More Eli Quotes

Now that I've started I can't stop . . . we'll see how long this lasts! :)

• Matea was uncharacteristically sleeping too long (a miracle) the other evening, so Grandma went in and took Matea's pacifier out of her mouth to speed the waking process. Grandma came back in to the kitchen and told us that she took Matea's pipe out of her mouth. To which Eli replies, "That's not a pipe, that's a pacifier! Pipes are underground, silly!"
• On the way home from the library yesterday a gentlemen in a fancy sports car zoomed around us (and then cut us off, but I'm trying to let it go). Eli said, "Whoah, that guy's going fast!" I told Eli that the man was driving fast but not safe and then (I have no idea why I added this) I told Eli that sometimes people get fancy cars and think they are cool driving around in them, and then sometimes drive too fast and not safe. The guy thought he was cool but he wasn't driving safe. And I said that Mommy drives fast on the highway but we drive safe. Eli's response to all of that - "Yeah, we're not driving cool. You can't drive cool in a minivan!" Hmm, can't argue with that, but at least we're driving safe!

Football Girl!

We have a football shaped beach ball that I picked up at the dollar store a while ago for Elijah, but have recently discovered that Matea LOVES the football! She sees it coming and starts shrieking she is so happy, and loves to have us hand her the football and say, "Touchdown Matea!" She giggles and laughs and then shrieks and shrieks! It is adorable! There is a picture of me, at about the same age as Matea, sitting on my Dad's lap with a football and a huge grin, so maybe Matea will grow up to be like Mommy and love football too! Right now it's just fun to see her so excited whenever she sees that football coming her way!

It's football time again! I'm so happy!

Uh oh, the ball dropped. I've still got my eye on it though.

Matea's open for the pass . . . here it comes!

Yes! She caught it!

Touchdown Matea! (okay, technically she's signaling a field goal, but we're not going to be picky)

If only you could hear the sound I'm making! I love football!

Playing in the sun

We have had such a good time enjoying the nice weather and visiting some new parks around here, and I'm going to post more about that hopefully (yeah, sure, that's the plan) . . . but I just LOVE this picture of Eli I took at the park yesterday and wanted to share.

"I'm not wasting MY money!"

This one is so cute, it deserves a post of it's own . . .

In Target a few weeks ago, Eli really wanted to buy this little princess cellphone thing. We already have a bunch of play cellphones, and this thing was a piece of junk and ridiculously priced too, so there was no way that I was going to say yes to his request. We continued on and had lunch at Target with Daddy, but on the way home Eli was still thinking about the cellphone and asked why I wouldn't buy it. I decided to use the opportunity to explain that we use our money carefully and don't waste it on things we don't need. I launched in to the whole money is something that Daddy earns from working hard, and we use it to pay for things we need, like food and our cars, and clothes spiel. And we give money away to help other people and give money to God at church and BSF too.  We want to make sure to sure we don't waste it on things we don't need so we can buy the things that we do need. Eli was asking questions and it was kind of awesome to discuss something important with him and see he was understanding it.

I then said that Eli could use some of the money that he's been saving in his truck bank and come back and buy a toy at Target if he'd like. He looked at me like I was crazy and told me, rather forcefully,  "I'm not wasting MY money!" I guess he really did understand what I was saying after all! Eli's Grandpa Bob is really good with handling money, and Eli's Daddy is not wasteful, and I think we're going to have another man of disciplined spending on our hands. He's not wasting HIS money!

Quotes

I haven't posted any Eli quotes for a while, so I thought I'd rectify that, since he's still saying something goofy almost every day! This is long, but it's been a while, and the quotes are mostly for me and Jon to look back on anyway, so too bad if the rest of you don't like to read. :)

• While playing trains I was told, "The smokestack thing is where you get coffee from. Then you sit in here (pointing to the cab) and drive around and drink coffee." Do you think someone's mother drinks a lot of coffee?!
• We've started the obligatory noticing our penis phase, and last week I was told this as Eli went running down the hall, "Penis! Penis! Penis! Boys have a penis, so only boys can fight!" I'm not even going to comment more on that. :)
• Grandma said at dinner one day that she wished Natey and Andrew lived closer. Eli looked at her with astonishment, as if Grandma had miraculously read his mind, and said, "I wish those guys lived closer too! You are thinking what I'm thinking, Grandma!"
• Eli loves princesses (could have something to do with playing with Lexi two or three days a week), and one day I was informed that when Eli grew up he was changing his name to Snow White. That should prove to be interesting!
• I bought Elijah clothes for Florida and he loved a shirt with guitars on it, but when I showed him the blue and orange plaid shorts that went with it rather well in my opinion, Eli stood there looking at them with disgust and said, "I do not like those shorts. I like that (pointing to the guitar shirt) but NOT that (pointing to the offending shorts)." I couldn't help laughing because he sounded just like Jon when I bought him an orange and red plaid shirt a few years ago. Jon didn't like it, and the aversion for "loud" plaid things is apparently genetic!
• On the way home from Lexi and Tori's one Wednesday a discussion about something led down the path of Eli not wanting to be alone. After reassurances that Mommy and Daddy wouldn't leave Eli at home alone, we then discussed how Eli would never be alone because God is always with him. He seemed to really like that, but then got a concerned look and said, "But God lives at Lexi and Tori's house!" I told him that God is everywhere, but Eli was pretty sure that God only lived at Lexi and Tori's house . Then I could see his little mind working and he declared that God lived at church too, and at BSF, and that he thought God might live with Grandma too. What a compliment to Jeff and Lori though, that Eli knew that God is present, welcomed, and loved, in their home!
• Eli's developed an obsession with saying "It's a secret." It's driving me nuts, so I'm hoping that stops soon. At least it's given us a chance to talk about what is an appropriate secret to keep and what is not. At first though Eli's secrets were cute because he'd lean over and loudly whisper a secret to me at dinner and then tell me not to tell Daddy  . . . who was sitting right next Eli and heard every word. Then Eli would get a sly grin and stare at Jon and say, "I have a secret, but I can't tell you!' Goofball.
• When asked to help clean with Grandma and Mommy last week, Eli informed us that, "Cleaning is boring for me. It just makes me madder and madder. The only way to get unmad is to play!" Too bad it didn't get you out of helping, bud! The funny thing is that Eli is a really good helper and cleans up without even being asked quite often. Who knew it makes him "madder and madder"?!
• Driving to BSF a few weeks ago Eli directed me as to where to turn (he likes to tell me that and I'm reinforcing left and right to him) and then he directed which parking spot I should park in.  Then, as I turned off the car Eli pronounces, "Good driving, captain!" in this deep little voice. I just cracked up, it was hilarious! I have no idea what prompted that, but it was so cute!