Summertime!

Eli was born to be outdoors. This past week has brought Columbia some beautiful weather... sunny, warm, and very little humidity! We have been outside for a good chunk of the day every day this week. The average day consists of going to a park in the morning, coming home, having lunch and a nap (not necessarily in that order), and then playing in the backyard in the afternoon. Eli loves to play in the sandbox, or the pool, or sometimes both at once. The hardest part for me is fighting the urge to try to keep everything clean. I am not sure what I expect of a 15-month-old. I mean, what harm is he really doing by dumping the sand outside of the sandbox? I have resigned myself to putting him in a swim diaper and letting him run back and forth between the sandbox and the pool, which results in a thoroughly sand-caked toddler and a pretty messy house when he comes inside. It's a good thing we just bought a new vacuum cleaner!




Eli's cute moment of the day: I have been wearing a swimsuit while Eli is playing outside so that I can get in the pool with him. He discovered the straps today, and snapped them lightly a couple of times. The third time he pulled the strap out as far as he could, and then let go, which would not have bothered me except that my straps have 2 wooden beads on them. OUCH!! Check out the welts left on my skin. The beads are now at the very BACK of my suit.