Boy Wonder

Eli is getting smarter and smarter by the day. It's so fun to watch him learn new things and every once in a while teach him something! On Saturday, as I was getting ready Eli was sitting in the hall drawing. I walked by just as he was writing the "p" on this page. He wrote the word "stop" all by himself without asking for help. I was SO impressed!

Eli wrote it about 7 more times and cut them out to give to people. Because honestly who wouldn't want a stop sign written by this cute little boy?!







Later on Saturday we were getting Eli ready to go to a superhero party. On the gift he wanted to write "Eli gave this to you." You can see how it turned out. The "a" in gave is before the "g" and there is no "h" or "i" in this and he didn't write "you" because he had to eat his toast.

"s to
agve t
ELi"

So reading bottom to top says "Eli gave this to"
I thought it was funny!

Cute Eli

Today Eli offered to let me lick the corner of his mouth. He had had sherbet about 10 minutes earlier and discovered the remnants of his dessert on the corner of his mouth. He didn't know why it was so good and kept trying to get me to taste how good his skin was. I told him it was because of the sherbet and he didn't think it was as cool. I think that for just a minute he thought that's how his skin tasted!

I've been reading "The Book of Mormon" with Eli before bed. He is so cute and just listens for as long as I will read to him. He'll ask questions once in a while so I know he's listening part of the time. Well last night I was reading a part that says, "Joseph and his fathers kept the plates." Meaning that they wrote the plates of brass. Eli said "who kept them?" so I read it again. He said, "I thought Laban kept them." (Laban kept them away from Nephi.) I thought that was so neat that he understood and put that together! I explained it to him and he said "oh" and just kept on listening.

This morning Eli had a nightmare so I put him in bed with me. (Stewart had already left for Logan.) At some point Eli said, "I'm not 5! I'm 4. I'm still 4." I just went back to sleep. At breakfast I told him what he said and he started laughing and said that he had a dream that he was at his friend Anna's house and her friends were there. The friends were saying that only "5 kids" (meaning 5 year olds) could cut. ( I don't know what they were cutting.)

Eli is so funny and has been especially cute this week.

A New Mommy

Eli just came into the kitchen and said: "When your heart stops beating we can get a new mommy."

"What?" I said

"When your heart stops beating we can get a new mommy that isn't allergic to cats."

That's just great! Eli is willing to sacrifice his mother to get a pet. He is watching Elmo's world and they are talking about cats. They showed a boy going to the humane society to choose a cat. I guess this set Eli off. If I wasn't really allergic to cats I think that I'd go get one right now!

So thanks Sesame Street! This is one parent that won't donate to your program!

Not to cause a panic but...

...I think that it just might be girls scout cookie time! Dryers has their girl scout cookie ice cream on sale again. I saw it at the store and I got really, really excited. It might have been because I haven't had any sugar today but it probably was because "it's girl scout cookie time!" There is no other explanation necessary! Samoas are like God's gift to humans. Thin Mints are little slices of chocolate covered heaven.

Those are pretty much all I get because they are so expensive. When I was a girl scout I had two customers who bought probably 30 boxes each. It was awesome because it got me that much closer to getting the prize that I wanted. Now I understand it though. It's a long wait to get you some girl scout cookies!

p.s. in my opinion the ice cream isn't worth it. There are hardly any cookie pieces in the container!

I'm Kinda Scared

So tonight I went to Menopause: the Musical. It was pretty funny and very strange! I'm sure that it was hilarious if you understood or have experienced what they were talking about. Mostly it made me really scared for "the change." It made it sound like you are going to go crazy. Maybe you do! I don't know and I don't want to find out.

I understood a little about the hot flashes because Clomid gave me hot flashes. My favorite song was sung to the tune of "My Guy." The words were changed to say "nothing I can do, the fat sticks like glue to my thighs" THAT I understand!

The worst part was when they were singing about vibrators because I was sitting right next to my MOM! I don't think that she thought that was so funny either because she was sitting right next to her DAUGHTER!

Anyway, this was my weird outing. I'm glad that my mom won tickets and that I was invited to go!

*oh and Stewart stayed home and babysat Eli and Eli's little friend Abe. What a nice guy!

My Name

My name is Becca and this is what I'm all about:

What Becca Means

You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous. You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things. Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

I think that a lot of this fits...except the perfectionist stuff. That's not me at all.

Random Bag of Crap

I am obsessed with this website. I check it, pretty much, every night at 11:00 pm which is when they put the new deal of the day up. Anyway, they once in a while will put up something called the "random bag of crap." Basically for 1 dollar plus 5.00 shipping they will send you a bag of stuff. This random bag of crap is very desirable and if you ever get one I will worship you. I was thisclose to getting one once but I couldn't remember the magical 3 digit # on the back of my debit card! By the time I got it they were sold out...they sell out in about 5.6 seconds so the fact I got that close was pretty good.

Anyway I haven't posted for SO long because I don't think that I have anything good to talk about. This post is going to be my random bag of crap post because there have been a few things to say but nothing worthy of it's own post.

1-I tried to get a picture of Red Pants but the picture wouldn't have looked good and I missed out on some of the routine so I was lost like the rest of the time. Today's step class was the best one yet. It was really fun and I did better than usual. I only missed steps about 20% of the time.

2-There is a kid that rides a unicycle to school. It's hilarious!

3-Eli to Stewart: "I'm going to destroy you."

4-I hate word verification when you post comments on people's blogs. Is there a reason for it? Let's discuss?

5-I HATE spinning class. Why is it SO freaking hard and boring and why are the seats so hard?! My pubic bone is bruised! Bruised I tell you...sorry that I said pubic.

6- I seriously hate the word scalp. It kinda makes me sick.

7-I bought 8 boxes of total cereal for $5.30. I LOVE SALES.

8-I made dinner last night! It was so good it. It's called Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo. It's so fattening and so good. I'm going to make something healthy tonight...in fact my goal is to cook every night this week.

Well I guess that's everything. I have to get Eli ready for school or I could keep going. I guess this is what happens when I'm silent for too long.