One more semester down!

Cesar finished his final assignment last night, well actually at 4 this morning! I, for one, am definetly excited that Cesar's all-nighters are done for now, at least until next semester! I have not pulled the entire all-nighter with Cesar yet, but I do suffer from them too. If he is at school all night, I worry. I usually wake up a couple of times during the night and call just to make sure he is still okay and still awake. If his all-nighter is at home, I usually go to bed upstairs but wake up a couple of times in the night and walk down the stairs just to make sure he is still awake. And, many times he isn't. Like last night, I was helping him with his stuff, but just had to go to sleep around 10:30 (it's really hard for me to stay up late- I get grouchy!) at 3 in the morning I woke up and noticed he wasn't in bed. I came downstairs to find him asleep on the couch. I told him to get up, that he had to finish becuase it is due and he has to go to work in a few hours! He got up and started working. I was too afraid to go back upstairs because I thought he may fall asleep agian, so at 4 he finished and we both went to bed! His alarm rang at 6:30- way too early! I do feel for him because he had to get up and go to work.

I'm so pleased that he is completely done with the semester and will be able to spend more time with me and Eli. He has 3 weeks until summer school begins. He will be taking 2 classes for the summer and I'm hoping they won't be too time-consuming.

*The photo is one of the models he built this semester. He had to build several, several of these, not to mention design them, make drawings and floor plans, etc... and that is just one of his classes!

Slide

Eli had so much fun at the Children's Musuem yesterday. This slide was really slippery and he loved to get to the top and sit and wait until someone came behind him, then he would hurry and go down. It was hilarious!

Circus

Eli and I went to the circus Saturday. Eli's favorite part was the intermission. We got to go down to the rings and see the elephants, dogs, ponies, and clowns. You could pay for a ride on the elephants and ponies. I didn't think Eli would be ready for that yet, and then I saw how much they were charging! Can you guess? $10 for a five minute ride! Wow, that's ridiculous. My ticket only cost $12, and Eli got in free! There were plenty of people riding, so I guess that is where the circus gets most of its money! Eli liked watching! We have seen elephants at the zoo, but never so close.

My favorite part was the human cannonball. This man was 67 and had been doing this for fourty something years! It was cool to watch. I covered Eli's ears when the cannonball went off.

You could pay for pictures with the bear too- I wonder how much they charged for that? (The man was feeding the bear cereal.)

Eli sat on my lap in awe for the first half and then stood up and danced to the music for most of the second half! Our least favorite part of the circus was that Cesar wasn't there with us. He was at school working on a reasearch paper. We did pick him up after the show was over and took him home (since we were already downtown). Sometimes I feel guilty about doing fun stuff with Eli when Cesar isn't with us, but I know I shouldn't. I had to remind myself several times during the circus to not worry that Cesar wasn't there and to just enjoy myself and have fun with Eli! I think I did a pretty good job.

Playing

Eli being silly!

Since it was cold and rainy yesterday we played a lot in Eli's room. He likes to stack blocks and then push down his tower.

Eli is learning how to do puzzles and is really proud of himself when he places a piece correctly. He claps after each piece and says "yeah!". (I tried to capture his clap, but was unsuccessful).

Rain

Yesterday it starting raining and today it has switched between rain and snow all morning. Eli liked looking out the door while we sang "Rain Rain Go Away, Little Eli wants to play."
I do really like the rain though. It's nice to watch and hear. The sound it makes on our skylight is great!

Pipes and Words

We had another leaky pipe the other day. This time it was in the water heater closet next to the kitchen. It was hard to fix since the space was so small and Cesar could only get one hand in there. He was able to fix it though! I'm so glad he is handy. Eli and I brought some spare keys to Cesar the other day at his school (he locked his in his locker). Since we were downtown we decided to take a walk. Eli and I walked around Writer's Square and he really loved all the sculptures. Then we ate at Panda Express for dinner. After ordering, I realized that I had left my wallet in the car! I told the people sorry but I didn't have my money, but then I remembered I had brought some quarters and dimes for the parking meter. I was still short about a dollar and a half, but they gave us the food anyways!

Eli is learning new words every day. Today he suprised me by saying diaper, and yesterday it was cracker. He knows about 30 words. He is one and a half today!

Sunday he will be able to go to nursery at church! I'm super excited for this, since it has been quite challenging the last couple of months trying to keep him entertained the entire three hours. I know he will enjoy playing with other kids and learning too.

His cousin gave him a new doll the other day. He likes it and calls it "bebe". He thinks it's cool that I can take the T-shirt and diaper off.

30th Birthday

I'm 30 today! It feels good.

I had a party Friday night. It was a lot of fun. My parents let us use their house while they spent the night at our house with Eli. That was my first night to be away from Eli. It went well and I didn't worry very much either! Thank you so much mom and dad.