moonpies and cherry slurpies: a little bit of memphis and my favorite memphibians
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under family, Personal, photo, Picture
Sharona, one of Diana’s best college friends, came to visit us in Memphis recently. She stayed for a few days and had a photo shoot with both Elek and Diana. As she puts it, I “had the good sense to escape for work before this photo shoot”. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I do!
You can see the rest of the photos she took on her blog moonpies and cherry slurpies: A little bit of Memphis and my favorite Memphibians.
Tags: Elek, photos, rona, sharona
elek’s first wiffleball experience
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under family, Games, Personal, photo, Picture
For Elek’s birthday, Diana and I got him a whiffle bat and ball. The other day when the rain finally decided to take a break, we played together. He has done really well. He’s actually hit the ball many times, which means good hand eye coordination. I’m excited and can’t wait to get him involved in organized sports. I remember playing baseball, basketball, and soccer which I loved.
Tags: Elek, pictures, whiffleball
elek’s 3rd birthday party
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under family, food, Personal, photo, Picture, video
This past week we had a few celebrations for our son Elek who just turned three years old. We sent miniature cupcakes to his class on the day of his birthday and made Mexican layer dish for dinner since he loves chips so much. That night he got to open a couple of presents including a soccer ball and a couple of books from Mama and Daddy as well as several puzzles from Diana’s sister Kristen. The next day, Elek got a bright red retro Radio Flyer tricycle from Gran. Grandaddy also made a visit from Beaufort, SC. He brought Elek a small fishing rod.
Thursday began his party preparations for Saturday. Nana gave Elek a ball pit (pictured to the above) that was a hit at the party. We bought ingredients to make our own pizzas. It was a great success. We used premade crusts, mozzarella, peperoni, sausage, and pasta sauce. They were quite tasty and there are enough leftovers to feed an army. There were cupcakes and single serving ice cream that the kids just loved. Annabeth was nice enough to come over and play a few songs for the children. There are some videos of that on the previous post. Elek also received a brown horse stick toy that he can ride around from Gran. Elek loves galloping sideways. Mama and Daddy gave him a small piano like in Peanuts and a whiffle bat and ball.
The next night we went over to Nana’s house to celebrate with their family. I think at this point Elek was sort of worn out, which is a good sign that he had a great birthday. Dave gave him a soft rocket launcher that shoots the rocket when you jump on an air pouch. Elek quite enjoyed this toy, though at the party he seemed a bit overwhelmed by how many people were there. He was also a little sick or maybe it was due to allergies just like his Daddy. It seemed like Elek really had a great time for his birthday this year. We hope in the future we can think of constructive things for his birthday that he will enjoy.
Tags: birthday, Elek, home made pizza, party
elek’s 3rd birthday party videos
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under family, Personal, video
Tags: birthday, Elek, party, video
elek trance video
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under music, music monday
Why I like this: Mostly because I found it randomly with a search for my son’s name, Elek. I can’t figure out whether I love this or hate it still… so it’s going in the love bucket. I don’t know why. Randomness and stupidity.
elek and dave’s pillow fight and elek’s monster slide
Posted by Peter Owen | Filed under family, Personal, video
Tags: dave, Elek, pillow fight, slide, video
