What Augustine Has Been Up To

 

READING. The other night he sat down next to me and started reading the first page of this book. What?!

It was really fun listening to my biggest boy read for the first time, and he couldn't have been more pleased with himself. At the end of the book we both agreed we wanted to do that again, so he read it all the way through again.   

So happy! So grown up!

What Lewis Has Been Up To

 Getting in a fight with his 13 year old cousin. Telling said cousin "You so mean! I not evuh play wis you adin!" I reminded the cousin that ever again to a four year old is a solid 3 minutes. They ate lunch side by side shortly after. (And Lewis' feet...❤️) 

He was very excited to put the heart sprinkles on our Grinch cookies. 

Me: these cookies aren't as good as they were yesterday. 

Lewis: these are way too yummy. I need another one. 

 

Me: so, here are all the planets. [I name them all.]

Lewis: Yis one is...

Me: Mars. 

Lewis: it have donuts?

Me: no. You mean Lamars? 

Lewis: yeah!

What Elias Has Been Up To

 

Sleeping. In. The. Crib. My first baby to take real naps in this thing on the cute sheet my mom made. Matching pillow and duvet to follow when he's old enough.  

Playing in my old playpen. It comes in handy downstairs.  

Crawling all the way to the bathroom door because he loves taking a bath. 

He climbed up on top of the box! I didn't know he could do that.   

Reading with his brother.  

Looking oh-so-cute in his new towel.  

Having fun with our babysitter while I ran to get Logan at work. 

Thanksgiving #3

 We enjoyed dinner and playing with Grandpa Burda, and we are thankful for him!

Thanksgiving #2

 

Augustine had a lot of fun helpingGrandma Susan prep for Thanksgiving! They made all sorts of things...cookies and cranberry sauce to name a few.   

Both boys helped me make homemade biscuits with my great grandmother's biscuit cutter.  

One day I found out that Lewis had been hoarding toilet paper tubes in the bathroom stool. There were over 20 rolls in there. I would've never guessed that many would fit in that stool! I decided we should make something out of them so we made name plates for Thanksgiving dinner. 

We enjoyed lots of time to play...   

and dinner was delicious! (The little kids are on the other side of the adult table at a smaller table.)

 We kept up the tradition of finding my parents tree the next day. It was so warm outside! 

Then we listened to Christmas music and decorated the tree.   

We are thankful for our Grandma & Grandpa, aunts & uncle, and cousins!

Thanksgiving #1

 

Grandma Kathleen hosted a lovely thanksgiving feast! We enjoyed dinner, work around the house, playing, the Macy's Thanksgving Day Parade, and each other. Augustine really enjoyed the parade. We couldn't believe he watched the whole thing!   

We are thankful for such a loving Grandma!

Fournado

 

It's better than the Threenager. Fournado is less destructive, but it's much much louder. It's less fits, but more questioning. It's less lacking in logic, but still makes very little sense. It's less surprising, but still very interesting. 

And the intense ideas come at rapid speed. Before I can figure out what he's talking about he's half way through living out his plan.  

He has elaborate play with long linking ideas. Many don't make sense to me, and when I ask he often says, "Dat just how I doing it." Ok. Sounds good. Whatever melts your butter, kid.  

The simple joys still matter to him, and I'm grateful.  

And when I can't help him with everything he's ok with that. He can handle making his own fun.