I Heard Said the Bird: February 2021

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Another fun Valentine’s Day celebration!

I made Valentine’s Day care packages for my sisters this year and surprised them by mail.

I’ve had a can of breadsticks in the back of the fridge for weeks. I finally decided to use them up and it dawned on me that I could make them Pinterest-y!

Beth and Katie loved their surprise in the mail. Ask us about the video that kept us all laughing for days.

The Vranas enjoyed their package too, and sent us a singing Valentine!

Grandma Kathleen made us dinner which is always a lovely gift for me.

G&G had us over for an afternoon tea party.

What Augustine Has Been Up To

Writing more books!

Scooping snow is one of his favorite pastimes, along with building snow forts and then demolishing them.

Working on art show pieces.

Making fun games to keep the bros happy.

Comfort

Friends who make homemade runzas and then bring you four that are still warm are the BEST.

You need comfort food when 14 inches of snow just dumped, especially when you don’t yet know that another 10 inches will follow.

That day you’ve been waiting for for two years...you know, the one where you FINALLY get to eat at HuHot with no food restrictions!!!

Preschooler Musings

Me: Use your imagination!

Elias: How do I imagine?

Me: You use your mind...anything you can think of.

Elias: How do I get into my mind?

Elias got snowed in at G&G’s for a few very fun days.

He’s been very focused on making “hammocks”.

E: is trump at the White House?

Me: no. He moved out. Biden lives there now.

E: where did he move?

Me: Florida.

E: Biden is the oldest president in the White House.

Me: you’re right.

E: he’s really old. What if he dies?

Me: who becomes president if the president dies?

Lewis: daddy.

E: then we could all move into the White House!

Me: who becomes president if the president can’t be the president anymore?

E: I don’t know.

Me: the Vice President. Who is the Vice President?

E: Kamala Harris.

Me: yes. She would be president for the rest of Biden’s turn.

E: so when do people usually go blind?

Me: most people can see their whole lives.

E: so that would be, like, two dentist appointments?

Me: um, what?

E: {thinking}

Me: what do you mean?

E: yeah. I guess it could just be one.

Me: one what?

E: dentist appointment

Me: um, ok.

VERY Busy

I decided Levi needed a few new outfits and he is so dang cute in them!

He doesn’t mind that he gets nowhere. It’s that big kid feeling that matters.

No idea why this game required cooking racks, but he was very occupied for a very long time.

His hairs are getting out of control.

Turns out he loves cloud dough.

Lewis taught him to eat snow.

His new favorite place to sit during screen time.

He scooped and dumped lots of times before he realized it was edible.

Levi is a champion mask wearer! The secret is the binki underneath.

He did this all by himself.

The ankles crossed...

He wore one glove for quite a while one afternoon.

Levi loves this owl. It was packed away in the basement with my fall decor. When I put up all of the Valentine’s Day decorations, he specifically asked me where the owl was. How do you not dig out the owl when your toddler makes the cutest owl sound and then puts his palms up and starts looking everywhere for it?!