Friday, July 22, 2011

Slides 'n Snails

Summer 2011 has been good to us. We are so blessed to have a nice home with a great neighborhood and a fantastic back yard to play in! Elliott can unlock the deadbolt himself to go outside whenever his little heart desires. Luckily our fenced in backyard is still inescapable - for now.

Here is Elliott on the back patio with his "cheese" smile.

We have tried to teach Elliott the important skill of relaxing and being independent. However, being indepedent with a can of orange soda is definately an outside skill.

MMmmm, aahhhh, delicious! It even comes with a cool orange 'stache!

Our neighborhood is seriously the best ever! Not only are there lots of little ones Elliott's size to play with, but there are lots of older kids too. And those moms are looking to get rid of some babyish toys. Enter adorable Elliott acting very friendly and excited and they are only too happy to give him toys. We inherited this awesome slide set a few weeks ago.

Again, Elliott posing with "cheese."

I think he has crawled through and over every possible way at this point.

My, my, he is such a big kiddo!

And of course he needs to share his slide with his bestest friends ever - Buzz and Woody!

Good slide Buzz! I swear that Toy Story totally comes to life in our house - we watch it almost daily and Elliott feeds Buzz and Woody, sleeps with them, takes them for walks, and plays with them so much!

Now it's Elliott's turn!

Woody the daredevil is going backwards.

Only Elliott can't quite let go....

Weeeeeeee!

Why yes, those are Buzz and Woody pjs Elliott is wearing and has been wearing 24/7 for the past week. When I take them off, he puts them back on. If I dress him in clothes, he removes them and brings me his "Woo-y" outfit.

Here is a guest that does NOT belong on Elliott's slide! He was so grossed out when he touched it and started crying. I had to remove the offending snail and calm Elliott down inside where he could stop thinking about the icky intruder.

Here's to more summer adventures in the shady coolness of our own backyard!

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