Summer time is great, especially with popsicles for kids. Riley and Eli are no exception. Eli was so sweet to share with his sister and to help her with her popsicle.
While Eli was helping her, she spilled some and it landed on her tray. Good thing Eli was there to lick it up. Riley repaid the nice gesture by playing with his hair with sticky fingers. We had a bath afterwords. Grandma and Grandpa just enjoyed their tenants with sore sides from laughing. 
Eli has found another superhero to admire. So far there has been Superman, Green Lantern, Thor, Batman... The list in endless. He started using this old velcro mit as a sheild and I felt it was time to give him the actual costume. Sure enough he was ready and played in it for hours.
Eli was playing the classic game of Kerplop with Jared's aunt Carlene. The point of the game is to pull out the sticks one by one without the marbles falling out of the tube. Eli was so enthusiastic as he always is about everything and pulled the sticks out as fast as he could. We tried to tell him the actual point of the game, but he seemed to think that it was to make the marbles fall. As he was playing with Carlene, they struggled to put the sticks back as they get tight. He would say "This is tricky." Carlene said "I guess you have to be smarter than the sticks.". Eli responded "There just sticks."
Some of my favorite moments as a child include playing on Saturday Morning in my folks bed with all of my siblings. I do this now with my kids and still enjoy it. This particular morning Eli wanted to hold Riley. I let him and when it was my turn he said to me, "Nope, she is mine, you have to get a new one, Mom." I laughed and he replied, "Just kidding," And then he laughed his fake hammy laugh.
