Fun With Family

Lewis and Nicholas played for hours without a pause or a squabble. They played so well that I left Lewis with them for an extra few hours and he came home later! They had SO many ideas. 

Sewing my new kitchen curtains with Grandma Susan. She came to my house and decided they needed a little fixing.  

Everyone ready for bed...

tricked ya! Everyone ready to swim with Grandma Kathleen! We just needed to stay warm on the drive, and not pack extra clothes for the drive home. 

Helping with fall clean up...

Opening a pomegranate with Daddy. Always a fall highlight. 

Playing with Grandma Kathleen!

Last Year at Home

Lewis is still home half days with me, and I can’t believe he will be gone all day next year. 

When he lets himself get into serious playing mode, it’s really fun to watch. He does a lot of activities, but spends a lot of time at each one. I don’t even really notice he’s moved on because he’s pretty quiet when he gets int he zone. 

He still whispers everything he is thinking and imagining, so if I can make out what he’s saying it’s pretty funny. 

Elias got a new crib mattress (early) for Christmas, so the old one is now for cousin sleep overs and playing. He made a bridge. 

And a house. He was tickled pink that his baby brother wanted to play. 

Alone All Morning

He manages without his brothers, but he’s really happy when school is out. This hat was a favorite for about a week. 

Getting some window looking in with Grandpa. 

He loves a good hat. The welder mask is no exception. 

He’s catching on to the favorite games at G&G’s house. 

He’s been laying on his tummy and kicking his feet while he plays. It’s so cute!

He really likes this bus as long as he has “guys” to put in it. He will yell “diiies!!!” until someone helps him find a few. 

He is currently obsessed with trimming trees. 

This was a great fine motor challenge for him, but not sturdy enough for a toddler. 

The tree trimming is serious business. 

Family Photos 2017

A Couple Weeks Back

Nothing in particular has happened the last few weeks, but we got a few good pictures of every day happenings. 

Smooshing his cheek into kinetic sand, which apparently is very funny to an 18 month old. 

Husker Catholic Live...always a fun evening. Left the table assignment to the development office, so we were at the Slim Chickens table. We sat next to the Birds...very funny at the Slim Chickens table. 

There it is. You got the joke now. ;)

Elias battled croup for over a week. It was rough. He didn’t eat, sleep, or play. All he could do was whine until it hurt his throat too much and cuddle. Constantly. He tried to go outside to play but he just sat under the fort and held the shovel handle. 

Lewis has suddenly kicked back into fournado mode. So many ideas, so little self control. This was a cool one though...he taped the heck out of this (not plugged in) extension cord all over the playhouse. He said he was re-wiring his house. 

Then one day we visited the Pink Sisters and he was writing his name on this yellow slip while I was searching for the slip of paper I needed. (Turns out it was the pink one.) That was fine. Chaos came when he started taking four other color-coded slips of paper and slipping them into random slots all over. I have never noticed 1) how many color-coded slips of paper they have and 2) how many slots there are to deposit said pieces of paper! Whoever is in charge of emptying the slots was probably really irritated. Very sorry, Slot Emptyer. 

Lewis At School

He is not the least bit interested in dressing up for Halloween. 

Busy Day

It was a busy day. Everyone went to school. Then Logan went to work. Elias got a shot. Then a quick stop at HyVee. We picked up the preschooler. Then we had lunch with friends. We came home for quiet time. Once quiet time was over we started tidying the house and doing chores. Then we played games and read books. The grade schooler came home. We ate snack and heard about 1st grade. We went on a walk. We raked leaves in the back yard and played some more. We went inside and played some more. We made dinner. We got everyone ready for bed, and wrote babysitter notes. (Daddy worked late.) We ate dinner. I got myself dressed and, as my Grandma Irene would say “fixed my face” (makeup). I briefed the babysitter and went to 

It was worth all the work. :)