Interrupting Thoughts

We just got back from a week-long vacation to Branson Missouri. We spent the majority of the week with Charles’s extended family which meant there was lots of people, lots of the time. 

Well the last night we were there we decided to have a BBQ. Right before the BBQ was about to begin Theo asked if he could go back to our condo and eat instead of Papa’s condo where we were having the BBQ. We said sure and walked him back over there.

About five minutes later, I went to check on him. He was happily sitting at one of the tables coloring a picture. I asked him if he was feeling okay. He said he was. I asked him if he just wanted time by himself. He said he did. And then he followed on with....

‘Sometimes when I am with people they talk to me. They say things like “hey Theo you want to play tag” and well, they just interrupt my thoughts.”

There you have it – our little introvert. Every family needs at least one!

Eliot and 'Hi'

Eliot has an obsession with motorcycles. I think we can trace it back to one time when we were sitting at a stop light and I rolled down the window to let him take a better look at a motorcycle in the lane right next to us. The motorcycle driver was happy to see a cute little boy peering out the window and obliged by waving.

 Ever since then, Eliot has expected all motorcycles to wave at him. I have actually been impressed by how many actually do. It appears that motorcycle drivers may be some of the more friendly drivers around.

In fact, now every time Eliot sees a motorcycle he starts yelling in a loud gruffy voice 'Hi' repeatedly until someone in the car acknowledges they see the motorcycle too. He is impressive in his ability to spot one. It is almost like it is his version of the slug bug game. I know this phase won't last forever but it sure is cute now. This is not the best picture of Eliot, but it is one that I have of him in his favorite 'Hi' shirt.

Watermelon....

One of the things I missed while in England was watermelon. Occasionally, Charles would treat me by buying me a Greek imported watermelon for 10 GBP! The price some times took part of the enjoyment away!  So these past few years I have really enjoyed watermelon all summer long. It has been fun too, to see that I am not the only one in our family who enjoys this Summer fruit:

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to our favorite Daddy! Our present to him this year: these videos and chips and guacamole (which will make sense once you watch all the videos). Oh, and a weed-eater (we truly are old now!):

Theo's self portrait

When I picked Theo up at church the other week I was greeted by one of the workers saying ‘I have to show you what Theo did today’ – immediate parent panic starts. The volunteer then pulled this picture out:

She was a mix between embarrassed and entertained. I asked Theo about the drawing and he said ‘well they told me to draw myself and I thought I am a boy, I should draw a penis’. I guess he got sidetracked before adding the trousers!  All in all, I thought it was a fairly good self-portrait.  :)