As promised, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.



Here, Iliya is sporting his blue Seersucker shorts paired with his yellow, blue & white sweater. If you click on the word "seersucker" in the previous sentence, you can find out (probably more than you want to know) about the fabric. It is a staple in many a Southern closet...and is now a staple in my son's closet. You may not think he looks adorable in his outfit...oh, but I do! I am now having an internal debate with myself on whether it will be okay for him to wear his seersucker past Labor Day. I was recently told that the standard "fashion rules" (you know, don't wear white shoes past Labor Day, etc.) don't apply to young children (which I'm happy to know)...and I'm assuming this goes for seersucker fabric, too. In the wikipedia article, it mentions that people in warmer climates (that would be us!!) often ignore the Labor Day "rule," anyway, when it comes to this fabric.

Like any proper southern belle (haha), I am particular about these rules. But if it's considered okay for a child to get by with wearing his precious clothes - white shoes & all - after Labor Day, then I'm okay bending the rules a little bit.

Now...for the study in eating a pear. Y'all probably get tickled with my so-called "studies." But what else is it, if not a study? Because Iliya sure did tear into the pear and had it down to a science. He was not happy when he came to the end of it & Nathan had to take it away from him (you'll see this picture in a second).

looking through teary eyes - and with a piece of pear still in his mouth, he signs, "all done!"