Random Happenings

Elias built an addition to his castle. 

Levi insisted on cuddling his baby while he watched tv. 

He spent a lot of time figuring out the drill and design. 

If he’s quiet I check by the bookshelf. Chances are high he is reading. 

His trucks are always close. 

I bought him a new truck (that never made it into his stocking because he got too attached right away) and cuddled it all the way home. 

The truck also ate lunch with him. He set all of this up, even the baby with a cookie. 
He usually builds a pillow fort when it’s tv time because that’s what he sees Lewis do. 

He played with the oranges and clementines for a really long time while I baked. He can play with anything. I always think to myself if I said “Levi you have to play with nothing except his basket Full of fruit“ it would be a massive fit. But because it’s his idea, it’s a fabulous activity.

Happy Advent!

We started advent off with Mass and Hurt’s Donuts. We even had a bonus gift of the Chapman’s joining us!

We got all the Christmas buckets out from the basement and decorated the house. The Christmas activities are always fun to find after a year has gone by. Augustine got really creative with the Christmas sensory bin. 



Lewis got really creative with the bows. 

Levi decided it was really important work to cut them all up. 

Then he lined what was left on the ottoman and mowed them with his bus. 

The little boys made a sticky paper collage with Christmas colors. 

Logan and Elias decided to color. 

And I set up some Christmasy Loose Parts Play. 










Baking pretend Christmas cookies is always a favorite. 

Elias helped me make some Christmasy art to frame for the bathroom upstairs. 

And over three days I slowly got all the Christmasy things in their places. It was especially fun to decorate the bookshelves for the first time!






Look at the sunset behind the Christmas tree! It was six colors. 

Thanksgiving 2021

We celebrated with family. Unfortunately, Kathleen wasn’t feeling well so she couldn’t join us. We did deliver her a thanksgiving meal though!

Augustine at School

Augustine always adds humor to his school projects. It makes us laugh…and his teacher too. 

This was a project where the students had to apply to be a member of Columbus‘s crew. Not only did I guess didn’t get the job but he was hired to be the captain! It was between him and another kid in his class, so the teacher had two other teachers read their applications and help her decide who should get the job.

That is not an easy subject, but he guessed and keeps his humor with it. 

He drew this at home but I really love it. I wish it was on actual paper so I can print it. I should have scanned it. We were playing Pictionary on a dry race board and he drew these three Christmas boxes stacked up.

Creative Play

Lewis at School