Nature Stew

Levi Happenings

He added all the pieces to my rainbow stacked design. I was impressed!

Every night these two MUST have a cracker before bed. Why? Because they won’t go to sleep otherwise, so whatever. Eat a cracker. You can.not.skip. the crackers. 

Miss Holly did some mouth motor skills practice with Levi. What’s not to like?! 





Elias let Levi try this whistle and Levi thought it was hilarious. He can mimic the sound it makes perfectly. 

The boys moved every in the playroom to the side and set up a gym (you even had to buy a membership and everything) and Levi LOVED the crash pad part. 

Chillin’ out maxin’ relaxin’ all cool…name that 90s show. 

Elias Happenings

He is super into the bubble machine. I’ve started buying bubbles by the gallon. 





It’s a long story, but we ended up at Ken & Jackie’s house one evening and Ken was just headed out to mow the lawn. 

There was no way I was going to get Elias to head home for bed with lawn care going on. In fact, he got to use the blower all by himself. 

Dreams really do come true. 



He decided to sit here while I changed the sheets on the bed. 

Time Together

Turns out this was their last ride on the airplane before it flew back to it’s original owners. We had a lot of fun with it for a year!

Turns out Elias didn’t actually have an appointment this particular day, so he helped Lewis with is session. 

Our awesome pediatric dentist throws a pool party every summer! It’s a lot of fun.  



The big boys enjoyed having noodle wars for a few days. 

Seems like Levi is often by Lewis’ side these days. 

Augustine Happenings

Augustine’s latest way to read. 

It had been a while since Augustine got to hold a baby. He’s still a baby whisperer. 

He got to mini golf with two of his new classmates!

I found a Star Wars gymnastics class doing stretches on the table. 

He’s been using his tablet time to play a game that Levi finds amazing. Oy. 

Server Training

Logan and Augustine got to spend a day with (God)Fr. Michael! Fr. Michael spent time training Augustine on how to be an alter server, and then Augustine got to serve at the Saturday evening Mass with him. 









After Mass Fr. Michael invited them to the rectory for dinner. They had a great time catching up and spending time together. 

Sister’s Day

Instead of giving gifts on birthday’s, my sister’s and I spend a day together.  We had a leisurely lunch at my favorite Saturday brunch spot and then headed to the nail salon. 

After that we got groceries and headed to Greta’s house for happy hour and dinner. During dinner we decided it was necessary to go to At Home and look at almost every aisle. We all found a few treasures. It was a fun day!
Unrelated but still birthday relevant, I made Greta this Swedish Visiting Cake for her birthday. The top is meringue, so once the humidity stops being so persistent, I’ll make it again.