Eli's Talk

Yesterday, Eli asked if he could go to his friend's house because they were working on a trailer. He told me he wanted to go and help because he said " I am a bit of an Expert."

Today Riley was fussing outside of the bathroom. I went to take a look and see what she was upset about and saw her holding a pair of pants trying to get them on over her dress as a shirt and a small pair of shorts half-way up her legs.
Today at church, Eli gave a talk. Last week, I told him he was giving a talk and he responded "I can say funny stuff." ironically, the talk was on reverence. After persuading him to behave, he did a great job. He really tried to do well and be reverent but he kept arguing about the order of the slides and he wanted to see the pictures instead of the crowd.  Oh well, he was so pleased with himself and when it was all done, we wanted to do it again.

Swimming

Eli and Riley and a few ward friends were invited to a swimming pool in the neighborhood.  They had a great time.  Eli had a hard time getting used to the water and it wasn't until he borrowed the arm floaties that he felt comfortable to swim on his own.  He even had enough courage to jump off the diving board.  Riley was cute and wouldn't let Mommy go, that is why there are more pictures of Eli.  I had to lend her to a willing helper to get a picture of her.  All in all, they had a great time.

One Thing Led to Another

For a service project, the cub scouts painted the empty boxes used for the program Meals on Wheels.  Eli and Riley helped too.  Later, they needed to get cleaned up and so we sent them to the swimming pool.  At first, Riley was a little nervous, but then she soon became convinced that it was fun to splash.  After a while, as seen in the last picture below, her diaper became saggy and quite full.  Even though, diapers today are pretty absorbent, they just weren't meant to hold that much water.

Who's My Slave?

Eli asked grandma if he could take his toy, Optimus Prime to church. Grandma replied that he would have to ask Mommy because Mommy was the boss of him. He was shocked and replied, "Mommy's the boss of me?" Grandma said yes. He thought for a minute and said. "Then who's my slave?"

A Quick Bike Ride

Grandpa and I decided that we needed more exercise and that we would ride our bike a little more often.  We wanted to go on a quick ride to a park.  I went 7.5 miles and stopped with the kids to a park so that Dad could go to fetch the car after it got dark.  We were all tired after that ride.
On a more positive note, the kids had a great time and Eli liked to make me work harder by swinging his body back and forth so the bike would sway.  He thought it was funny, I thought it was exhausting.

Sweet Girl

At church the other day, the woman in front of us was scratching her husband's back., They are newlyweds and just had a brand new baby. Riley noticed and joined in. She was rubbing his back and scratching it too. The entire row was laughing.

That makes about as much sense as a four year old.

I asked Eli if he wanted to watch Snow White with Riley and he replied: "I don't want to, and if I don't want to, then I don't want to. If I do want to, then I do want to." I asked him why he was being so matter of fact. He replied with a confused look on his face: "Because, it's about bumble-bee." and he walked off.