Elias’ Creations

Elias comes home from school daily with creations. 

This particular day he came home with a bracelet for Levi. It has our whole family on it. 

What Lewis Has Been Up To

Yes, we are very aware that you like to go fast at stuff. And whatever you decide to be fastest at, we’ll be your biggest cheerleaders. 

He’s been up to driving me nuts while I make dinner, as you can see in my eye. 

Whenever I feel like reliving my childhood through loopers, which is often, Lewis is my guy. He loves a good loopers chain that serves no purpose once completed. And I love him for his companionship in it. 

Levi figured out his own way to be a loopers master. 

What Augustine Has Been Up To

Not letting me take pictures of him. That’s what he’s been up to. 

He spent the night with Grandma Kathleen for the first time since before the stupid pandemic. They had a lot of fun!

Doing little bits of babysitting here and there. He’s still a baby whisperer, and when he wants to be, a toddler whisperer too. 

Getting Out

Holy cow does it ever feel good to get out as a family! We went to the Mall for a walk, and the little boys loved the cars/trucks just like the big boys used too. But let’s be real, the big boys had fun remembering how fun it was when they were very little. 

Another evening we went to Scheels. That place has so much to do! Levi got to ride the Ferris wheel for the first time…it was nerve wracking. 

We stuffed him between Daddy and Augustine. 

What Elias Has Been Up To

Baking with Grandma Susan

After becoming completely fed up and frustrated with Lewis, Elias said: I’m not ever listening to you, even when you’re a grown man.  

Working on art for the Art Show

E: What do scientist do? 

Me: They study things. 

E: What kind of things? 

Me: All kinds of things. 

[Lewis and I list things that scientists study.]

Me: Do you think you’ll be a scientist someday? 

E: No. Too busy. 

Me: What would you study if you were a scientist? 

E: Pizza. Then I’ll eat it when I’m done studying it. 

Getting ashes at school on Ash Wednesday 

Spilling his milk in the perfect shape of a person 

And then cleaning it up and it STILL looked like a person!

Building building building 

A fancy train station 

E: Mom can you be blind and deaf in your life? 

Me: Yes you can. It would be hard, wouldn’t it? 

E: Well it would be good for piñatas. 

Me: Why is that? 

E: Because then at least you wouldn’t have to be blindfolded.

Making bird feeders with Debbie



After tasting chicken and rice soup Elias said: It’s like the chicken from the fish fry, except it’s not fish.

Making a gold Olympic medal to take to preschool. I don’t know exactly why. 

Outside

I really love the days we get to open the French doors and use our deck as another room in the house. 

Augustine had two new friends over to play, and they walked up to the school to play with Augustine’s St. T’s friends. They had a lot of fun including a nurf gun battle. 

We helped the Leppers with step one of a gardening project. It was a lot of fun hauling 60 hay bales to the backyard with cats running around! 





Levi decided that he wanted to walk the zoo with Aunt Beth, so she came to Lincoln to fulfill his dream. Greta joined the fun too!

Levi’s favorites are the baby giraffes and all the turtles. 








He was telling her that the crocodile has tiny eyes. 

Steve Irwin fans for life. 



The story of the tiger eating the macaw will forever be told when we visit the zoo. 

Levi is experiencing a lot of things that are new to him, both because Covid has prevented him until now and also because he’s almost three and that’s when experiences start to stick in their brains. It’s super fun to watch.
We didn’t go outside but we did have fun sharing our new Plus-Plus Minis with Beth and Greta. 

And they wanted to try our art project we were working on…Chihuly chandeliers. They’ll be for sale in the art show next month!

Lewis wanted to bake bread with Mrs. Lepper and play with the cats too, so he spent an afternoon with them and had a lot of fun!