New Year's Eve 2010

To celebrate the end of 2010 we decided to take Elan out for Mexican.  We went to Margaritas in Natick.  The restaurant did a great job for the kid crowd.  They had hats, bead necklaces, and tons of toys.  Elan had a great time and enjoyed playing with everything.  He really enjoyed it when his ice cream sundae came out!  After dinner we went to Target to run some sugar energy out of him.  While none of us made it to midnight we had a great day none the less.

Fun in Detroit

Elan had a lot of fun in Detroit.  The day after Christmas we took Elan to the Rain forest Cafe.  He liked looking at the fish and elephant but was a little scared of the gorilla.  Then on Tuesday we took Elan to the Troy Community Center pool.  It has a great play area for little kids.  Elan had a blast jumping off the side of the pool and going down the water slide. 

On Wednesday we started the drive home.  We first stopped at a mall 20min into our drive to burn some energy and have a good bye lunch with Grandma, Grandpa and Ryan.  Elan got to ride the train and play on some slides.  Then we got into the car and drove to St. Catherines, ON which is on the US boarder.  They had a great indoor play space called Cheeky Monkey.  Elan had a great time an burned a ton of energy.  After that we only had 3 more hours of driving until we got to the hotel.  On Thursday morning we swam in the hotel pool.  After 3 more hours of driving we stopped in Lee MA at the outlook malls to run around before finishing the drive home.  All in all Elan did fantastic with the length of time being in the car!

Merry Christmas

Today was Elan's 3rd Christmas.  While he finally gets the idea of gifts his attention span is still short so he would open a few and then want to play with them for a while.  So, we let Elan open gifts throughout the day.  He got enough Thomas gifts to make him quite a happy little boy!  He got new trains, tracks, blanket, play mat, books, PJ's, and a swim suit. 

December trip to Denver

Elan and I flew to Denver on Monday for a week.  Elan did really well on the plane even though the flight took 30 min longer than planned.  He started really fussing about 30min before landing and I asked him what I could do....and he said "off plane"  It was so cute...and sad!

The rest of the week was filled with playing with Mason and Gavin.  On Wednesday we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house to decorate Christmas cookies.  Mason and Gavin did great...Elan decorated two cookies but once he took a bite then he was all done decorating!!

Mason turned 5 on Friday so we went to the Tree Top Discovery to play.  After we went to lunch where Elan drank an entire milkshake followed by a bowl of mac&cheese and apples.  I guess he worked up quite an appetite.  On Christmas Eve we flew to Detroit. 

Play date with Hero

Today we went over to Hero's (and Darrel and Christina) house for brunch and a play date. Christina made yummy Hungarian Pancakes that I want to learn how to make! Elan and Hero each ate about a pound of blueberries and played really well together.

 

Santa

We took Elan to get his picture taken with Santa today.  While he was happy before he sat on Santa's lap and once he got off he turned around and said, "bye bye Santa"...he had a grumpy face during picture taking.  Oh well.

Elan's first X-Ray

Last night Elan fell in the bathtub and hit his front tooth.  So, today we took him to the dentist to get an xray and see how much damage occurred.  We won't know if he will keep the tooth or not for a few weeks.  We just have to watch him closely.  Mat and Elan drove to my work after lunch and we took the T into the city to see the dentist.  Despite having a sore tooth, Elan loved riding the train.

Fun with Thomas

Elan has been having a blast with Thomas and Friends lately.  For his birthday he got more engines and books so he loves to come home from school and play with them.  We also draw every night, which has been really fun.

2 Year Checkup

Elan had his 2 year checkup today.  I think since he just got his flu shot a few months ago he didn't want to be at the doctor's office.  I was trying to take his picture and he kept (while crying) saying..."mama, no, no pictures".  But once the doctor came in he cheered up and started being goofy again.  The doctor is really happy with his development.  Below are his stats:





Weight 30lbs........... 73th percentile
Length 34 inches......35th percentile
Head 54cm...............97th percentile