our 2 days

I don't work Fridays and glen does, as well as Sat.  So Elliott and I have 2 days together, that are very cherrished by both of us. 

 A moment of calm after the slip and slide.

He loves having his toes painted like mommy and gave it a go himself this time.

 Having a good laugh at a new playground that we have just discovered by the BEST outdoor pool.  Very fun Friday afternoons there.

Elliott ate my ice-cream (black licorice) and then his!  Delicious!

friends

We are having the best summer- even though it has been really chilly and rainy in Kamloops (I think that changed this past week though).  Elliott is developing some nice friendships and enjoys playing with his buddies. He reguliarly asks to see them- here are some of our friend activities this week.

Hair clips

My girlfriend is having her 2nd baby anyday- maybe right now actually- and yesterday at the Market Elliott and I picked out these cute clips for the first born.  He willingly tried them on there, and seemed to love the 'cute' attention. Not so much in this photo!

Trained!

Elliott is toilet training and we've worked out the kinks (as his teacher so kindly called them).  And he loves his underware- as you can see.  He is voluntarily wearing it on his head and snuggling it on the floor.

Penny

Elliott loves our cat penny.  Even more so recently.  He is always a little disapointed though that she doesn't want to play more or won't listen to his intructions.

Saturday

Elliott and I had a lovely, busy Saturday.  Here's what we got up to:

 We took a morning bike ride to Starbucks and were lucky enough to get the comfy chairs!

 

Our sweet neighbour B turned 4 and his amazing mom made 2 guitar cakes. 

 Here's Elliott and his friend "Gibby" enjoying the cake together.  Elliott wore rubber boots to the party.  It was 28 degrees!

Our tot pool (rather deflated!)  Elliott loved it this weekend.   We also started a new Mother Goose at the outdoor swimming pool on Fridays- so fun (thanks glen for agreeing to host there ;)

My Mom and Dad come over in the evening for dinner and Elliott and Bumpa were searching the patch for ripe strawberries.

Shuswap

We spent a beautiful sunny summer day at the Shuswap with some friends and Elliott and AA were awesome together.  They rode bikes and played ball and chase, went swimming, got into trouble and got lots of mosquito bites.  With sun-kissed  cheaks we are all looking forward to going to bed early tonight!

Happy Canada Day!

Glen had to work Canada Day, but Elliott and I sure enjoyed our local celebrations.  The weather was perfect, and we ended our park festicities by lying on a blanket for 2 hours watching live music and dancing.  Very lovely! 

Run Bike Run!

Elliott has really been getting the hang of his run bike through the spring. He's now 'balancing' and riding without his feet touching for up to 7 seconds at a time. You can totally see him 'getting it'. Here's a short video clip from Glen's phone from his practice session the other night in a vacant parking lot near our home.

Despite the abrupt ending to the clip, we can assure you he did fine - in fact, he did awesome!