why do i bother buying him toys...

Goodbye American Express card (actually he still usually sleeps with it during naps and at night), hello spatula. We don't bother washing our cooking utensils anymore because Elliott spreads them out all over the floor everyday (its easier to wash the ones we are using right before we use them). Each morning he pulls out each one to inspect before choosing his weapon for the day. Today it was a spatula which traveled everywhere we went: on our walk to the bank & Panera, his first nap, lunch, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Toys-R-Us, his second nap, in the sandbox, dinner, and finally to bed with him. Needless to say, after being used to poke concrete, dirt, and sand, that spatula is now officially Elliott's and will no longer be used for cooking. We'll be taking another trip to Bed, Bath & Beyond tomorrow.