Growing Up

I took a couple of pictures of Levi after church today. When I was looking through them, I couldn't get over how grown up he looks in this picture - striking a pose in his little polo and jeans.

Mama's Happy

My boys got back from their Spring Break trip to see Nana and Papa this afternoon. They had a good time, but I sure am happy they are home with me - even though they both ended up getting a little sick. Augusta and allergies are not a good combination.

When they got home, Levi was so sweet giving me hugs. During dinner he decided he needed to clap and sing. This song is one that Audy taught Levi last summer. We sing it occasionally still, and he really likes it. I think he's partial to the clapping. Here's Levi's version of "Don't build your house on the sandy land..."

Rainy Saturday

Today was a Mama and Levi day, because Daddy had a conference at school. Today was also a very rainy day. Levi and I still managed to have some fun - even though I wasn't brave enough to venture much farther out of our house than the porch. I kept having flashbacks to a recent rainy afternoon when I picked up Levi from school. By the time we got home, we were both soaked from head to toe. Okay, I'm exaggerating... just a little bit.

Back to today...
I wish I had taken more pictures of our day, but I'll give a quick recap. Up at 6:30 (the Tot Clock hasn't been working as well lately), breakfast, finger painting, play upstairs (football, trains, etc.), play in the garage (car, golf, soccer, tricycle), picnic on the front porch (Levi was quite excited with his peanut butter and banana sandwich), read, nap for Levi, play on the upstairs porch, more garage time, more finger painting, more upstairs time, Chuggington time while Mama cooked dinner, dinner, froggy time,


computer time,


reading time... Throw in a couple of phone calls and some laundry here and there and that about sums up our rainy Saturday.

This picture was from last Saturday when Levi was helping me make Khaki's birthday cupcakes. We had such a fun evening last Saturday celebrating her birthday, but I totally forgot to use my camera. Please forgive me for my pregnancy brain!!

Random Sayings

The other night, I asked Levi if he wanted to say a prayer before he went to bed. He combined his typical "God our Father" song with the following, "We thank you for Mama, Daddy, and Phil Mickelson." On Monday night, I watched three precious children - and Daddy stayed home with Levi. Daddy reported that Phil Mickelson received top billing in the prayer that night - ahead of Mama and Daddy.

Other funny things that I wish I could capture on video that Levi says:
He will ask this question when he isn't quite sure what is going on around him: "What's happenin'?"
If he sees Mama and Daddy laughing about something, or any adult for that matter, he will usually come running up and ask, "What're you laughin' about?"

The other thing that he does that I think is just precious is when he wants to get my undivided attention, he will put his face right in front of my face and place his sweet little hand right underneath my chin.

Baseball

We've been having beautiful weather here. Daddy picked up Levi from school today, and after some playtime on the playground at school, we played some more at home - some golf and some t-ball. I just had to share some of the videos of Levi playing t-ball.




Too bad he can't play on a t-ball team until he's four!

Levi also loves playing baseball - he likes to hit and to pitch. I took only two videos of him hitting - my little camera was flashing its low battery sign - and he hit both pitches this well!

Some News

Even though most of you who read my blog already know this news already, Levi has something to share.


Hard to believe that I haven't written about that already considering I'm twenty weeks along... But it is official, Levi will have a baby sister this summer.

No - we haven't picked a name yet - and we're still debating about telling beforehand. :-)

Daddy and Levi

Daddy took Levi to the World of Wheels on Friday night. I think my boys were much more interested in the other things to do besides the cars, but they had a great time. Daddy, I mean, Levi got to see Billy the Exterminator. Levi refused to get a picture taken with him, despite the hour and a half long line that Daddy stood in to meet him.

Levi got to play in the bouncey house.


Levi was also really excited to see some "real life" wrestling. Thanks for introducing him to that, Daddy! ;-)

Levi did notice a couple of the automobiles - the fire truck and the monster truck. Those were definitely his favorites. He had really been looking forward to seeing a monster truck.




The excitement of the night for Daddy, anyway, was that Levi got an autograph from and a picture of Bo Duke.

More Singing

Levi still loves the keyboard and microphone that he got for Christmas from his great mama Rains.

Football

Levi enjoys inventing new games, especially ones related to sports. This one is a recent favorite.


And it's really not just a fluke. He can't hit the string every time he throw the football up there, but enough for me to consider it consistent. I know I'm biased, but I think it's pretty impressive that a 2.5 year old can throw a football with enough precision to hit a string that high.

Two and a Half

After Christmas, Levi stayed with Khaki and Q for a few days. He had such a fun time. He didn't really want to come home when we came to pick him up on that Thursday and left Friday (New Year's Eve).

Khaki was also very brave. On that Wednesday after Christmas, she decided she would try to potty train Levi - "just to see" was the way she put it.

Well, Levi had two accidents with her on that Wednesday. He might have had one accident on that Thursday when we got there, and since then he's only had one other accident. (I'm not counting naptimes or nighttimes in this count.) Most all of his naps, he'll wake up dry. Probably half of the mornings, he'll wake up dry. He still prefers pull-ups over real big boy underwear, but I'm not pushing that at this point. I'm willing to buy the pull-ups for a while longer, especially since he thinks of them as big boy underwear and does such a good job at keeping them dry. So far we're really impressed. And I tell Khaki all the time - and I'll say it again - thank you for pushing through that first day for us!! He really is doing an incredible job - knock on wood!! Last night, he even woke me up in the middle of the night to go tinkle. Pretty impressive for a two and a half year old - yep today is his official two and half year old day. Hard to believe he's growing up so fast.

Levi still has an incredible memory / imagination. Sometimes he'll tell me things, and I'm not sure if he's made up a story or if he's giving me his version of it. Tonight, for example, he told me that Khaki fell in a shower hole and couldn't get out. The story was actually much longer, but I wouldn't do it justice. I have no idea what he could be talking about - Khaki, any ideas?

He is an entertainer.


Levi loves to have his picture taken ("cheeseburger" is his version of "cheese"), and he is very concerned about others' feelings. At the end of this video, he's making sure that I'm happy.


Levi just loves to talk. He saw his feather hat that he made at school for Thanksgiving and had to show it to me again... and again...


Levi still does really well in school, and he really enjoys it. He comes back with stories to tell me all the time. Tonight, he told me that he fell out of the chair but didn't get hurt. He said Ms. Donna was there, so I know that event happened yesterday - or at least his version of it. I'm sure if I remembered to ask tomorrow, they'd have a funny story to tell.

Before bed each night, Levi and I read a couple of stories from the Veggie Tales Storybook Bible. Usually one while he sits in my lap and another once he's climbed into bed but before we say a prayer. He loves Gideon - Tuba Warrior and Where's God When I'm S-S-Scared? At the end of the "scared" story, Junior Asparagus's dad comes into Junior's room and then leaves with the following message: "Sounds like you're doing some good thinking. Now get some sleep. I love you, little mister." To which Junior responds: "I love YOU, big mister." Last night, I read the "scared" story, and Levi climbed in the bed. He wanted hugs and kissies, and then he said, "I love you, big mister!" I loved it so much, I couldn't correct him, and I promptly replied, "I love you, little mister"!! He did it again tonight, but when I replied with, "I love you little mister," he said, "No say about good thinking."

I am just so thankful for this precious, fun, talkative, bundle of energy.