exhausting!

At "school" they say he put a lot of emotion into his art.

The Best Things in Life are Free...sort of

After painstaking research, Elijah has found the next great toys for the holiday season and we will be presenting them to Fisher-Price later this month.

1. Metal mixing bowls - make great noise, good for banging and keeping baby out of the kitchen(mostly) while making food.

2. Coasters - hours of fun, also good for banging together and on the coffee table, chewing (they are metal so I don't understand this) and scattering all over the floor3. Springy thing behind the door - results in big smiles with very minimal effort

What The What, Baby?!

In the last week, this tiny (or not so tiny) boy has decided that sitting and crawling is boring. I mean, being able to move is great because he can get all the things he's not supposed to have but there's got to be more, right? So after watching his friend Andrea at "school", Elijah has figured out how to pull himself up to standing. That's right, my not-quite- 7 month old is standing up. Seriously, Baby, you could have waited longer, we would have been okay with that. We are just getting used to picking stuff off the floor that we don't want you to get. Now you have access to the coffee table, chairs, shelves, your favorite foot rests and other things I have not even thought of yet. Where are we supposed to put things? I am guessing the only truly secure place is on top of the fridge, because even I can't reach that. And that is the true definition of baby-proofing.