The Sun Came Out to Play

After weeks of stormy and rainy weather, finally there was a break in the rain so we were able to go out and play and enjoy the sun. We like the rain but with two hyper and active kids we need the sun to come out so we can get out of the house.  (Elijah learned about rainbows a few weeks ago and has been obsessed with them ever since and when it would rain he always looked for one)

Although it's nice just to get out of the house, it's more fun when Elijah has his friends to play with also. Thursday, earlier in the day, I took the kids to the park for a play group and the kids had so much fun playing with all of the other kids. The kids were still restless after spending the morning at the park so I promised to take Elijah out to ride his bike. He loves riding his bike. We bought it for him for his 2nd birthday and he has been trying to learn to pedal his bike. The pedals are a little hard to turn and even though he has been trying his hardest to turn them he never was able to get very far. But Thursday he finally did it! He was so proud of himself too. Of course the only thing he could say about it is "I'm like Calliou". (It's pretty much what he always says when he accomplishes anything) But I was so proud of him (and prouder that he finally learned it when Jed was gone.... that's horrible, huh?) and he was having a blast and when Jed got home Elijah got to show Jed his new accomplishment. When he went fast he kept saying he was going "super hero fast". lol

To celebrate Elijah's new accomplishment we decided to go to Applebees for dinner (Jed had gotten a gift card for his birthday and this seemed like a great time to use it). Elijah's response on hearing where we were going was "I don't want bees on my apple! I spit bees out of my mouth!" (For some reason, and we don't know how it started, when Elijah needs to blow his nose or has a bad taste in his mouth he blames it on bees) It took a little bit but we were able to convince him we wouldn't feed him bees and he could have a hamburger instead. I think it's hilarious the way that his mind works.

The next day we were supposed to go to Daffodil Hill, but Jed decided it was too long of a drive to just look at flowers, so instead we took the kids out to play golf. It was the first time we took the kids out to the driving range. We bought Elijah his own little golf set from Walmart (is it sad that Elijah can point out Walmart before we point it out to him? lol) He loved it. He thought it was a vacuum cleaner and would "vacuum" everything around him.
Elijah and Chloe both had so much fun at the driving range. Chloe loved to collect the balls. She would chase after them and put them back in the bucket.

Elijah had fun trying to hit the balls, but tired of it soon and went to rake the sand pit and build a sand castle.

Something else that Elijah's started doing over the past couple of weeks is completely dressing himself. He's been getting his clothes from his dresser and picks out all of his clothes on his own and dresses himself (even down to his underwear). But the thing that I love about this, is that he's actually really good at matching his clothes... he might even be better than when Jed picks out clothes for him. The kid's got style! So all the above pictures he picked out his own outfits.

As an added bonus to our weekend, my grandma sent Elijah a package. She sent him the Boy's Day fish flags. Now don't be jealous of our huge fish flags... they are pretty sweet! lol Elijah and Chloe both LOVE watching them fly into the air when the wind blows, and at least they'll make it easier for people to find our apartment.

Boys Day is celebrated May 5th, (and you typically only fly the flag the day of the celebration) so we'll probably have this up until then. The flag is called koinobori. Koi was chosen to represent boys because they are thought as strong and most spirited fish and so they hope the boys will grow up strong and healthy and spirited. The big grey fish is to represent the dad, the red one is the mom and the small blue one is the first born son. You can add fish to represent each additional boy. (We might try to celebrate Boy's Day on the actual day)