Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Hobbies

Everyone should have a hobby or two. It helps keep your mind sharp and your spirit happy. Eli is discovering some of his hobbies. Drawing with chalk, for instance. Crayons he could take or leave, but chalk - now that's magical. He can even wield the eraser like a pro. I have discovered that it is safer to let him use sidewalk chalk, because he kept throwing his little chalk pieces and breaking them all over. After our chalk adventures, there is colored dust everywhere, so cleaning it up gets to be my hobby.


Now for Eli's newest and most daring hobby - hanging upside down. He and Daddy were playing around one day when Eli realized that he really enjoys hanging upside down. He demands to be held that way, and can enjoy the position for long periods of time. In this case, he hung there for about a half an hour while watching football with Brad. I'm waiting for the day when this hobby will cause his head to explode, but in the meantime, it really seems to relax him. It's a little inconvenient though when he wants to do it, say, in the middle of sacrament meeting. We're working on understanding appropriate time and place for hobbies, lol =).

3 comments:

Liz Johnson said...

Hahahaha. This cracks me up, because Connor has always liked hanging upside down while Chris hold him by his ankles, and one time Chris had him out in the hall at church, and I walked out to use the bathroom, and I found Chris walking the halls just holding Connor by his ankles. It freaks me out to no end (dislocated joints!!) but Connor LOVES IT! Boys are crazy. :)

Julie said...

That is hilarious! I'll have to try it with Evan.... What a cute kid!

Chris and Michelle said...

What a cute post on some cute little hobbies for Mr. Eli! Parker likes the sidewalk chalk, too!

Thanks for the info on the strollers... Funny - last night I was finally looking into all that sling info you sent me (THANK YOU by the way :>), and I was thinking what you just wrote - that I could probably just use a sling most of the time for the baby and forget the double for a while... ANYWAYS -I REALLY liked the babyhawk, but was floored at how pricey it is! (Chris would never let me buy that...)So I think I'll try a hotsling, but my question is, should I be sure to get one with leg padding? Is this a good decision? What do you think?(Sorry, I should have just emailed you!)