Can You Keep Up?

What does Levi do all day? 

He enjoys matchbox cars a lot these days. He likes opening and closing the doors on this slightly bigger model. 

Eating a few bites of a BIG cookie from his Godmomma is yummy, but he reacted to something in it despite it being dairy free. 

So a few days later he had a dairy free cinnamon roll instead. 

He’s SUPER into taking care of all of his babies. We have many, but he has two favorites. This one, who Elias named Evangeline. 



For some reason he loves these toys under the table. He lines them up, and then puts them all on the white chair and sits with them, then he moves them all around the chair, and then to finish up the game he throws them all on the floor. 

He played with this frozen bag of broccoli for 20 minutes or more. He would shake it and throw it and walk around with it. Apparently, broccoli is incredibly fun. 

Here’s the second phase of the table toys game. 

He tries out any binki he can find until he finds the next one. 

Just FYI, it costs many dollars to go to the ER if you suspect your toddler may have swallowed a water bead. Water beads can create an obstruction in the digestive system, so you have to take it seriously. Five days later we were pretty sure he didn’t. No more water beads in our house until Levi is in preschool. 

He serves up drinks and cupcakes regularly. 

I’m trying to wean Levi, and we finally figured out that he prefers almond milk in THAT SPECIFIC CUP. Now we know. I bought three. 

Levi loves monkeys. He noticed this blanket in the pile and couldn’t resist cuddling it. 

Playing hide and seek is a favorite, and there is always a willing brother. 

He reads on his own a lot. #apple



These are his two favorite babies. 

I think because they both have hats. 



See the stacks of plates, bowls, and cups? He did that all by himself! He took them out of the (clean) dishwasher and stacked them like that!

He’s getting some turns at G&G’s these days, and loving it. 

He was only sort of impressed with dot painting. 



He studied this photo for a long time one day. 

And he figured out how to reach up high in his kitchen. 

Together

The boys have been playing together more lately. 

Every Saturday is library day, and it’s very quiet around here when everyone has a new stack of books. 



Levi always cuddles up with a brother to watch some Curious George. 

And there’s always a brother to read him his favorite books. 

I’m not sure why playing school is still fun when we’re homeschooling this year, but they played incredibly well together for two days!

Yep. He actually got school work done AND kept Levi happy. He’s better at multitasking than I am. 

A pile of Burda boys on grandma makes everyone laugh, every time. 

It’s not easy to play box train with a toddler. Elias gave it his best shot, but walked away in the end. He was also irritated that the levers were not in the right place for driving the train...even though he was the one who drew them on the box. 

Levi likes to push the buttons on Lewis’ new bank. Augustine is super at patiently helping his brother. 



Elias built an impressive building, and then let Augustine smash it all with his light saber. 

Backyard

We’ve spent a lot of time in our backyard this year. I love the space and everything it offers the boys. They always find something to do. 





We decided to take our the wood chips out from under the swings because they didn’t keep weeds from growing anyway. We have some sort of grass or weed that kind of looks like grass that spreads, and I don’t mind it. I’m hoping it will fill in under the swings come spring. 

Although our deck could rot out at any minute, we’ve had lots of good time with friends out there this year. It’s big enough to distance sit. Augustine enjoyed a friend over for BYO Legos. 

Lewis joined them too. 

Levi has been playing out in the yard this year! He does really well despite a lack of fencing. His big boys keep him happy playing with him. 

A friend from my bible study, a retired math teacher, stopped by for some math tutoring one afternoon. 

Levi REALLY loves to dig in the dirt. He will play for a long time with his spoons and trucks. 

Staining the Fort & Swing Set

We had a bunch of stain/sealer left over from a small project, so logan decided to use it up on the fort. He did a great job. I love how it turned out! In fact, I love it so much that I asked him to do the swing set to match. 

The fort took four hours to stain, and the boys got to help a little. 



The swing set only took two hours. It also looks great!

Thanks Daddy!

L & L

It was just these two and me one morning, so we walked the zoo! It felt half way normal. 

He wore his mask for .01 second. Not surprised. 

Lewis has multiple ways to make Levi laugh. 

Levi watches a little tv these days. He always has a cuddle buddy. 

Lewis is quite patient with Levi. He plays with him, makes him laugh, reads to him, let’s Levi hang around his desk while he does school work, and helps him eat. Lewis wishes he was tall enough to lay Levi in the crib. It’s his dream to put Levi down for a nap. 

He’s a better multitasker than I am with a baby. He actually got his work done!

New Playdoh Ideas

Challenge: create a farm

Challenge: build a barn
















They played with their farms for three days!

On a different day, Elias made sausages on sticks. 

And then he needed a campfire to roast the sausages, of course. 

Fell A Tree

Jim & Coco invites us to their backyard for a tree felling show! We made it just in time to watch them chainsaw the last large branch, lower it with the ropes, and then take down the massive trunk. 

Logan has just brought home a book from the library about this very job, so the boys were even more intrigued than usual. They knew every step of the process and were predicting the workers’ next move.