Tubac Schoolhouse & Bathroom Sinks

We drove down to see the Tubac historic sites this week. Tubac was a fort built by Spanish colonists in the 1600's. It passed back and forth between the Spanish and the Apaches, but eventually the Spanish won and built a community in the 1800's with a church, schoolhouse, and several buildings. It was interesting because the site had archeological digs showing foundations from the 1600's fort, native american artifacts, and then the still standing buildings from the 1800's. There was a lot more going on than we expected, it was well worth a trip!

Picnic Peek-a-boo 

Elliot's first day of school... haha

My favorite part was the old schoolhouse. They wrote all the rules from back in the day on the chalkboard with how many lashes you would get for breaking the rules. 

I'm glad I didn't go to school in 1848

Elliot's favorite place in the world is the bathroom sink. Fussiness immediately turns to squeals of delight when you seat that boy in a sink. He likes checking out his warped reflection in the faucet and patting the handles. Fortunately he hasn't figured out to turn the water on yet- I'm looking forward to his reaction when he douses his pants for the first time!

Heaven on Earth

He has learned how to roll/crawl over to his toy basket on the bookshelf and empty it out. 

Another happy place

 He recently started using his arms in his army crawl instead of just pushing off with his legs. 

 Our primary class loves taking care of him during our lessons.

Cute girls, and a baby that somehow became huge

His hand-eye coordination leaves quite a bit to be desired, and he maintains his 0% success rate of putting cheerios into his own mouth. When you put food in front of his face, he won't try to grab it. He just opens his mouth and lunges. 

Attempting to eat mesquite pods at the park. So close, buddy.

 He's still my happy baby boy, even if he does look ginormous to me some of the time. He's growing so fast!