Good Thing He’s Cute

Levi: Me eat. 

Me: Ok. What would you like?

L: Ham. 

Me: Ok, ham. 

L: No ham!

Me: Ok, no ham. 

L: Ham in a bowl.

Me: You want ham in a bowl?

L: Noooo!

Me: Ok. What DO you want?

L: Ham. 

Me: 😫 [walks away]

Second try…

Levi: [insists on chicken nuggets even though he had them at lunch]

Me: fine. 

Levi: in a bowl. [hands me a bowl]

Me: I have to cook them on a plate. 

Levi: nooooo! In a bowl!

Me: no. 

Levi: git out here [marches out of the kitchen]

Loose Parts Play

I added scarves to the loose parts this morning and Elias was suddenly creating Broomtree, a place we vacationed last year. Logan and Augustine are on retreat there right now. 

He created a lot of true details, and also added lots of his own ideas. 

He put the cabins at the end of the river for the people to sleep in. 

The people were floating down the river in tubes, boats, pots, and canoes. Watch out for the rocks and seaweed. 



Some of the houses wouldn’t stand up so he got frustrated but then imagined they were rafts. Levi stopped by with his trash truck full of rocks. 



Here’s a perfect example of natural learning and creativity. The house became a raft. The raft became a math challenge…how many people fit on the raft? Does the size of the person matter? What would happen if it was a real raft? Would it sink or float?






“Isn’t this smart of me, mom?”
“Mom, now I know these [watch towers] don’t stay up very well. They’re not on a flat surface. The other one stays up because it’s on a flat surface.”

“Now I’m going to make an amphibious vehicle.”

What Levi Has Been Up To

Getting a good report from the dentist

New cars at G&G’s

Pumpkin Fun

Train Tracks

Elias at Nature Preschool

Things to do, places to be

We can finally be with other people now that were a month past covid and the coughing has finally stopped. Levi went to G&G’s a couple times this week. 



When I picked him up he insisted on needing his gasses and watch for school pick up. 

His firefighters rescued a lot of random things from the tree. 

Levi spent a lot of time taking care of babies this week. Baby humans, bears, tigers, cars. Anything small really. 

Loose Parts Play

A fun trend in early learning is Loose Parts Play. I’ve been waiting and waiting for Levi to be old enough to be around tiny pieces because I know my boys are going to love it, especially Lewis. I’ve been doing small scale loose parts activities to teach them the style of play. It’s a very different way of thinking, playing, and creating. 

We got this small set out the other day and to my surprise Levi figured it out on his own!

And for the first time Lewis went to town. He made this mandala of sorts. 

Deb and I have been working on putting together a Loose Parts set for the boys for a while now, so o decided to swing by and pick it up even though we haven’t painted it yet. 

Levi started playing right away as we organized our pieces. 





I stopped at the library for a book too. 

I’m excited to see what the boys create!

Elias couldn’t resist. He kept thinking he was done playing and then would start creating again. 

I made a flower that became a monstrance. 






He really liked the people in pots. 

I wonder what else will be created…