Pulling the wool over Santa's eyes

Eli is a smart cookie. He waited until AFTER Santa arrived to get into mischief. I walked around the corner this morning to this:

Merry Christmas

Wishing all of our friends and family a very happy and safe Christmas! Tomorrow marks day 1 of our busy Christmas holidays. We are so lucky to have so much family to share it with. xoxoxo

Bananas for bananas

I let Eli watch cartoons during breakfast. It's the perfect opportunity for me to get ready for the day while he eats. This morning, he was watching Waybuloo, and the children on the show were eating bananas. Eli had finished his breakfast, but was insistant on eating a banana, because the kids on TV were eating one! It's so fun to watch him make the connections to the things he sees and hears. At least until that banana is a toy or video game right?

An 18 month interview

Eli mostly still babbles but he has started to say a few words. It's pretty exciting since I have been waiting for him to say "mom" for at least 6 months. Finally my persistence has paid off! He also seems to think he's two years old as you'll see in the video below.

Dance party

One morning, a few days ago, Eli and I were hanging out in the master bedroom. I was putting away laundry and cleaning (although, you can tell I had not gotten very far in the video!). It was quiet, and dark and calm. I walked out of the room to put something away and left Eli in the room. From the hallway I suddenly heard music, LOUD music, so I grabbed the video camera and caught this on tape. The first few seconds he doesn't know I'm there so you can see he's really into it. He tones it down once he sees me but there are still some good moves for you to see. Enjoy!

Sorry this video is so dark. One of the pitfalls of an older home is that they didn't put lights in the master bedroom. Not sure what the logic was on that one.

Oh la la!

My dad turned 60 last weekend (hope I'm allowed to publish that on the internet!). We are celebrating tomorrow night. Brent is making his killer secret recipe ribs which we only get a few times per year. Jacqueline and Kyle are bringing the sides and I'm in charge of dessert. I was totally stumped as to what to make. However, thanks to Morgan for blogging about FoodGawker I had a tonne of inspiration. I decided to make this amazing looking Mile High Lemon Brown Sugar Meringue Pie. It was super easy, fun, and looks amazing. I can't wait for Dad to taste it!!

He's a shower guy

I am 100% a bath person. I use my jetted tub almost 365 days a year. Nothing is better than a warm bath on a cold winter night. Eli however, is a shower guy. He must take after his father - yet again. I always start with a bath for him but lately all he does is ask for the shower to be running, so why fight it, he's pleased as punch this way. It's actually way easier for us since he rinses his own hair!