Shrinking Graham Crackers

Take a close look at this picture. There is a funny story behind those two little crumbs that Elliot is putting there.

So he had been asking for a "snack" all morning, but in Elliot-speak, a "snack" means marshmallows. So I told him that he could have some graham crackers. Of course, he put up a HUGE stink and said he didn't like graham crackers! Tears were shed and I asked him if he wanted to color.

So coloring was going OK, so I decided to offer him the graham crackers again. Elliot said, "No! I don't like graham crackers!"

I told him that he could try a bite and if he didn't like them, he didn't have to eat them. So he took a bite and put them back down, telling me that he still didn't like them. I turned away to get something and when I came back there wasn't much left to the crackers! I just gave Elliot a look and he informed me, " I'm just making them smaller. I gotta make them smaller, see?"

Certainly did make them smaller!

Observance

Last weekend we were at my parents' house visiting. It was a nice day out so Grandpa and Elliot were outside in the garage. Elliot was helping Grandpa pick up his golf balls. He picked up the golf ball that he is holding in this picture and looked at it for a couple of seconds and then proclaimed, "Hey Grandpa, this one has tennis shoes on it!"

Yes, Elliot- the world has "tennis shoes" on it. Oh Nike, you sure did a number with branding...

Countdown to "The Comeback" and another funny Elliot story

We are counting down. Only 8 more days. I am doing my first run since Brody was born next Saturday. I am a little nervous- I have trained up to 3.5 miles, but I haven't made it to the 4 mile mark. I am sure that I will do OK, but I would really like to be able to do a 4 mile run at least one time before Saturday. We will see how it goes...this course has a HUGE hill 3 miles into the 4 mile course that I am not looking forward to. I will just continue to putt putt along until I finish!! Wish me luck!!

Now for another funny story about Elliot- so we had a salesman come this week to give us an estimate on new carpet. The guy had a little bit of an accent so I asked him if he was from Jersey. He said to me, "Why does it always have to be Jersey? No, I'm from New York."

So he definitely had the New York accent but he was a super nice guy. We were chatting with him and he was telling us some horror stories (like how he went into a house and the whole room that the lady wanted new carpet in was covered in cat sh*t- so much for cleaning your carpets- just buy new ones) and getting a little animated. I guess he kept getting louder and finally Elliot looked up at Mark and said, "Daddy, turn his mouth off."

Yeah- right in front of the guy. Luckily he had told us he had an 18 month at home so I just told him to wait another year and he will be in the same boat as us!!

Big Mouth

We were eating lunch at Fuddruckers today- if you haven't been there, there is a lot of stuff on the walls- lots of pictures and knick knacks of all sorts. There was a picture of Mick Jagger singing behind our table. Elliot being the observant kid that he is saw the picture and said, "He's gonna eat that ball!"

Well, maybe he is, I mean, his mouth is pretty big...

The things Elliot says

Elliot is starting to say something funny or cute on a pretty regular basis now. I am going to try to write them down so that 15 years down the road, I can tell Elliot that he really said this stuff!

So a couple of days ago, Elliot and I were in the bathroom. I was talking to him about how big boys use the potty, and if he wanted to be a big boy, he should go poopy on the potty. He replied, "I can't!"

I asked him why he couldn't and he said to me, "Because I said so!"

I guess I have said that to him a few times when he asks me why. They really do listen and learn from you, don't they!