Bibby

Elliott has always hated bibs. Got mad when we put them on, yanked at them, wouldn't eat, just hated them. Then, all of a sudden recently we tried again and now he's obsessed with them -- he will barely eat without one, and sometimes if we leave a dirty one hanging on the highchair and put a clean one on him, he won't eat until we put the old one on OVER the new one. Kids are weird.

Park park park

Elliott loves the park and playground. In fact, even though it's chilly today, he and Amy are there right now. See what I mean....


Going down the slide like a big kid.



He loves the ramp.


But then, when he's ready to go, he's ready to go. The other day he grabbed my bag off the bench and started pulling it toward the gate, looking back at me like "Come on!"

Little duck

We went to Red Hook recently to have lunch with Julie and Justin, and when we were leaving Julie handed me a ton of clothes and toys the boys had outgrown. Among them was this awesome duck robe that Elliott struts around in after his bath.

Elliott works hard; needs to unwind on the weekend

On Friday we met up with Ezra and his parents and went to three of our favorite places: first some playtime at Gantry Plaza State Park, one quick drink at LIC Bar (we've been following the "if it's still light out a toddler can go to a bar" rule but I don't know how much longer that will last...), and then dinner at Bella Via.


On Sunday we went out for brunch with Matt and his family to celebrate his graduation. Too bad we couldn't get to the ceremony, Matt said Jacques Pepin's speech was great. Brunch was fun and tasty, though. Elliott and Amelia particularly enjoyed the yogurt treats.

Growing up

Yesterday Elliott and I sat down on the subway next to a 5-week old baby in a carrier strapped to her mom. I don't think I'd realized until that very moment how much Elliott is really no longer a baby, but really a boy.

at the movies

With his friends Owen and Tristan, Elliott checked out the documentary, Babies, as his first movie. He sat on my lap for the first 20 minutes, then walked around, played, ate, and sometimes sat still for the rest of the movie. Luckily, the theater was filled with lots of other babies for the Rattle and Reel screening so it was no big deal.

We have awesome friends

So far since Elliott has been born (and even before, actually) we've been the recipients of many boxes of hand-me-down clothes, shoes, toys, books, and on and on. We have very generous friends. We only feel bad because we don't really have anyone to pass much of it on to at the moment.

However, our neighbor "C" and her son "J" have been easily among the most generous. In addition to tons of clothes, Elliott's play yard (see in many pics on this blog) was from them and is one of his favorite things ever. But they recently went over the top by giving Elliott this kitchen, which he is obsessed with. He loves the sink, the doors, and all the food that came with it. He also spends a lot of time walking around the house "drinking" the ketchup, the mustard, and the maple syrup.

Outside!

Our co-op just built a nice new deck on the back of the building that we can use on nice days. Even though the weather has been surprisingly chilly lately, it's great to have someplace to go and get some fresh air without always walking all the way to the park. We have this red tote bag that Amy's parents brought back from Hong Kong that we keep a ball and a couple toy cars in. Even though we have only been out to the deck a few times, Elliott already knows what the bag means, and when we get it out he starts to go crazy, pointing at it and wanting to carry it and walking over to the front door and pointing at the doorknob. I guess he likes going outside.

Happy Mother's Day Mommy!

I'm the Eggman, driving around, egging the town...

Elliott got these toy eggs from Sam and Otis for his birthday. He's obsessed with them. I'm obsessed with this picture.

Horsey

Elliott has a new rocking horse. Well, actually, it's not new. It was his mom's rocking horse when she was his age (still intact, except for the handle, which had to be replaced). He doesn't really seem to care too much about riding it yet, per se, but he really enjoys getting on and off it, over and over again.

We love friends