Painting Pottery

A few weekends ago, I went on a Ladies Night with our church.  Part of the night was eating appetizers and painting pottery and I just got my piece back!  Here it is!

Water fun and a hike!

The other day, I was feeling like we hadn't been outside in a few days, so I decided to head out with a bucket of water and 2 cups, some sidewalk chalk and some bubbles to spend a few hours outside.  It was fun!

On Friday, we went on a family hike!  It was a fun outing, with a beautiful view!

The Waikiki Aquarium

On Saturday we headed out to the Waikiki Aquarium.  It was a small aquarium, but Eli had tons of fun looking at all the fish, especially the Nemo fish, the jellyfish, and octopus.  Afterword, we stopped to get a juice treat aka Jamba, so it was a fun little outing!

Some sculptures outside the aquarium

Looking at Nemo and Nemo's Dad

The touch pool

Looking at the seal

Getting a better view with Daddy

Showing me the shark stamp they gave him at the front desk

Screened in porch/play area

Over the weekend, I finished getting the back porch all set up.  Eli loves it out there, I can't tell you how much he loves it.  That's one of the first things he asks to do in the morning.  Our backyard is mostly red dirt and it rains enough here that playing back there won't happen too much... here are some pics!

The kitty likes it out there too

Mommy tip

I am working on shapes, colors and letters with Eli as often as I can, so one day last week I had a left over cookie and decided to use a heart cookie cutter to 1. limit the size and 2. see if he noticed!  When I handed him his Buzz plate he saw the cookie and said "heart cookie!"  He knows triangle and circle, but we are working on rectangle and square ;).  Happy Monday!

Our house

Here are pictures of our house.  It's actually in pretty good condition for a house that will be demolished later this year, I was very skeptical!  It's turning out to be totally fine, lots of storage (for a house that doesn't have a basement like our Alaska house did), the biggest kitchen I've ever had, and a pretty spacious living room/dining room.

Looking into living room area from entrance to kitchen

Kitchen

Screened in porch/Eli's play area

Half bathroom with a door that leads to the laundry room

Under the stairs storage

Looking into dining area from living room

storage closet upstairs

Upstairs bathroom

Office/guest room

Office/guest room

Linen closet

Master bedroom.  I'm thankful the Cal King bed and 2 dressers and nightstands fit!

Master

Kid's room

Outside storage area off of the kitchen

We have internet!

We now have Internet!  We were having some trouble with our internet and the technician just left, so we are now online.  We moved into our house last Thursday, I've got some pictures of the new place, but first I thought I'd share some pics of Eli from the past few weeks ;). 

Eli playing at the splash pool not far from our new place

Eli playing in the paper while I was unpacking boxes

Looking at his reflection and throwing paper

I told him to hold still and say cheese, and he did!