Play Dough

The positive side of our truck being in the shop, is that Eric and I have no where to go this morning.  We had a great time playing, especially with the play dough we made.  He is such a fun boy!  I love all his faces.  I was impressed that he knew exactly what to do with the rolling pin.  I guess he's watched me enough times he knew just what to do.  Yeah for a fun morning with my sweet little boy.

You can see his bottom molar coming in...

Fun Fall Weekend

After being gone a couple of days, Dave and I got to spend all of Saturday together and had a great time.  After a run and some tennis, we drove the Nebo loop and enjoyed the beautiful fall scenery. I have the best husband!

When Eric got into my mascara, he used it to brush his hair and his teeth.

Playing with Meg

Afternoon at the park

Devil's Kitchen

A mini Bryce Canyon in the Nebo loop.

Fishing with Grandpa and Grandma

Eric and I got to go visit my parents this weekend.  We had a great time.  We went up to Henry's Lake to fish and I caught 2 fish!  Eric was a good sport on the boat most of the time, and Grandpa was patient when he wasn't and didn't throw him overboard.  I got to go on a 4-wheeler ride with Grandpa and overall we just had a great time visiting.

The other day Brinn got to practice her spelling words by writing them in shaving cream.  Eric really wanted to try.

At first, he thought it was a lot of fun...

And then he realized he had stuff on his hands he couldn't get off.  He gets that from me.  I hate having dirty hands.  After that, the shaving cream was no longer a temptation. :)

A Few of His Favorite Things...

I mentioned that Eric is a monkey.  Well, his climbing skills are only improving with time.  He has learned how to get himself on the piano bench, where he loves to play the piano.  I think it is cute, until he gets bored playing the piano and stands up and tries to get on the piano, or tries to get the things off the top of the piano, like my violin.

"Yeah mom, what's the problem?"

Then he figured out how to climb onto our benches and onto the table.  This is perhaps his favorite place to be.  Here he is eating a key lime bar he claimed after getting on the table.

And finally, his favorite pastime, drawing.  He is turning into quite the artist, and for the most part only intentionally draws on the white board.  Unintentionally, as he walks around and climbs on the table with the lid off of his markers, we have colored on quite a few things...including his clothes, the walls, the furniture, etc.

Except for clothes, it seems dry erase markers come off pretty well.  He gets so excited with his artwork, I can't take the markers away all of the time.  He points at his drawings and babbles away.  He even has a drawing stool he likes to sit on.  If its not there, he'll carry it over and sit himself on it. Oh he's a handful, but so much fun!

My Monkey

Eric is a monkey.  He has taken to climbing on everything he can lately, and falling from the things he can't yet climb.  He definitely keeps me on my toes, but we love him to pieces.  If he wasn't ours, we'd probably have to kidnap him.

He loves to pack around a tennis racket and a ball.  If he can, he'll get a second ball and try to drag it on the ground with his racket.  This little man loves tennis...and mini golf.

Here he is after climbing up on my sewing desk all by himself.  

Eric loved corn on the cob!

Super cool!