The things I do and say

[Elliot]
Let's see, what have I been up to recently? Well, the other day, my big sister wasn't being nice to me and she hit me in the tummy. Right away I said, "Owww, hurt the baby." We all started laughing. I know Mommy has a baby in her belly, and we don't want to hurt it, but I guess I was a bit confused about the fact that I don't have one too!

One of my favorite things to say these days, whether I see a critter, a piece of dirt, or a fuzzy, is, "Ewwwwww, a bug." And I have to make sure everyone looks at what I'm pointing at.

Today we went to pick some stuff up from a friend's apartment, and I walked/ran all the way home--about 3/4 of a mile. I certainly don't mind getting my exercise as long as it's outside. In fact, when we were about a half block from home, I turned around and tried to go the other way because I didn't want to go inside when we got there.

Last week we went to see a free performance of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" on the Boston Common...so today I got inspired to dig into some more of the Bard's stuff. I don't know what he was saying, but I thought I was funny!

In a couple of weeks, we're going to the midwife (remember my sister used to call her the middle wife when I was in Mommy's belly!) to hear the baby's heartbeat again. I just loved it the last time we went, and for several days afterwards I kept saying, "Go van? Hear baby?"

Well, I guess that's all for now. We need our sleep tonight because tomorrow morning we're heading to Cape Cod for our second camping adventure. We went a few weeks ago and we all loved it, so we're off again, this time with our friends, the Gardners, which will make it even more fun! I can't wait to play in the sand, try my hand at fishing, and just be outside all the time--my favorite thing in the world! Thanks for reading!