Day Two Hundred Fifteen 2010

Hanging Out With Elijah

Grandson Elijah is hanging out with me part time this week until his stint at Mother's Day Out starts next week. He looks like Mr. Tough Guy in this pic.

Had his "wife beater" undershirt on today. He gets a kick out of saying that. He also gets a kick out of those old Fisher Price Little People.

Twelve car pile up on Elijah Highway. Circus train involved. Massive Little People casualties. Somebody call 911.

Checking out the Ziploc bags of old toys his mom played with. Sometimes he runs across something interesting.

"Hey! It's E.T.!" he says, seeming amazed by that discovery. We watched that movie while we were in Florida recently.

He picked ChickFil-a for lunch. We checked out the giant watermelon sitting there.

Pay a dollar and guess the watermelon's weight. Money goes to a charity--I forget what. Maybe less than fifty but more than twenty five? Who knows. Just don't touch it or sit on it, please.

"Lick. Lick. Lick," as Steve would be thinking in the Cloudy w/Meatballs movie. I get a kick out of the Solaris color setting on my cell phone camera. And it's always a kick spending the day with my favorite Little Man, although he's not so little these days. Don't grow up too fast, Elijah!

Day Two Hundred Ten 2010

Elijah Man And The Little People

Grandson Elijah loves to play with these vintage Fisher Price Little People his mom and her sister use to play with when they were his age. He always picks out each family member--his dad, mom, sister and himself and his dog 'noopy--and they go for a ride on the Little People vehicles. Sometimes Granny and Grandpa get to tag along, too. Road trips are always fun.

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Day Three Hundred Sixty Two

I'd Like To Thank The Little People....

Grand son Elijah loves to play with the Fisher Price Little People and especially these vehicles--the tractor and wagon that came with the farm, and a couple of others that came with the airport. Behind him is one of the blond lady Little People that represents his mom. She usually drives the tractor. His sister Shelby used to do the same thing when she played with these toys, which, by the way, are vintage. They were brand new to my daughters in the late 1970s. The appeal of these toys never fades, it seems, even when he's got battery operated cars and trucks to play with. That is just too cool.