The last year in a picture

2nd Birthday Party!

Since Levi, Elizabeth, and Benjamin all have birthdays within one month of each other, we have decided to have a joint birthday party. Last Saturday all the family came over to celebrate with us.

We had a Monster theme: Cookie Monster, Sully from Monsters Inc., and Mike from Monsters Inc.

 

 

My sister painted a photo booth for the kids to play with, which they loved!

 

(I tried to upload a video of it but it would not work with blogspot for some reason)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brushing teeth

Levi loves to brush his teeth. A few days ago he and I were brushing our teeth in the morning. He watched me very closely as I spit into the sink. I had visions of his 2 years old party in 2 weeks, with him spitting out the candles instead of blowing them out!

So he stopped brushing, leaned over the sink like I did, and...coughed instead of spit. I laughed from the joy of knowing that my boy has not yet learned to spit!

Eisenhower State Park

We went to Eisenhower State Park this weekend. Levi loved running around. He wasn't so sure about the lake waves though. He wanted to play in the water and wet sand but wasn't sure what to make of the water that moved by itself. Levi wore us out in a few hours and we headed home.

Power nap

My son got a power nap in on his way to lunch. Truth be told, he slept through most of lunch in my lap.

Things made...

This weekend's theme seems to be things made and more importantly, things finished! I began a project many (4 or 5ish) years ago. I have not finished piecing the top yet but I'm nearly there. I finished piecing the 20 log cabin blocks for the border. I'm rather proud of that.

My sister did finish her quilt top. The center is not a panel! She took a piece of muslin fabric and fused snippets of various colored fabric. Then she put a fine netting over it. She thread painted over it. The border is a new variation on stack-n-wack.

The third picture is of Levi and I ready for church. Levi is sporting his new tie that his Nana made for him. The button is a lion. I am wearing a crocheted infinity scarf that I made.

Weekend of fun!

Levi "helped" me clean the bathroom. He took a bunch of stuff out from the cabinet that is usually locked. At least I got the counter cleaned off.

Saturday we too Levi, E, and B to my dad's farm. They ran around and had fun. On the way back they, of course, all 3 fell asleep.

Levi lately...

Levi has learned to run...FAST. So I have not posted much lately since I spend all my time chasing him, working grading massive piles of student work, and occasionally trying to get caught up on laundry.
I am amazed at how quickly he is growing and learning! I recieved text from my mother in law, who is watching him today, he went pee pee in the potty today! Jesse and I hadn't planned to start potty training until he was at least 2 years old if not older. Now we are scrambling to get a training potty and books on how to do this, since he is showing an interest in it.