Newest Etsy Find

We are decorating Eli's new room in an airplane theme which he just loves. My newest Etsy purchase is this world map for his room by Marley Ungaro. I just loved all the details on it and thought it would not only look great, but be educational as well. I ordered the biggest size possible. I can't wait to see how it looks in his room.

Third time is the charm

Three clogged toilets in just as many days. It's time for toilet locks at our house. Eli even clogged the ensuite with half a box of q-tips, fun times. At least he's not afraid of a flushing toilet!

Still no camera to be found...it's like finding a needle in a haystack around here.

Hold hand, come downstairs, Daddy.

We are moved in, and in the process of unpacking. We looked like hoarders for the first week with stuff in every single room. Slowly, we are getting through it all, but I think it's going to take a while. The new house is great, I even soaked in the hot tub outside last night which was awesome. That's the nice thing about having your own hot tub, you can turn it down to pregnant lady temperature.

Eli is loving the new house, he says "hi new house" and "bye new house" whenever we are coming and going. He's made big strides in the language department over the past week as well. He can almost put together full sentances and has started using the plural form of many words ("three lights mommy!). Yesterday he wanted Brent to go to the basement with him and he said " Hold hand, come downstairs Daddy" - no denying what he wanted with that one. It's fun to see his language developing and exciting for me that I can actually have somewhat of a conversation with him, it makes my day a lot more pleasant when I can talk to someone else. Even if it is about trucks and birds...better than nothing!

Our video camera and camera are packed away somewhere and I have not been able to find them (along with our shoes, I had to wear flip flops in last weeks snow) and I've missed quite a few good photo ops. Hopefully they turn up this week.

We said goodbye to the old house on Friday, and it was so strange to see it empty. I hope the new owners like it as much as we did. We're feeling like it was a really good decision to move. So far our neighbours are very friendly and we found out that our street has a yearly block party in August including bouncers and monster trucks. Sounds like fun!

Packing up

Well, one week and counting until we get possession of our new house. Packing and organizing is in full force. Luckily we have a week of overlap between the two houses, so if we are not totally ready by moving day, we've got some wiggle room.

Eli's been 'helping' to pack as well but unfortunately that means more undoing than doing. I hope he finds it to be an adventure.

Model Train Show

Last weekend Eli and I checked out the model train show while Brent hit his first round of golf for the season. Yes, Golf season is here! I've seen a lot of Lake Bonavista men decked out in their golf gear this week.

I couldn't believe how busy the train show was. I had no idea it was such a popular hobby. We just went for something to do, and because Eli is really into all forms of transportation right now. The displays were very intricate, I'm sure I have no appreciation for how much time must have gone into them. There were steam trains, bullet trains, c-trains, lego trains, mini trains, large trains. Eli enjoyed watching them all, although it was hard on my arms because everything was at adult level so I had to hold him for most of the time.

My favorite - a mini Tim Hortons display. I think it would be more realistic if the line was about 10 times longer though.

This entire display was made of lego.

Bus ride

Our plans fell through this morning, so for fun we decided to go on a bus ride. We walked to the bus station and took a short ride. We stopped at Tim Hortons (or "Bortons" according to Eli) for some timbits to go, and walked home afterwards. Eli loves the bus, so I knew he would love to ride on it. When it was our turn to get off, as I was unloading the stroller he shouted "more!" and ran back to our seat. It was a fun adventure, I think next time we'll try a longer route.

Waiting patiently at the bus stop, he was very excited.

He requested to sit at the front

He said "uh oh" every time the bell for someone to get off rang, and said "bye bye lady" as each woman got off.

Butterfield Acres

We headed out to Butterfield Acres last week. I hadn't been there since I was in elementary school. It sure is different than I remember it being. What a fun place! There was so much to do from Pony rides, to petting animals, tractor pulled wagon rides, playground, even 2 huge sandboxes with lots of trucks. They had free wagons, so Eli got to cruise around while I pulled him, I think that was one of his favorite parts along with all the tractors and trucks to see. All in all, a little bit chilly but a very fun morning.

Who doesn't love to pet a lamb?

If only his feet were a few inches longer.

Woah!

Driving the tractor - he didn't want to get off.

And the sun finally came out at the end of our trip :)