Levi is 2!

No more apologies for being so behind in posting....life with three little ones is busy! Things are a blur most weeks, but its a wonderfully fun, happy blur. Levi turned two back in May, we went to visit my family for a week and returned home Memorial Day. Since then I don't think there have been any big events, but lots of small little things to celebrate. Isaiah is nearing four months, very smiley and beginning to laugh at us. The kids are enjoying the Library's summer reading program and we've found lots of fun new books to read. We plan to start our school year in July and have a trip to GA planned for August. Last week Rebecca attended two VBS sessions at nearby churches. She had a great week, I was exhausted by all the running to and fro and we found that Levi really loves his big sister and missed her terribly. Lots of catch up pics follow.....

 He loves his bulldozer cake!!!

Levi has had his eye on the neighbor girl's bubble mower so we got him his own.

Guess we should have done cake before presents, he wanted to mow all night!

 We were going to catch the train to grandma's in St. Louis so we went over a day early and took the kids to the Magic House children's museum.....here they are practicing fishing. They can't wait for papa to teach them.



Amtrak station Kirkwood Missouri

Waiting for the train

First train ride...same age as Levi's first train ride.

 Watching a movie on the kindle.

Papa taught Rebecca to fish. She liked it and caught several tiny perch over the week.

 Levi found a wheel barrow just his size

 Isaiah's sad face....who can resist?!

"Africa" at the zoo.

 Monkey see, monkey do.

 Kid time at grandma's YMCA

Spring Days.

We are loving this odd, but pleasantly cool Spring. I can remember some sweltering Memorial Day weekends here, but today its cool enough to be in my long sleeve t-shirt. Not bad! Lots of trips to the park and the library. Burning energy while the sun shines and watching movies and reading books while it rains. I wish I could stop time somedays and hold onto these moments with my three little ones. I also wish I could stop time in the middle of the night to catch up on sleep. LOL Here's a spring deluge of pictures for you all.....

 Kids health fair at a local church. Each station had a Bible verse talking about caring for the temple, etc. This one was hair, as in God knows the number of the hairs or your head. They got their hair styled and sprayed with neon colors.

 A bit blurry, but you get the idea of how impressed he was with the sight of himself in the mirror.

 Talking with the firemen and sporting his new bike helmet....now he just needs to learn to pedal.

 Little genius "reading".

 Entertaining mama with a puppet show.

 Crashed on the rug...so sweet!

My current favorite sleeper a Gymboree with a dog print, its so cute!

 Sister helping out one morning with a bottle of expressed milk.

Still looks little in dads arms.

Ok mom that was a funny joke.......

Oh wait, I get it now!!!

 My trio of trouble. ;)

Can't get enough of these smiles!

April Showers

Yesterday it was nearly 85, sunny, and humid. I was looking forward to the cool front and the storm that was brining it to us. I missed the storm, slept really hard since Isaiah only woke me once at 4:00am. The cool weather is nice! I wasn't quite ready for the heat and humidity. Rebecca and Levi liked the rain too....or at least the rain puddles.

 We didn't insist on the winter hat...Levi is just used to the cold weather protocol... hat required.

 Trying to find little projects to keep Levi busy and distracted from making messes. This idea from Pinterest was perfect for my wire loving little man. It kept him busy for quite a while this morning and its much safer than his last wire project. He pulled Aaron over to an outlet with a "tada" and pointed out a wire stuck in the ground holes of two plugs. Thankfully he didn't try sticking those metal ends in the hot openings. Yes, we bought more outlet covers!

 Rebecca is excited about the rain because she has her own garden this year. Another great idea from pinterest, this pallet garden. No weeding or tilling required. Her lettuce is already coming up! Little brother was all into filling the pallet with dirt!

 This week Isaiah was six weeks old. To celebrate the occasion I packed away his newborn size clothing. Sad, but six weeks was a good run and I'm enjoying his stockier and more cuddly feel. Our chubby little guy tipped the scales at 10 pounds 3 ounces!

No open eye smiles yet, but as he drifts off to sleep we get little half grins and sometimes big full smiles. This mama likes to think its his way of saying "I'm so happy you're my mom."