Jumo Jr

Author: molly

  • The artist at work

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    Eli is having a great time painting today, and got so enamored of the lovely blotches of paint that the following discussion ensued: Eli: “Maybe I should paint my chin.” Me: “No, I don’t think that would be a good idea. How about just paint the paper, ok?” Eli: “But I’m the artist.” Me: “I…

  • The day Eli learned to draw faces

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    Cousin Emily was visiting Eli and I a couple weeks ago, and she brought Eli this cool erasable whiteboard for drawing. Now, Eli loves drawing. Scribbling, drawing in the same spot until there’s a hole in the paper, ordering his patient parents to draw people and houses and dinosaurs for him … all that cool…

  • Project Pizza

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    I’ve been trying to let Eli “help” me with dinner more lately, which often consists of me giving him a bowl of goldfish and cheerios to stir with a spoon while I actually do the cooking. But tonight I was making pizza, so I thought, ok! Perfect opportunity. (Let me apologize in advance: I’ll never…

  • Videos and new trucks!

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    Eli got some new trucks from Grandma Linda, and the best part about them was the box they came in, which he turned into everything from a garage to a boat to a vehicle bed: He’s been into puzzles lately, but he’s mostly into tearing them apart once he completes them: And although he doesn’t…

  • Eli: boss of the world

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    Now that Eli is 2 (and going on 2 and a half), he’s the boss of everything. And his demands, while dictatorial, are also hilarious. Here are some of the things he demanded that I do in the last 24 hours: “Eat my foot.” “Do the robot.” “Stand right there for the morning.” (i.e., stand…

  • A bunch of video

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    I’ve been meaning to post these, and since I’ve been so slow, you end up with a fun little backlog of video to watch! Here are seven recent videos showing off Eli’s chatting skills (love how he says “Uncle Matt”), his laundry folding abilities, and how he plays at being, uh, slow. Click here to…

  • Preschool update

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    We’re happy to report that Eli is definitely enjoying his new school. He’s had three complete days there, seems to be napping well, and best of all, doesn’t want to leave when we pick him up. We haven’t noticed him speaking too much Spanish yet, but he does do one awesome thing: he calls the…

  • Eli turns 2!

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    Ok, yeah, Eli turned 2 last Monday, but we had his party today, and it was a pretty chaotic and fun event, with a dance-party theme. We found that the loud music seemed to exponentially increase the hyper-ness of the children, though, so it was really more of an “eating and chasing bubbles” party. The…

  • New Christmas tradition: violent vomiting

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    It appears we have a new Woodhouse Christmas tradition on our hands: the one-day flu! We were worried when, less than 12 hours before we were supposed to board the plane for North Dakota, Eli threw up all over my lap. See, I don’t know if you remember our sad story from last year, but…

  • Cutest sentence ever.

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    This morning, Eli was standing on top of his little stepstool, eating Cheerios at the counter. Let me preface this by saying he’s obsessed with stairs, and whenever he sees any, he wants to go up them. And he gets pretty fired up about Cheerios, too. So, there he is in his little jammies, all…