Eli, Eli, O!

I've been shirking! But I'm back. A little weekend get away and bout of the flu and I'm totally out of my groove.

I have to write about Eli today. There is always so much to say about the little man. My mother-in-law was a very spirited little girl and she remembers her mother introducing her to friends they would see at the store or wherever. Her mom would say "... and this is Melanie. She is the spice of my life." What a great way to put it! I've used that a couple of times lately. "This is Eli, the spice of my life." OH MY is he spicy. It's so much better than saying "this is the reason I could sleep 12 hours a day" or the "handful" comment.

All of this background info is really just to set up one of the funny things that Eli has said for the past couple of days. On Mondays we have Family Home Evening. It's a time that we spend as a family having a gospel centered discussion an activity and songs, etc. Some are fantastic and others have good intentions....:) but this Monday was particularly good. We were discussing that Satan does not have a physical body and he is so jealous that he tempts us with things that destroy ours. We talked about all of the physical temptations (minus "intimacy", our crowd is a little young for that). Then we talked about the obvious benefits of living healthy. We then read a scripture about the "hidden treasures" (scroll to the bottom of the link) of living healthy and did a fun activity involving finding a hidden treasure after doing something that was obviously beneficial. The lesson must of have stuck with Eli. A couple of times he has said very seriously "the devil wants my body." I know what he means and I really try to take this seriously and reitterate part of the lesson, but it's very hard to not chuckle at a 3 year old saying " the devil wants my body." He's quite a guy.

Here are a few reasons I love Eli. When we started doing puffs in Cecily's hair Eli was all over it. He still sticks her barretts in his hair. If it looks fun, Eli will do it. A cookie, a big wheel and some puffs. Now that's a good day.

Next pic. This was obviously a while ago. But when he does something he does it big. If one was good, two HAD to be so much better.

Last pic. Back to the fun...who knew that the empty detergent bucket and fabric softener box were a drum and a hat? Eli did. These are the things I need to remember when I flop down exhausted in bed at night.

I just love my guy!