Several funny stories for you all:
Well, let me preface this all by telling you where we are. A wonderful couple from church invited us to use their condo for a week and we gratefully accepted. After visiting friends in Kansas City, we drove down to the condo here in Lake of the Ozarks.
Last night we went for a walk and we saw a sicada (sp?) crawling on the pavement. I pointed it out to Eli, and he put his hands on his knees and bent down to get a good look at it. Then, without hesitation, he stood up, stomped on the bug, and shouted, "Uh-oh!" as Tim and I looked on in dumbfounded disbelief at the now flat and lifeless bug.
Today we were all three brushing our teeth in front of the huge bathroom mirror and Eli started studying Tim closely for proper dental heigene tips. Usually Eli just sucks the toothpaste off his toothbrush and calls it good, but today he followed his Daddy's every move. Tim lapped up water from the faucet and swooshed it around in his mouth, Eli did the same. Tim spit the water out and rinsed his toothbrush off, so did Eli (although the "spitting" part was more like giving a raspberry). Then, Eli tapped his toothbrush on the side of the sink 3 times just like Tim and waltzed off. It was so cute.
Eli is finally mastering fork usage. To promote utensil use, I've been cheering for him when he correctly uses his fork. Tonight at dinner, he forked his potatoes into his mouth and hollered, "Yeah!" and clapped after each bite. What a goof!
We enjoyed the most wonderful delicacy today: a snicker caramel apple from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It was a granny smith apple dipped in caramel, then a layer of vanilla peanut butter fudge, then chunks and crumbs of snickers, and finished with drizzles of milk chocolate. I have no idea how many calories this thing added to my hips, or how many years it subtracted from my life; what I do know is this: it was worth it!
We are enjoying ourselves so much and are very appreciative to the McFarland's for sharing their amazing condo with us. So far the only casualty is one coaster, but we promise to replace it! Sorry!
In Christ,
Gwenny<><
