This is one of Eli's favorite books now. Of course, we never catch on video his more enthusiastic readings of it, but I still caught most of the words he normally repeats.

More pictures from Josh's birthday weekend.

Eli and Aunt Kristy.

Spinning in a chair with Liam

Chillin' with Kristy and Wayne

Uncle Chris always cracks Eli up.

Playing Dominoes with his great grandmother

I've been bad lately about updating the blog, so these pictures are from about a month ago when Eli went down to visit Liam and Luke for Uncle Josh's birthday.

Eli enjoys coloring on the driveway with chalk. He's even learning to spell his name (when he says it, it sounds like "ooh ooh I")

I haven't posted in a long time, so to make up for it, here's a great video of Eli and Liam playing in the pool at Papa's.

New place to play

Dad's biggest summer accomplishment was a new floor for the porch, along with a solid kickguard around the bottom to keep out dust and rain. These upgrades make the porch a much friendlier place for Eli. He also got a nice big dumptruck to roll around on it.

Eli also helps keep the new floor on the porch clean!

Seussland

On what I thought was the last daddy-day of the summer (long story, but I have got a few more) I took Eli to Universal. He'd been before with us, but before he could do anything more than sleep. This time, he got to enjoy a good bit of the Dr. Seuss section. We started on the Caraseussel.

One Fish, Two Fish was also fun. The first time Eli enjoyed the whole ride, but the second time he got sprayed pretty early and wanted to be "All Done".

We also got to play in New Zoo McGrew Zoo. This is Eli on the longcow. He prefered it more without me stepping away to take a picture.

There was some stuff for Eli outside of Seussland. He spent a little time playing on "Me Ship, the Olive".

Eli didn't get to ride the Trolley around Seussland. He was a little disappointed, but he got over it.

We left after lunch. Before I was outside of the Park Eli looked like this. He stayed that way all the way to the parking lot, during the ride home, and then finished his nap at home... I guess he got tired out with all of the excitement.