What Augustine Has Been Up To

Thing of the Sisters and that a blue pumpkin would be nice to give them. 

Taking every last leaf in the front yard. He’s a really impressive worker. Always has been. He did a great job. 

After a four year run of being a fireman for Halloween, he surprised us all and requested Optimus Prime. 

He was very excited that Jesus stopped by his classroom. 

Aunt Beth came to help while Logan was on retreat, and in a stroke of genius arrived with Playmobil. He played for hours. 

What Lewis Has Been Up To

Giving free hircuts with his new shaving kit. He thinks it’s SO funny to give me a short cut. 

Painting his pumpkin bc I don’t like carving them with little kids. 

Winterizing his garden. 

Watching a fire fighting demo at school. 

Spelling his name. 

Sharing his audio books with Sr. Mary Michael,

Sr. Janelle,

and Sr. Mary. 

Playing “Tug of War” with Grandma. 

Some sort of Mass game. 

“Sitting” in time out. 

And winning this tiny prize from one of those impossible claw games. You know, you steer the claw over the toy you want, drop the claw, and win nothing. Yeah. That tiny filler gem. 

Lewis’ 5th

Lewis insisted, since last spring, that he wanted a plunger birthday party, so we went with it and tried not to cross the line of gross. I think we were successful!

Of course, Grandma Susan made a lovely cake to the specifications of the birthday boy. I made plunger cake pops too. 

We played plunger ring toss, plunger limbo, plunger bean bag toss, plunger Simon says, and Toilet Trouble. 

Lewis’ best friend moved away over the summer, so he sent a homemade gift! Lewis made his friend a homemade gift last month on his birthday too. 

Augustine was very patient as all the fun things were opened but not played with. They’ve had a lot of fun at home together since!

I’m not sure what they were doing, but it was a sweet, cuddly moment with Coco. 

The plunger pops were dairy free so Elias and I could partake. Lewis wants to take plunger pops to both schools this week, which means 5 more dozens to make. 

We had pancakes and eggs (his favorite) for breakfast this morning. His pancake had a few sprinkles, a candle and powder sugar. 

After soccer we stayed at G&G’s for more birthday cake. Grandma Kathleen was able to join us too!

Happy 5th Birthday Lewis! We love you!

Preschool Field Trip

Lewis’ teacher lives on a turkey farm, so we took a field trip to her place! 

He spent most of the time following the dog around. 

He didn’t want to feed the horses himself, but he really liked watching his friends feed them. 

He asked his teacher about 100x “where is your other dog?” and she was insanely patient and answered him sweetly every.single.time. Then it was finally time to switch the dogs. Apparently, they can’t be outside together or they get in trouble. 

The teacher had a cute bag for each kiddo to take their produce home. We came home with 16 pieces of produce. 

And a treat cup, of course, because his teacher throws an awesome party. 

When we got home Lewis spent a lot of time lining up his veggies. Then he cut off all the leaves. 

Then he spent time cleaning everything off. 

It was a really fun adventure!